| 2021 Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 1 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | Not Disclosed | Race Date: | Feb 14, 2021 | Daytona International Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | Concluded Under Caution | Race Duration: | 3Hr 27Min 44Sec. | Daytona Beach, Florida | |
| Lead Changes: | 22 Among / 13 Drivers | Average Speed: | 144.415 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Banked Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 40 | No. of Cautions: | 7 For 40 Laps | daytonainternationalspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Michael McDowell M. McDowell | Driver: | Alex Bowman A. Bowman | Ford: | 40 | |||
| Car No.: | #34 Ford | Car No.: | #48 Chevrolet | Chevrolet: | 35 | |||
| Team: | Front Row Motorsports | Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Toyota: | 32 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Drew Blickensderfer | Crew Chief: | Greg Ives | |||||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 191.261 MPH | |||||
| Official 2021 Daytona 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Love's Travel Stops | Running |  | 44 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | 12 | 9 | Chase Elliott | NAPA Auto Parts | Running |  | 42 | 200 | 3 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Off Road | Running | | 48 | 200 | 7 |
| 4 | 8 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Busch Light | Running | | 42 | 200 | 17 |
| 5 | 25 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx | Running |  | 52 | 200 | 98 |
| 6 | 11 | 37 | Ryan Preece | Cottonelle | Running | | 40 | 200 | 0 |
| 7 | 34 | 42 | Ross Chastain | Clover | Running | | 32 | 200 | 0 |
| 8 | 19 | 77 | Jamie McMurray | Advent Health | Running | | 29 | 200 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Youtheory | Running | | 28 | 200 | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Nations Guard | Running | | 37 | 200 | 1 |
| 11 | 27 | 41 | Cole Custer | HaasTooling.com | Running | | 27 | 200 | 1 |
| 12 | 9 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell / Pennzoil | Accident | | 33 | 199 | 26 |
| 13 | 24 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Discount Tire | Accident | | 25 | 199 | 0 |
| 14 | 10 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's | Accident | | 25 | 199 | 0 |
| 15 | 39 | 33 | Austin Cindric (I) | Verizon 5G | Accident | | 0 | 199 | 2 |
| 16 | 5 | 20 | Christopher Bell | DeWalt | Running | | 26 | 199 | 32 |
| 17 | 6 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | Door Dash | Accident | | 32 | 198 | 1 |
| 18 | 21 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | Kroger / NOS Energy Drink | Running | | 19 | 198 | 0 |
| 19 | 30 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (R) | HighPoint.com | Running | | 18 | 197 | 0 |
| 20 | 28 | 53 | Joey Gase | Page Construction / Fox Nation | Running | | 17 | 196 | 0 |
| 21 | 35 | 51 | Cody Ware | Nurtec ODT | Running | | 16 | 196 | 0 |
| 22 | 20 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Monster Energy | Running | | 15 | 195 | 0 |
| 23 | 38 | 78 | B.J. McLeod (I) | NASCAR Heat 5 on Xbox | Running | | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 24 | 37 | 52 | Josh Bilicki | Wisconsin Lightning Lab | Running | | 13 | 194 | 0 |
| 25 | 26 | 19 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Bass Pro Shops | Running | | 12 | 193 | 0 |
| 26 | 2 | 24 | William Byron | Axalta | Running | | 11 | 191 | 0 |
| 27 | 29 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Lenovo | Running | | 10 | 188 | 0 |
| 28 | 40 | 16 | Kaz Grala | Hyperice | | 9 | 115 | 10 | |
| 29 | 33 | 00 | Quin Houff | Mane 'N Tail | Accident | | 8 | 37 | 0 |
| 30 | 14 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Menards / Blue DEF / Peak | Accident | | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| 31 | 22 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Fastenal | | 6 | 14 | 0 | |
| 32 | 36 | 38 | Anthony Alfredo (R) | Speedy Cash | | 5 | 14 | 0 | |
| 33 | 23 | 21 | Matt DiBenedetto | Motorcraft / Quick Lane | | 4 | 14 | 0 | |
| 34 | 3 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Smithfield | Accident | | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| 35 | 1 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Ally | Accident | | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| 36 | 15 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | iFly | Accident | | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 37 | 18 | 36 | David Ragan | Select Blinds | Accident | | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 38 | 7 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Kohler Generators | Accident | | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 39 | 31 | 43 | Erik Jones | Armor All | Accident | | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 40 | 32 | 15 | Derrike Cope | Jacob Companies | Accident | | 1 | 3 | 0 |
