Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Ally 400

Nashville Superspeedway

June 20th, 2021

Race #17 of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

Laps Scheduled: 300
Miles Raced : 399.9
Time of Race : 03 Hours 30 minutes 23 seconds
Average Speed: 113.792 mph
Margin of Victory : 04.335 seconds
Cautions: 11
Caution Laps: 60
Lead Changes: 14
Cars in Race : 39
Finished On Lead Lap: 20 (51%)

Kyle Larson celebrates in victory lane — Lebanon, Tennessee - June 20th, 2021: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 Valvoline Chevrolet,celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on June 20, 2021 in Lebanon, Tennessee. 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	5	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	59	40	19	6	300	264	6	2	1	Running
2	19	42	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	35	35	0	0	300	4	1	0	0	Running
3	4	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	41	34	7	0	300	0	0	0	4	Running
4	1	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	36	33	3	0	300	1	1	0	8	Running
5	12	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	34	32	2	0	300	0	0	0	9	Running
6	14	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	40	31	9	0	300	0	0	6	7	Running
7	22	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	38	30	8	0	300	0	0	3	0	Running
8	30	1	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	40	29	11	1	300	3	1	1	10	Running
9	25	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	28	28	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
10	3	22	Joey Logano	Ford	30	27	3	0	300	0	0	8	0	Running
11	2	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	39	26	13	0	300	10	3	4	5	Running
12	28	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	40	25	15	0	300	0	0	5	2	Running
13	29	6	Ryan Newman	Ford	24	24	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
14	8	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
15	24	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
16	23	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	21	21	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
17	18	38	Anthony Alfredo	Ford	20	20	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
18	26	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
19	9	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
20	21	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	17	17	0	0	299	0	0	0	0	Running
21	13	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	22	16	6	0	299	0	0	10	6	Running
22	35	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	15	15	0	0	299	0	0	0	0	Running
23	15	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	18	14	4	0	299	0	0	7	0	Running
24	11	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	15	13	2	0	298	0	0	9	0	Running
25	36	53	Garrett Smithley	Ford	0	0	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
26	34	52	Josh Bilicki	Ford	11	11	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
27	32	51	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
28	31	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	295	0	0	0	0	Running
29	37	15	Joey Gase	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	295	0	0	0	0	Running
30	7	41	Cole Custer	Ford	7	7	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	Running
31	16	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	14	6	8	0	227	5	1	0	3	Accident
32	20	37	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	197	0	0	0	0	Brakes
33	33	66	Chad Finchum	Toyota	0	0	0	0	157	0	0	0	0	Rear End
34	38	13	David Starr	Toyota	0	0	0	0	126	0	0	0	0	Brakes
35	27	77	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	17	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	1	1	0	0	77	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	10	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	1	1	0	0	53	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	39	0	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Accident
39	6	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	300	13	1	0	0	Running

Race Infractions

Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Ryan Blaney	Pre-Race to the Rear Pitting before the green	Tail End	0	0	White
Erik Jones	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
William Byron	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
Ross Chastain	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	44	52	Green/Yellow
Cole Custer	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	45	52	Green/Yellow
David Starr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	51	52	Yellow
Chris Buescher	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	78	0	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	78	0	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	80	85	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	81	85	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	82	85	Yellow
Martin Truex Jr	Car/Truck must enter pit road single file Not in outside lane	Tail End	93	97	Yellow
Ryan Newman	Tire violation	Tail End	94	97	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	133	138	Yellow
Martin Truex Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	134	138	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Tire violation	Tail End	134	138	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	135	138	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	137	138	Yellow
Cole Custer	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	174	0	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	178	180	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	187	190	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	187	190	Yellow
Chase Elliott	Five loose lug nuts Post-race inspection	Race finish position of 13th disqualified. Finish changed to 39th.	189	0	Post-race inspection
Matt DiBenedetto	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	189	190	Yellow
Ryan Preece	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	197	0	Yellow
Matt DiBenedetto	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	200	202	Yellow
Michael McDowell	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	221	222	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	221	222	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	228	0	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area 2 laps under DVP / Garage	Other - See Notes	228	0	Yellow
Garrett Smithley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	231	232	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	231	232	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Nashville Superspeedway
Inaugural Ally 400
Race Winner: Kyle Larson
Age: 28
Team : No. 5 - Valvoline Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
Kyle Larson won the Inaugural Ally 400, his 10th victory in 240 Cup Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 12th top-10 finish in 2021.
Ross Chastain (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2021.
William Byron (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Anthony Alfredo (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 9 points over Kyle Larson.

Race Recap

Kyle Larson continues dominance with Nashville win

June 20th, 2021

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Kyle Larson continued his streak of superiority Sunday afternoon winning the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway - his third consecutive win, following three consecutive runner-up finishes. He hasn't finished worse than second place in a NASCAR Cup Series race since May 2.

It's a high performance mark the series hasn't seen in more than a decade when former Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson won four straight points-paying races in 2007. Larson's win Sunday was his third straight points-paying victory but he also won the All-Star Race $1 million-to-win exhibition last week at Texas Motor Speedway.

Larson's No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet led Ross Chastain and Chip Ganassi Racing's No. 42 Chevrolet across the Nashville finish line by 4.335-seconds. He paced the field by as much as 5 seconds in the closing 10 laps of this inaugural event. And that fourth winner's trophy is a series best on the season.

There were 14 lead changes among seven drivers, but only two other drivers led double digit laps - Chase Elliott (13) and Kyle Busch (10).

"It was a great day," Larson said, smiling at the understatement. "We never really had to run behind people, so I don't know if one of my teammates got out front again, it probably would have been hard to pass them.

"This Valvoline Chevrolet was really good. It cut the middle of the corner really well and our pit crew did an awesome job again. I just hope we can keep it going."

Larson led 264 of the 300 laps at the 1.333-mile Nashville track in the first NASCAR Cup Series race in the city since 1984. The effort marked the fourth time this season Larson's led at least 200 laps in a race and the fifth time he's led more than half the total laps in a race.

Only 17 races into the 36-race season, Larson has already eclipsed his previous season-best laps led. He's been out front 1,426 laps. His previous season-best total was 1,352 laps led in 2017.

Larson, who now has 10 career NASCAR Cup Series wins, has led 82 percent of all laps run during this current three-race winning streak. His Hendrick teammate Elliott - who was disqualified for having four loose lug nuts - won Stage 1 and Larson answered with the Stage 2 victory - his 12th of the season, which is double that of any other driver.

Larson's Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron looked to give the team its fifth straight 1-2 finish, rallying from the rear of the grid. He was running second until the final 10 laps when Chastain got around him. Byron finished third, followed by polesitter Aric Almirola and his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kevin Harvick.

The fourth-place finish was Almirola's best of the season. Harvick's fifth place run was his best in the last six races.

"We had a good car, just, my goodness, we don't have anything for those Chevrolets right now," said Almirola, who drives the No. 10 SHR Ford. "They're making grip and they're getting up off the corner. It's so hard to race with them.

"But," Almirola added, "We have made huge strides to close the gap. Our race team is doing a great job scrounging and scrapping to build better race cars and it's nice to come here and run up front, run in the Top-5 and at least be in the mix."

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Daniel Suarez, Kurt Busch, Christopher Bell and Joey Logano rounded out the Top-10. It marked Stenhouse's second Top-10 of the season and the third for Suarez in the new No. 99 Trackhouse Racing team, which hosted co-owner, superstar performer Pitbull, at Nashville.

NASCAR Cup Series championship leader Denny Hamlin had to pit for fuel with two laps remaining dropping from a Top-10 result. He finished 22nd - the second time he's finished outside the Top-10 in the last six races and now holds a slim 6-point championship lead over Larson.