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NASCAR Cup Series

Food City Dirt Race

Bristol Motor Speedway (Dirt)

March 28th, 2021

Race #7 of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 250
- Extended to 253 laps
Miles Raced : 134.8
Time of Race : 02 Hours 43 minutes 53 seconds
Average Speed: 46.313 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.554 seconds
Cautions: 10
Caution Laps: 37
Lead Changes: 5
Cars in Race : 39
Finished On Lead Lap: 19 (49%)

Joey Logano celebrates with a burnout — Bristol, Tennessee - March 29th, 2021: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	10	22	Joey Logano	Ford	55	40	15	6	253	61	1	6	1	Running
2	13	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	42	35	7	0	253	0	0	9	6	Running
3	2	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	50	34	16	0	253	1	1	3	3	Running
4	18	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	49	33	16	0	253	58	1	4	2	Running
5	14	6	Ryan Newman	Ford	41	32	9	0	253	0	0	8	5	Running
6	8	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	40	31	9	0	253	0	0	2	0	Running
7	27	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	32	30	2	0	253	0	0	0	9	Running
8	3	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	35	29	6	0	253	0	0	5	0	Running
9	24	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	31	28	3	0	253	0	0	0	8	Running
10	26	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	28	27	1	0	253	0	0	0	10	Running
11	20	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	26	26	0	0	253	0	0	0	0	Running
12	16	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	25	25	0	0	253	0	0	0	0	Running
13	12	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	24	24	0	0	253	0	0	0	0	Running
14	11	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	24	23	1	0	253	0	0	10	0	Running
15	6	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	22	22	0	0	253	0	0	0	0	Running
16	28	1	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	253	0	0	0	0	Running
17	4	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	20	20	0	0	253	7	1	0	0	Running
18	22	37	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	253	0	0	0	0	Running
19	5	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	35	18	17	1	253	126	1	1	4	Running
20	25	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	17	17	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
21	9	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
22	7	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
23	32	77	Stewart Friesen	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
24	21	41	Cole Custer	Ford	13	13	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
25	33	0	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
26	39	96	Ty Dillon	Toyota	0	0	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
27	19	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	18	10	8	0	251	0	0	7	7	Running
28	34	53	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
29	1	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
30	37	52	Josh Bilicki	Ford	7	7	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
31	38	66	Mike Marlar	Toyota	6	6	0	0	244	0	0	0	0	Accident
32	31	51	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	242	0	0	0	0	Running
33	36	15	Chris Windom	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Engine
34	15	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	3	3	0	0	54	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	17	42	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	52	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	23	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	1	1	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	35	78	Shane Golobic	Ford	1	1	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	30	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	Accident
39	29	38	Anthony Alfredo	Ford	1	1	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway (Dirt)

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Michael McDowell	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Larson	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine change	Tail End	0	0	White
Matt DiBenedetto	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	42	45	Yellow
Mike Marlar	Unspecified Working after time expired	Tail End	50	51	Yellow
Chris Windom	Unspecified Working after time expired	Tail End	50	51	Yellow
Kyle Larson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	53	59	Yellow
Ross Chastain	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	53	0	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	53	0	Yellow
Mike Marlar	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes	Tail End	57	59	Yellow
Chris Windom	Unspecified Pit- Repairs	Other - See Notes	61	63	Green
Josh Bilicki	Unspecified Working after time expired	Tail End	150	151	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	153	158	Yellow
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	154	158	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	154	158	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	155	158	Yellow
Cody Ware	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	155	158	Yellow
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	161	169	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	161	169	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt
61st Annual Food City Dirt Race
Race Winner: Joey Logano
Age: 30
Team : No. 22 - Shell Pennzoil Ford
Owner: Team Penske
Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe
Joey Logano won the 61st Annual Food City Dirt Race, his 27th victory in 442 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in his series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt. Logano is the 77th different driver to win on a dirt track in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (second) posted his first top-10 finish in his series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt. It is his first top-10 finish in 2021.
Denny Hamlin (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt. It is also his sixth top-five finish this season.
Chase Briscoe (20th) was the highest finishing rookie.
The 2021 season is the fifth different season in the NASCAR Cup Series Modern Era (1972-Present) to start with seven different winners in the first seven races; joining 2014, 2003, 2000 and 1991.

Race Recap

Joey Logano leads final 61 laps to win NASCAR’s dramatic return to dirt racing

March 29th, 2021

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Joey Logano made history on Monday afternoon.

Leading the final 61 laps in the face of a determined charge by Denny Hamlin, Logano won the rain-delayed Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the first dirt-track race for the NASCAR Cup Series since 1970.

But there won’t be that long a gap in the future, given that BMS executive and general manager Jerry Caldwell announced during the race that NASCAR will return to the Bristol dirt in 2022.

Logano grabbed the lead from Daniel Suarez on Lap 193 of a scheduled 250 and held it the rest of the way through a caution for the second stage break and a late yellow that sent the race three laps beyond the prescribed distance.

On the final restart on Lap 252, Logano pulled away, as Hamlin tried and failed to find grip in the outside lane and fell to third behind runner-up Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Logano’s winning margin over Stenhouse was .554 seconds.

Logano is the seventh consecutive different winner in seven races this season.

"Man, it’s incredible," said Logano, who won the second straight race for Team Penske and the 27th of his career, extending his streak of at least one victory per year to 10 years. "How about Bristol on dirt? This is an incredible, unbelievable race track—great job by everyone that prepped the track. Obviously, a lot of work over here the last few days (because of rain that forced postponement from Sunday). We did a lot of work in the dirt department here the last few weeks…

"Great car, obviously, to be able to execute the race that we did and get a win. I was getting nervous. There were so many first-time winners and different winners than there has typically been. I said, ‘We’ve got to get a win to make sure we get in the Playoffs,’ so it’s amazing to get this Shell/Pennzoil Mustang into Victory Lane at Bristol. There’s nothing like winning at Bristol, but putting dirt on it and being the first to do it is really special."

Despite late brushes with the outside wall as he chased Logano, Hamlin now has three third-place finishes and six top fives this season.

"I really couldn’t see a whole lot," referring to the dusty conditions late in the race. "I was kind of guessing. I thought I could, on that last restart, run the top in hard, but they didn’t prep it in-between cautions the way they did before. It was just marbles up there.

"Man, I thought I had a shot there. I cut the 22 (Logano) too many breaks there when he was cutting us off. They had a little better car, it looked like, there in the long run. Proud of this whole team—we’re third-best again."

Suarez held fourth place, followed by Ryan Newman. William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones and reigning series champion Chase Elliott completed the top 10.

Two of the experienced dirt drivers expected to battle for the victory were eliminated from contention in one dramatic wreck two laps after the restart that followed the first competition caution.

Running second on Lap 53, Christopher Bell spun in the top lane in Turn 2. Kyle Larson, running the top lane behind Bell, plowed into his chief dirt-track rival in a wreck that also involved Kevin Harvick and Ross Chastain.

"Way to go, Bell—way to go," Larson said sarcastically on his team radio after the wreck. Larson, at least, was able to continue but lost two laps during repairs. Bell and Chastain fell out of the race in 34th and 35th place, respectively. Larson finished 29th, five laps down.

"I was just trying to run the water in under yellow," Bell said after a visit to the infield care center. "I knew it was a little bit slick, but I felt like I could go up there and make some time, and I kind of entered shallow underneath of it and tried to pick it up on exit, and it was just really greasy up there.

"That was a lot of fun, being able to be out there for that first run was really cool and hate it that I can’t be out there longer."

An earlier wreck had given Martin Truex Jr. a fright during his quest to win both a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race and NASCAR Cup event on the same day (Truex had won the Truck race that started at noon). Aric Almirola spun on Lap 41 as part of a five-car incident that unfolded in front of Truex, who was leading at the time. Truex barely managed to dodge the crash.

"Holy crap—that was close!" a relieved Truex said on his team radio. But Truex’s luck didn’t hold. After winning the first stage leading a race-high 126 laps, he cut a tire while running third on the final lap of overtime and finished 19th.