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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Explore the Pocono Mountains 350

Pocono Raceway

June 27th, 2021

Race #19 of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 140
Miles Raced : 350.0
Time of Race : 02 Hours 26 minutes 49 seconds
Average Speed: 143.036 mph
Margin of Victory : 08.654 seconds
Cautions: 4
Caution Laps: 15
Lead Changes: 12
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 22 (58%)

Kyle Busch celebrates with the checkered flag — Long Pond, Pennsylvania - June 27th, 2021: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Mini's Toyota, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Explore the Pocono Mountains 350 at Pocono Raceway on June 27, 2021 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	19	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	44	40	4	5	140	30	2	0	7	Running
2	12	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	38	35	3	0	140	0	0	0	8	Running
3	11	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	50	34	16	0	140	31	2	3	3	Running
4	13	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	33	33	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	Running
5	7	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	38	32	6	0	140	3	1	5	0	Running
6	16	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	38	31	7	0	140	0	0	4	0	Running
7	20	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	30	30	0	0	140	18	1	0	0	Running
8	23	37	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	29	29	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	Running
9	10	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	31	28	3	0	140	0	0	8	0	Running
10	14	22	Joey Logano	Ford	28	27	1	0	140	0	0	10	0	Running
11	3	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	41	26	15	1	140	19	1	1	6	Running
12	18	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	35	25	10	1	140	22	2	0	1	Running
13	21	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	Running
14	17	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	32	23	9	0	140	1	1	0	2	Running
15	8	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	24	22	2	0	140	0	0	9	0	Running
16	5	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	32	21	11	0	140	0	0	2	9	Running
17	2	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	25	20	5	0	140	7	1	6	0	Running
18	32	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	19	19	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	Running
19	1	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	18	18	0	0	140	6	1	0	0	Running
20	15	1	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	Running
21	24	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	16	16	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	Running
22	37	6	Ryan Newman	Ford	15	15	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	Running
23	36	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	Running
24	38	41	Cole Custer	Ford	13	13	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	Running
25	27	77	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	Running
26	33	42	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	12	11	1	0	139	0	0	0	10	Running
27	9	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	16	10	6	0	139	0	0	0	5	Running
28	25	51	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	Running
29	30	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	Running
30	28	15	James Davison	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	Running
31	22	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	136	0	0	0	0	Running
32	4	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	12	5	7	0	135	3	1	0	4	Running
33	31	0	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	Running
34	26	38	Anthony Alfredo	Ford	3	3	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	Running
35	34	52	Josh Bilicki	Ford	2	2	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	Running
36	29	53	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	122	0	0	0	0	Engine
37	35	66	Timmy Hill	Toyota	0	0	0	0	113	0	0	0	0	Handling
38	6	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	5	1	4	0	111	0	0	7	0	Engine

Race Infractions

Explore the Pocono Mountains 350 at Pocono Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Ryan Newman	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup car	Tail End	0	0	White
Justin Allgaier	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver change	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Larson	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup car	Tail End	0	0	White
Corey Lajoie	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup car	Tail End	0	0	White
Ryan Preece	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup car	Tail End	0	0	White
Ross Chastain	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup car	Tail End	0	0	White
Cole Custer	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup car	Tail End	0	0	White
Anthony Alfredo	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup car	Tail End	0	0	White
Anthony Alfredo	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	2	6	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	33	35	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Unspecified Improper pit entry	Tail End	33	35	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	34	35	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	85	90	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	86	90	Yellow
James Davison	Safety violation	Tail End	87	90	Yellow
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	89	90	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	92	96	Yellow
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	95	96	Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	95	96	Yellow
James Davison	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	95	96	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Unspecified Fail to meet minimum speed	Other - See Notes	110	111	Green

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Race Fast Facts

Pocono Raceway
48th Annual Explore the Pocono Mountains 350
Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 36
Team : No. 18 - M&M's Mini's Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
Crew Chief: Ben Beshore
Kyle Busch won the 48th Annual Explore the Pocono Mountains 350, his 59th victory in 589 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his fourth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 34 races at Pocono Raceway.
Kyle Larson (second) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 14 races at Pocono Raceway. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2021.
Brad Keselowski (third) posted his 14th top-10 finish in 24 races at Pocono Raceway.
Chase Briscoe (21st) was the highest finishing rookie.
The win today was Joe Gibbs Racing's 16th NASCAR Cup Series victory at Pocono Raceway - Denny Hamlin (six wins), Kyle Busch (four), Bobby Labonte (three), Joey Logano (one), Tony Stewart (one) and Matt Kenseth (one).
23XI Racing and Bubba Wallace scored their first top-five finish of the 2021 season and first for the organization in the series.

Race Recap

Kyle Busch hangs on to win at Pocono

June 27th, 2021

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

With remarkable perseverance behind the wheel of a car stuck in fourth gear, Kyle Busch saved enough fuel to win Sunday's Explore the Pocono Mountains 350, the second leg of a weekend NASCAR Cup Series doubleheader at Pocono Raceway.

After William Byron and Denny Hamlin ran out of gas ahead of him, Busch cruised to an 8.654-second victory over Kyle Larson, who started from the rear of the field in a backup car after crashing while leading in the final corner of Saturday's race.

Busch brought his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to pit road for the last time on Lap 95, one circuit after Hamlin and Byron—and that one lap of extra fuel made all the difference.

"Yeah, stuck in fourth gear, about out of gas, just saving, just riding, playing the strategy the best we could with what was given to us," said Busch, who won for the second time this season, the fourth time at Pocono and 59th time in his career—most among active drivers and ninth all-time.

"Just can't say enough about everybody on my team, everybody at Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota, TRD, all the work they're putting in.

"Sometimes these races aren't always won by the fastest car, but I felt we had the fastest car, even though we were in the back and behind and having to come through and persevere through being stuck in fourth gear, no clutch, all that stuff. It's all burned out. Nothing left in this M&M's Minis Camry.

"Really great to pull off another win here at Pocono. Feels good."

With the victory, Busch also snapped Hendrick Motorsports' six-race Cup Series winning streak.

Larson, also on a fuel-saving strategy in the closing laps, rallied for a runner-up finish after early contact with Hamlin's car dented the nose of his No. 5 Chevrolet. On a pit stop under caution, Larson's crew raised the hood of the car, pounded out the damage and secured it with tape.

"It's a surprising finish for us," Larson said. "Our HendrickCars.com Chevy was really loose for a majority of the race. Then we got a lot of nose damage there on one of the restarts. Was off on speed, I felt like after that.

"(Crew chief) Cliff (Daniels) and everybody did a really, really good job managing the race, coached me through saving fuel there at the end. Was hoping that the 18 (Busch) was going to run out. I saw the 11 (Hamlin) running out. I was, ‘OK, they're teammates, they got to be close to running out.'

"The 18 did pit a lap after us under caution. That actually probably won them the race. But, yeah, second-place finish… I thought we would be outside of the top 20 (at) a lot of points throughout the race today. We'll take it. Happy about the effort, for sure, all weekend."

Brad Keselowski led a race-high 31 laps but had to pit for fuel on Lap 132 of 140. As drivers ran out fuel over the final three laps, Keselowski held third at the finish, one spot head of fellow Ford driver Kevin Harvick.

"We ran a really good race but just didn't have enough fuel to make it to the end like those other guys did," Keselowski said. "They beat us on power and fuel mileage. We have a lot of work to do to keep up with those guys.

"I'm really proud of (crew chief) Jeremy Bullins and the team. They had the setup really well, and it put us in position and we ran a great race today and maximized our day."

Bubba Wallace ran fifth, the first top five for the 23XI team that debuted this year under the co-ownership of Hamlin and NBA superstar Michael Jordan.

Ryan Blaney, Saturday's winner Alex Bowman, Ryan Preece, Tyler Reddick and Joey Logano completed the top 10.

Despite finishing 14th after running out of fuel, Hamlin retained the series lead by four points over Larson. Sunday was another hard-luck story for the driver of the No. 11 Toyota.

"I mean, you're trying to win or you're trying to get the best finish that you can," Hamlin said. "But ultimately, we just didn't save enough. The 18 I think came in and got topped off because he had transmission issues. That was essentially the race."