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Practice to Qualifying

NASCAR Cup Series

Cook Out Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 5th, 2021

Race #27 of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: A detail view of the #41 NASCAR Next Gen car driven by Cole Custer is seen in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

Driver	Car #	Make	ST	AVG ST	+/-
Quin Houff	00	Chevrolet	37	35	-2
Kurt Busch	1	Chevrolet	3	12	+9
Aric Almirola	10	Ford	8	14	+6
Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	2	9	+7
Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	1	8	+7
Chase Briscoe	14	Ford	24	17	-7
Joey Gase	15	Chevrolet	35	35	+0
Chris Buescher	17	Ford	34	19	-15
Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	12	12	+0
Martin Truex Jr	19	Toyota	10	10	+0
Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	16	11	-5
Christopher Bell	20	Toyota	13	12	-1
Matt DiBenedetto	21	Ford	30	14	-16
Joey Logano	22	Ford	11	10	-1
Bubba Wallace	23	Toyota	17	13	-4
William Byron	24	Chevrolet	14	11	-3
Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	21	16	-5
Michael McDowell	34	Ford	15	17	+2
Ryan Preece	37	Chevrolet	18	26	+8
Anthony Alfredo	38	Ford	32	29	-4
Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	9	15	+6
Cole Custer	41	Ford	31	25	-6
Ross Chastain	42	Chevrolet	23	18	-5
Erik Jones	43	Chevrolet	22	22	+0
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	47	Chevrolet	29	26	-4
Alex Bowman	48	Chevrolet	5	16	+11
Kyle Larson	5	Chevrolet	6	8	+2
Cody Ware	51	Chevrolet	33	32	-1
Josh Bilicki	52	Ford	28	34	+6
James Davison	53	Chevrolet	36	36	+0
Ryan Newman	6	Ford	19	23	+4
Corey Lajoie	7	Chevrolet	25	28	+3
Justin Haley	77	Chevrolet	20	24	+4
BJ McLeod	78	Ford	27	34	+7
Tyler Reddick	8	Chevrolet	7	9	+2
Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	4	17	+13
Daniel Suarez	99	Chevrolet	26	23	-3

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Race Trends

Aggregated race statistics grouped into 2-, 5- and 10-year groupings to identify trends in races at specific tracks.

2 Years (4 races)

Cautions: 7.8 DN
Caution Laps: 46.7 UP
Lead Changes: 19.8 UP
Passes: 3,244.0 UP
Race Speed: 121.995 mph UP

5 Years (11 races)

Cautions: 8.3 DN
Caution Laps: 45.7 DN
Lead Changes: 17.8 UP
Passes: 2,776.0 UP
Race Speed: 121.974 mph DN

10 Years (16 races)

Cautions: 8.9
Caution Laps: 47.8
Lead Changes: 17.7
Passes: 2,585.0
Race Speed: 123.4 mph

Qualifying Fast Facts

Darlington Raceway
Cook Out Southern 500
Pole Winner: Ryan Blaney
Age: 27
Team: No. 12 - Menards / Richmond Ford
Owner: Team Penske
Crew Chief: Todd Gordon
Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
Ryan Blaney won the Pole Award for the Cook Out Southern 500 by having the highest total PMQ.
PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
25% of the driver's final race finish position.
25% of the owner's final race position.
35% of the Owner Points position.