Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
Ben Rhodes won the Pole Award for the ToyotaCare 250 by having the highest total PMQ.
PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
25% of the driver's final race finish position.
25% of the owner's final race position.
35% of the Owner Points position.
Drivers Entered: 40 (4 drivers will not make the race)
Laps Scheduled: 250
Margin of Victory: 0.307 Seconds
Time of Race: 2 Hours 25 Minutes 58 Seconds
Average Speed: 77.072
Cautions: 11 for 79 laps
Lead Changes: 9
Green Flag Passes: 1,099 (6.4 passes per green flag lap)
Richmond Raceway
2nd Annual ToyotaCare 250
Race Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
Age: 23
Team : No. 4 - Safeway Toyota
Owner: Kyle Busch
Crew Chief: Eric Phillips
John Hunter Nemechek won the 2nd Annual ToyotaCare 250, his eighth victory in 109 Camping World Truck Series races.
This is his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Richmond Raceway.
Kyle Busch (second) posted his first top-10 finish in four races at Richmond Raceway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2021.
Tyler Ankrum (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Richmond Raceway.
Chandler Smith (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Richmond, Virginia -
April 17, 2021 :
Hailie Deegan, driver of the #1 BUILT FORD TOUGH Ford, waits on the grid prior to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway.
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