Starting from 24th place Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet won the 66th Annual TOYOTA OWNERS 400, his 3rd win in 199 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 4th Top 10 finish in 2021. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 11 races at Richmond Raceway. 2nd Place Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota, started from 2nd place posted his 18th Top 10 finish in 30 races at Richmond Raceway. It is his 8th Top 10 finish in 2021. 3rd Place Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford, started from 5th place posted his 14th Top 10 finish in 25 races at Richmond Raceway.
4th Place Car 20 Christopher Bell Sirius XM Toyota, started from 8th place followed by 5th place Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, started from pole. 6th Place Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford, started from 22nd place followed by 7th place Car 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet, started from 4th place. 8th Place Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Red Nose Day Toyota, started from 10th place followed by 9th place Car 21 Matt DiBenedetto Menards/Libman Ford, started from 16th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 11th place. Chase Briscoe (22nd) was the highest finishing rookie. Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 81 points over Martin Truex Jr..
The race had 5 Cautions for 39 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 32 for Competition Caution. 2nd Caution on lap 82 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 142 for #6 Spin Turn 3. 4th Caution on lap 237 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 382 for #4 Crash in Turn 1.
The race had 20 Lead Changes 20 among 7 drivers; M. Truex Jr. 1-32; D. Hamlin 33-103; M. Truex Jr. 104-136; D. Hamlin 137; J. Logano 138; B. Keselowski 139-142; A. Dillon 143; M. Truex Jr. 144-183; J. Logano 184-185; B. Keselowski 186-206; D. Hamlin 207-292; J. Logano 293; M. Truex Jr. 294; D. Hamlin 295-334; J. Logano 335-341; D. Hamlin 342; K. Busch 343; M. Truex Jr. 344; J. Logano 345-382; D. Hamlin 383-390; A. Bowman 391-400.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 19, 22, 24, 12, 20, 48, 3, 2, 4
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 19, 22, 48, 4, 21, 18, 24, 20, 10
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 9
Race Results for the 66th Annual TOYOTA OWNERS 400 – Sunday, April 18, 2021. Richmond Raceway – Richmond, VA – 0.75 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 400 Laps – 300. Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
| 1. 24. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 400 Running |
| 2. 2. Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 400 Running |
| 3. 5. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 400 Running |
| 4. 8. Car 20 Christopher Bell Sirius XM Toyota 400 Running |
| 5. 1. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 400 Running |
| 6. 22. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 400 Running |
| 7. 4. Car 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 400 Running |
| 8. 10. Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Red Nose Day Toyota 400 Running |
| 9. 16. Car 21 Matt DiBenedetto Menards/Libman Ford 400 Running |
| 10. 11. Car 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 400 Running |
| 11. 7. Car 12 Ryan Blaney BodyArmor Ford 400 Running |
| 12. 3. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 400 Running |
| 13. 17. Car 1 Kurt Busch Tubi TV Chevrolet 400 Running |
| 14. 20. Car 2 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Ford 400 Running |
| 15. 18. Car 42 Ross Chastain McDonald’s Chevrolet 399 Running |
| 16. 27. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Camping World Chevrolet 399 Running |
| 17. 14. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Nature Valley Chevrolet 399 Running |
| 18. 6. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 398 Running |
| 19. 30. Car 43 Erik Jones Medallion Bank Chevrolet 398 Running |
| 20. 13. Car 8 Tyler Reddick Cat #WhatPowersYou Chevrolet 398 Running |
| 21. 36. Car 7 Corey LaJoie Schluter Systems Chevrolet 398 Running |
| 22. 26. Car 14 Chase Briscoe # Global Mustang Week Ford 398 Running |
| 23. 21. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 398 Running |
| 24. 9. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Hunt Brother?s Pizza Ford 397 Running |
| 25. 12. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford 397 Running |
| 26. 15. Car 23 Bubba Wallace Root Insurance Toyota 397 Running |
| 27. 23. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 396 Running |
| 28. 38. Car 33 * Austin Cindric(i) Verizon 5G Ford 396 Running |
| 29. 25. Car 37 * Ryan Preece Maxwell House Chevrolet 396 Running |
| 30. 19. Car 6 Ryan Newman Oscar Mayer Ford 395 Running |
| 31. 29. Car 38 Anthony Alfredo # MDS Ford 395 Running |
| 32. 35. Car 78 BJ McLeod(i) Surface Sunscreen Ford 393 Running |
| 33. 28. Car 15 James Davison Jacob Companies Chevrolet 390 Running |
| 34. 32. Car 00 Quin Houff Mount-N-Lock Chevrolet 390 Running |
| 35. 37. Car 53 Garrett Smithley(i) Trophy Tractor Chevrolet 389 Running |
| 36. 33. Car 51 Cody Ware(i) Nurtec ODT Chevrolet 385 Running |
| 37. 31. Car 52 Josh Bilicki Insurance King Ford 384 Running |
| 38. 34. Car 77 Justin Haley(i) Diamond Creek Water Chevrolet 1 Engine |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race no cars were sent to the rear of the field. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 6 Mins, 57 Secs. Average Speed: 96.282 MPH. Margin of Victory: .381 Seconds. Caution Flags: 5 for 39 laps. Lead Changes: 20 among 7 drivers. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Chase Briscoe, #14.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: April 25, 2021 – Talladega Superspeedway
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