Starting from 22nd place Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford won the 29th Annual Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, his 3rd win in 375 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 2021. This is his 1st win & 5th Top 10 finish in 20 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 20 Christopher Bell Rheem/Watts Toyota, started from 9th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 3 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It is his 9th Top 10 finish in 2021. 3rd Place Car 2 Brad Keselowski eCascadia Ford, started from 11th place posted his 14th Top 10 finish in 22 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
4th Place Car 22 Joey Logano Autotrader Ford, started from 15th place followed by 5th place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Tarkett Ford, started from 7th place. 6th Place Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light Apple Ford, started from 12th place followed by 7th place Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 10th place. 8th place Car 42 Ross Chastain Clover Chevrolet, started from 20th place followed by 9th place Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet, started from 5th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota, in 10th place, started from 6th place. Chase Briscoe (27th) was the highest finishing rookie. Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 13 points over Kyle Larson.
The race had 6 Cautions for 47 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 7 for #11, 18, 19 and 48 Crash in Turn 1 [Red: 1:41:22]. 2nd Caution on lap 33 for #23 and 38 Spin in Turn 4. 3rd Caution on lap 77 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 129 for #00 and 6 Crash in Turn 3. 5th Caution on lap 140 for #17 and 23 Crash on the Backstretch. 6th Caution on lap 187 for Stage 2 Conclusion.
The race had 14 Lead Changes among 10 drivers; K. Busch 1-6; C. Elliott 7-23; K. Busch 24-25; C. Elliott 26-61; R. Blaney 62-77; B. Keselowski 78; K. Harvick 79-130; D. Hamlin 131; K. Harvick 132-145; B. Keselowski 146-197; R. Blaney 198-245; A. Almirola 246-250; R. Chastain 251-253; M. DiBenedetto 254-273; A. Almirola 274-293.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 12, 2, 9, 4, 8, 20, 11, 42, 21, 5
Stage 2 Top 10: 2, 4, 12, 11, 10, 9, 5, 8, 42, 1
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 22
Race Results for the 29th Annual Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 – Sunday, July 18, 2021 New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, NH – 1.058 – Mile Paved Total Race Length – 293 Laps – 309.994 Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
| 1. 22. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 293 Running |
| 2. 9. Car 20 Christopher Bell Rheem/Watts Toyota 293 Running |
| 3. 11. Car 2 Brad Keselowski eCascadia Ford 293 Running |
| 4. 15. Car 22 Joey Logano Autotrader Ford 293 Running |
| 5. 7. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Tarkett Ford 293 Running |
| 6. 12. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light Apple Ford 293 Running |
| 7. 10. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 293 Running |
| 8. 20. Car 42 Ross Chastain Clover Chevrolet 293 Running |
| 9. 5. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 293 Running |
| 10. 6. Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 293 Running |
| 11. 14. Car 21 Matt DiBenedetto Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 293 Running |
| 12. 2. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Resers Fine Foods #LetsPicnic Toyota 293 Running |
| 13. 8. Car 8 Tyler Reddick Cat #WeDigLandscaping Chevrolet 293 Running |
| 14. 21. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 293 Running |
| 15. 29. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Dawn Chevrolet 293 Running |
| 16. 4. Car 1 Kurt Busch Chevy Accessories Chevrolet 292 Running |
| 17. 13. Car 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet Chevrolet 292 Running |
| 18. 3. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 292 Running |
| 19. 24. Car 43 Erik Jones Medallion Bank Chevrolet 292 Running |
| 20. 31. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Good Sam Chevrolet 292 Running |
| 21. 16. Car 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 292 Running |
| 22. 25. Car 37 Ryan Preece Healthy Choice Power Bowls Chevrolet 292 Running |
| 23. 26. Car 7 Corey LaJoie Nations Guard Chevrolet 292 Running |
| 24. 28. Car 6 Ryan Newman Guaranteed Rate Ford 292 Running |
| 25. 23. Car 34 Michael McDowell Horizon Hobby Ford 292 Running |
| 26. 18. Car 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald’s Toyota 292 Running |
| 27. 19. Car 14 Chase Briscoe # HighPoint.com Ford 291 Running |
| 28. 30. Car 77 Justin Haley(i) Diamond Creek Water Chevrolet 291 Running |
| 29. 17. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford 290 Running |
| 30. 32. Car 78 BJ McLeod(i) Motorsport Games Ford 288 Running |
| 31. 34. Car 51 Cody Ware(i) Nurtec ODT Chevrolet 285 Running |
| 32. 27. Car 38 Anthony Alfredo # Dude Wipes Ford 285 Running |
| 33. 33. Car 53 Garrett Smithley(i) Clubhouse Media Group Chevrolet 283 Running |
| 34. 35. Car 52 Josh Bilicki Rich Mar Florist/Mayhew Tools Ford 280 Running |
| 35. 36. Car 00 Quin Houff Permatex Chevrolet 187 Accident |
| 36. 37. Car 15 James Davison Project 44 Chevrolet 40 Clutch |
| 37. 1. Car 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 8 Accident |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 00, 7, 37 and 78 (two inspection failures) and No. 23 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Caution Flags: 6 for 47 laps. Lead Changes: 14 among 10 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: August 8, 2021 – Watkins Glen International
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