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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

South Point 400

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

September 26th, 2021

Race #30 of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 267
Miles Raced : 400.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 46 minutes 08 seconds
Average Speed: 144.643 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.442 seconds
Cautions: 4
Caution Laps: 21
Lead Changes: 21
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 12 (32%)

Denny Hamlin celebrates in victory lane at Las Vegas Motor Speedway — Las Vegas, Nevada - September 26th, 2021: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Office Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Photo by Steph Chambers | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	6	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	58	40	18	6	267	137	7	3	1	Running
2	11	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	40	35	5	0	267	1	1	6	0	Running
3	10	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	52	34	18	0	267	2	1	2	2	Running
4	4	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	41	33	8	0	267	1	1	10	4	Running
5	2	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	39	32	7	0	267	8	2	4	0	Running
6	13	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	43	31	12	0	267	5	2	7	3	Running
7	8	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	35	30	5	0	267	4	1	0	6	Running
8	20	1	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	33	29	4	0	267	0	0	0	7	Running
9	5	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	34	28	6	0	267	0	0	8	8	Running
10	1	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	37	27	10	1	267	95	4	1	0	Running
11	9	22	Joey Logano	Ford	32	26	6	0	267	0	0	0	5	Running
12	14	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	27	25	2	0	267	0	0	9	0	Running
13	15	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	26	24	2	0	266	7	1	0	9	Running
14	19	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	23	23	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
15	26	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
16	21	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	22	21	1	0	266	0	0	0	10	Running
17	22	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
18	3	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	25	19	6	0	266	7	1	5	0	Running
19	17	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	18	18	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
20	29	6	Ryan Newman	Ford	17	17	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
21	23	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	16	16	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
22	7	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	265	0	0	0	0	Running
23	18	42	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	265	0	0	0	0	Running
24	12	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	13	13	0	0	265	0	0	0	0	Running
25	25	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	12	12	0	0	265	0	0	0	0	Running
26	16	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	265	0	0	0	0	Running
27	32	38	Anthony Alfredo	Ford	10	10	0	0	265	0	0	0	0	Running
28	24	37	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	265	0	0	0	0	Running
29	28	41	Cole Custer	Ford	8	8	0	0	265	0	0	0	0	Running
30	27	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	264	0	0	0	0	Running
31	35	51	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
32	33	77	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	260	0	0	0	0	Running
33	34	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	257	0	0	0	0	Running
34	36	0	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	255	0	0	0	0	Running
35	30	53	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	254	0	0	0	0	Running
36	31	52	Josh Bilicki	Ford	1	1	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
37	37	15	Joey Gase	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	84	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	38	66	JJ Yeley	Toyota	0	0	0	0	76	0	0	0	0	Handling

Race Infractions

South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Aric Almirola	Pre-Race to the Rear 2 Inspection Failures	Tail End	0	0	White
JJ Yeley	Pre-Race to the Rear 3 Inspection Failures	Tail End	0	0	White
JJ Yeley	Pre-Race to the Rear 3 Inspection Failures	Pass Thru	0	1	White
Martin Truex Jr	Pre-Race to the Rear 2 Inspection Failures	Tail End	0	0	White
William Byron	Pre-Race to the Rear 2 Inspection Failures	Tail End	0	0	White
Daniel Suarez	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	30	Yellow
Joey Logano	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	29	30	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	82	0	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	82	87	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Equipment Interference	Tail End	83	87	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	85	87	Yellow
Garrett Smithley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	96	98	Yellow
Ross Chastain	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	98	Yellow
Garrett Smithley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	98	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	98	Yellow
Quin Houff	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	98	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	98	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	98	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	165	166	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	165	166	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Las Vegas Motor Speedway
4th Annual South Point 400
Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
Age: 40
Team : No. 11 - FedEx Office Toyota
Owner: Coy Gibbs
Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
Denny Hamlin won the 4th Annual South Point 400, his 46th victory in 573 Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and 21st top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and 10th top-10 finish in 21 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Chase Elliott (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 11 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 18th top-10 finish in 2021.
Kyle Busch (third) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 22 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Chase Briscoe (14th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 14 points over Denny Hamlin.

Race Recap

Denny Hamlin Secures Spot in Round of 8 with Las Vegas Win

September 26th, 2021

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

As he crossed the Las Vegas Motor Speedway finish line to claim the South Point 400 trophy, Denny Hamlin screamed into his team radio, "Viva Las Vegas." And indeed, it was that kind of night for the perennial championship contender, who led a race best 137 of the 267 laps to earn his first Las Vegas victory in 20 starts and take an automatic bid into the next round of the Playoffs.

The 40-year old Virginian edged reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott by .442-seconds. Elliott cut into Hamlin's lead on every one of the closing 10 laps, taking full advantage of traffic, but was ultimately unable to catch Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Hamlin's JGR teammates Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. finished third and fourth with Penske Racing's Ryan Blaney rounding out the Top-5 – all Playoff drivers.

Tyler Reddick, who just missed advancing to this three-race Playoff round by a mere two-points last week, finished sixth after running among the Top-3 for much of the late race laps.

Penske Racing's Brad Keselowski, Chip Ganassi Racing's Kurt Busch, Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick and regular season champion, Kyle Larson rounded out the Top-10. Keselowski, Harvick and Larson are also championship eligible.

Hamlin led seven different times, won Stage 2 and took the lead for good with 39 laps remaining – facing that challenge from Elliott in the waning laps of a what was a relatively clean race – only one yellow flag outside of the competition caution and two stage breaks.vThe only other caution for an on-track incident came out for a single car accident involving driver Joey Gase, who whose No. 15 Chevrolet lost a tire and made heavy impact with the wall. He was examined in the Infield Care Center but transported to an area hospital for a precautionary exam.

"It feels so good to win in Vegas, last couple times I've been so close but just didn't have the right breaks, but they got the car great and great to hold those guys off," said Hamlin, who earned his 46th career victory and becomes the first driver to officially earn a shot into the Playoff Round of 8.

"I'm so happy to not have to worry about the next two weeks, but I am a professional and I will work just as hard each and every week to win."

Obviously disappointed not to win, Elliott was still enthusiastic about his runner-up finish – his 12th top five of the season – rallying from a pit stop strategy that put him a lap down at one point.

"We were really close, just not quite close enough," Elliott said. "Denny did a really good job controlling the gap to me and he was having a hard time [lapping] with the 21 (Matt DiBenedetto).

"Super close. Really proud of our NAPA team and I feel like we've been performing at a really nice level the last three or four weeks, just haven't had great results to show for it.

"Proud of the effort tonight and looking forward to the next two [races]. It's going to be wild."

Elliott's Hendrick Motorsports teammate Larson certainly looked like the driver to beat early on. He led 95 laps and won his series best 15th Stage win in the opening portion of the night, but a different pit strategy put him a lap down mid-race and he never fully recovered to challenge for the lead again.

While Hamlin earned the automatic bid into the next round of the Playoffs, Larson still leads the championship standings – 22 points over Kyle Busch.

With his seventh-place finish Keselowski moved into the eighth position in the standings, with races at Talladega, Ala. and the Charlotte ROVAL remaining to determine which eight drivers move on in the championship battle.

Hendrick Motorsports William Byron, who suffered a tire problem late in the race, finished 18th and is now four points below the cutoff line. Even with his Top-10, Harvick remains ninth in the standings – still looking for his first victory of the season.

Hendrick driver Alex Bowman finished 22nd and is 13 points behind Keselowski and Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell finished 25th, two laps down Sunday night fighting through several setbacks. He is 25 points out of that transfer position.

The second race in this Playoff NASCAR Cup Series round is the YellaWood 500 next Sunday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (2 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Keselowski won at Talladega this April. Hamlin is the defending Playoff race winner there.