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NASCAR Cup Series

Jockey Made in America 250

Road America

July 4th, 2021

Race #20 of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 62
Miles Raced : 254.2
Time of Race : 02 Hours 54 minutes 33 seconds
Average Speed: 86.271 mph
Margin of Victory : 05.705 seconds
Cautions: 4
Caution Laps: 9
Lead Changes: 10
Cars in Race : 40
Finished On Lead Lap: 34 (85%)

Chase Elliott celebrates in victory lane — Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin - July 4th, 2021: Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Jockey Made in America 250 Presented by Kwik Trip at Road America on July 04, 2021 in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Photo by Logan Riely | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	34	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	41	40	1	5	62	24	2	10	0	Running
2	13	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	39	35	4	0	62	0	0	7	0	Running
3	40	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	35	34	1	0	62	4	2	0	10	Running
4	16	1	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	41	33	8	0	62	0	0	9	5	Running
5	6	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	37	32	5	0	62	0	0	6	0	Running
6	35	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	31	31	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
7	8	42	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	44	30	14	0	62	0	0	5	3	Running
8	4	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	46	29	17	1	62	5	1	4	1	Running
9	9	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	28	28	0	0	62	1	1	0	0	Running
10	7	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	27	27	0	0	62	10	2	0	0	Running
11	37	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
12	38	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
13	20	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	24	24	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
14	19	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	23	23	0	0	62	1	1	0	0	Running
15	14	22	Joey Logano	Ford	27	22	5	0	62	0	0	0	6	Running
16	2	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	36	21	15	0	62	0	0	3	4	Running
17	15	41	Cole Custer	Ford	20	20	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
18	12	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	19	19	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
19	21	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
20	17	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	17	17	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
21	23	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
22	10	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	18	15	3	0	62	0	0	8	0	Running
23	27	52	Josh Bilicki	Ford	14	14	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
24	36	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	16	13	3	0	62	0	0	0	8	Running
25	22	77	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	62	0	0	0	9	Running
26	39	96	Ty Dillon	Toyota	0	0	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
27	25	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	14	10	4	0	62	0	0	0	7	Running
28	26	15	James Davison	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
29	3	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	62	0	0	2	0	Running
30	18	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	7	7	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
31	29	51	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
32	28	6	Ryan Newman	Ford	5	5	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
33	1	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	23	4	19	1	62	15	1	1	2	Running
34	33	0	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Running
35	30	78	Kyle Tilley	Ford	2	2	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	Running
36	11	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	53	0	0	0	0	Running
37	24	38	Anthony Alfredo	Ford	1	1	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	Brakes
38	5	33	Austin Cindric	Ford	0	0	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	Rear Gear
39	31	53	Ryan Eversley	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	Rear Gear
40	32	37	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	Engine

Race Infractions

Jockey Made in America 250 at Road America

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Kyle Busch	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
Bubba Wallace	Pre-Race to the Rear Transmission Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Josh Bilicki	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Quin Houff	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Justin Haley	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Tilley	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Michael McDowell	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Entry	Tail End	11	16	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	11	16	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit	Tail End	11	16	Yellow
Kyle Tilley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	12	16	Yellow
Brad Keselowski	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	15	16	Yellow
Cole Custer	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	15	16	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Entry	Tail End	15	16	Yellow
Quin Houff	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit	Pass Thru	20	22	Green
Ryan Eversley	Unspecified Drove through 5/13 cutout - Garage	1 Lap	23	0	Green
Martin Truex Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	32	Green
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Tire violation Uncontrolled Tire	Tail End	44	45	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Road America
Inaugural Jockey Made in America 250 Presented by Kwik Trip
Race Winner: Chase Elliott
Age: 25
Team : No. 9 - NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
Chase Elliott won the Inaugural Jockey Made in America 250 Presented by Kwik Trip, his 13th victory in 205 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in his series debut at Road America.
Christopher Bell (second) posted his first top-10 finish in his series debut at Road America. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2021.
Kyle Busch (third) posted his first top-10 finish in his series debut at Road America. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2021.
Chase Briscoe (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie. His second top-10 finish of the season.
This is Chase Elliott's seventh career NASCAR Cup Series road course victory - he is now ranked solely third on the NASCAR Cup Series all-time wins list behind NASCAR Hall of Famers Jeff Gordon (nine wins) and Tony Stewart (eight).
This is Hendrick Motorsports' 273rd NASCAR Cup Series victory - series-most.

Race Recap

Chase Elliott reasserts road course mastery with win at Road America

July 4th, 2021

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

After one event in "exile," Chase Elliott once again is King of the Road.

The reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion passed Kyle Busch for the lead on Lap 46 of 62 and cruised to victory in Sunday's Jockey Made in America 250 Presented by Kwik Trip, the first Cup race at the 4.048-mile road course in 65 years.

The win was Elliott's second of the season and the 13th of his career. Seven of those victories have come on road courses, including this year's debut race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Elliott had to settle for second to teammate Kyle Larson in last month's event at Sonoma Raceway.

Unable to complete a flying lap because of two ill-timed cautions during qualifying, Elliott started Sunday‘s race 34th in a field of 40. By the end of Stage 1, he was 10th, and by pitting three laps before the end of Stage 2, he positioned himself for a front-row restart for then final stage.

"Just really proud of our team for overcoming some adversity early and having to start in the back, having good pit stops," said Elliott, who restarted fifth on Lap 46 after the final caution of the race for Anthony Alfredo's spin into a gravel trap.

"Had a really fast NAPA Chevrolet. Just so proud. We've had a rough few weeks, so it feels really good."

Less than a lap after that final restart, Elliott pulled alongside Busch entering the Kink (Turn 11) on the backstretch and cleared him through Turn 12. Sixteen laps later, Elliott finished 5.705 seconds ahead of runner-up Christopher Bell, who passed Busch for the second position on Lap 58.

Elliott, who clinched a spot in the Cup Series Playoff with the win, finally got a feel for the mammoth road course after frustrating practice and qualifying sessions.

"Yeah, I never felt like I got in a real good rhythm all of yesterday (in practice)," Elliott said. "For whatever reason there, after about halfway through the race, I started finding some of that rhythm, was able to put it together, piece different parts of the track.

"Finally I felt like I was able to piece most of it together. Yeah, stayed with it and glad it worked out."

Hendrick Motorsports has won 10 of 20 races this season and seven of the last eight. Elliott has the most road course victories among active drivers, is third all-time behind Jeff Gordon (nine wins) and Tony Stewart (eight) and has won at more different road courses (five) than any other driver in Cup history.

Bell overcame a tail-end-of-the-field penalty for driving through more than three pit boxes on Lap 15.

"Here the last couple weeks, I've been really proud of the progress we've made," said Bell, who picked up his first Cup win in the second race of the season at the Daytona Road Course. "I'm just proud to drive for everybody on this 20 group at Joe Gibbs Racing.

"Excited for the future. I know there's more to come. Like I said, there's no reason why we can't run up front every week."

Kyle Busch started from the rear of the field and finished third in a backup car after wrecking his primary No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the Kink during Saturday's practice.

Brother Kurt Busch came home fourth and increased his lead to 25 points over Chris Buescher in the race for the final Playoff position. Denny Hamlin came home fifth, giving Joe Gibbs Racing three cars in the top five.

Chase Briscoe was the top-finishing Ford driver in sixth, matching his best result of the season. Ross Chastain, Tyler Reddick, Martin Truex Jr. and Matt DiBenedetto completed the top 10.

For the second straight day Austin Cindric had an excellent run spoiled by unfortunate circumstances.

Cindric, who qualified fifth, had just retaken the lead from Matt DiBenedetto on Lap 24 when a mechanical issue thwarted his hopes for a maiden Cup victory. Cindric ran wide in Turn 5 with a broken axle and spun shortly thereafter.

"I only had one-wheel drive, and when you only have two other ones spinning with 750 horsepower, it's a bit challenging," said Cindric, who salvaged an eighth-place finish in Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series race after a late chain-reaction wreck. "It was quite dramatic taking the lead and then immediately losing everything. Not a weekend I'm necessarily happy about."

Pole winner William Byron led the first 15 laps and won Stage 1 but finished 33rd after spinning off course in the final stage. Reddick earned the Playoff point for winning Stage 2 after Elliott, Kyle Busch and Truex made strategic pit stops ahead of him.