| 2021 Cook Out Southern 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 27 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | Not Disclosed | Race Date: | Sep 5, 2021 | Darlington Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .212 Seconds | Race Duration: | 4Hr 8Min 1Sec. | Darlington, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 18 Among / 10 Drivers | Average Speed: | 121.279 MPH | 1.366 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 37 | No. of Cautions: | 11 For 52 Laps | darlingtonraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Denny Hamlin D. Hamlin | Driver: | Ryan Blaney R. Blaney | Toyota: | 40 | |||
| Car No.: | #11 Toyota | Car No.: | #12 Ford | Chevrolet: | 35 | |||
| Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing | Team: | Team Penske | Ford: | 32 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Chris Gabehart | Crew Chief: | Johnny Klausmeier | |||||
| Laps Led: | 146 of 367 | Pole Speed: | Starting Lineup Set by Competition–Based Performance Metrics | |||||
| Official 2021 Cook Out Southern 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Offerpad | Running |  | 57 | 367 | 146 |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Kyle Larson | HendrickCars.com | Running |  | 54 | 367 | 156 |
| 3 | 23 | 42 | Ross Chastain | McDonald's | Running | | 44 | 367 | 1 |
| 4 | 10 | 19 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Bass Pro | Running | | 38 | 367 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Busch Light Fan Design | Running |  | 44 | 367 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Monster Energy | Running | | 44 | 367 | 13 |
| 7 | 16 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Discount Tire | Running | | 30 | 367 | 0 |
| 8 | 11 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell Pennzoil | Running | | 34 | 367 | 0 |
| 9 | 34 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Roush Performance | Running | | 28 | 367 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Off Road | Running | | 27 | 367 | 0 |
| 11 | 31 | 41 | Cole Custer | HaasTooling.com Demo Day | Running | | 26 | 367 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | 37 | Ryan Preece | Kroger / Hershey's S'mores | Running | | 25 | 367 | 0 |
| 13 | 26 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Good Sam | Running | | 24 | 367 | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Oscar Mayer Bologna | Running | | 23 | 367 | 0 |
| 15 | 25 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Schluter Systems | Running | | 23 | 367 | 0 |
| 16 | 8 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Smithfield | Running | | 24 | 366 | 0 |
| 17 | 29 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | Kroger / Little Hug | Running | | 20 | 366 | 0 |
| 18 | 7 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Childress Vineyards | Running | | 23 | 366 | 0 |
| 19 | 24 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (R) | HighPoint.com / Founders | Running | | 18 | 366 | 0 |
| 20 | 13 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Sport Clips Haircuts | Running | | 26 | 366 | 10 |
| 21 | 17 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | Door Dash | Running | | 16 | 366 | 0 |
| 22 | 1 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Menards / Richmond | Running | | 24 | 366 | 17 |
| 23 | 30 | 21 | Matt DiBenedetto | Motorcraft / Quick Lane | Running | | 14 | 365 | 0 |
| 24 | 32 | 38 | Anthony Alfredo (R) | Chicago Pneumatic Compressors | Running | | 13 | 364 | 0 |
| 25 | 20 | 77 | Justin Haley (I) | Bon Secours / Swamp Rabbits | Running | | 0 | 364 | 0 |
| 26 | 5 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Ally | Running | | 11 | 363 | 0 |
| 27 | 27 | 78 | B.J. McLeod (I) | CorvetteParts.net | Running | | 0 | 359 | 0 |
| 28 | 28 | 52 | Josh Bilicki | Jacob Companies | Running | | 9 | 359 | 0 |
| 29 | 35 | 15 | Joey Gase (I) | Rick Ware Racing | Running | | 0 | 357 | 1 |
| 30 | 37 | 00 | Quin Houff | Units | Running | | 7 | 355 | 0 |
| 31 | 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | NAPA / Children's | Accident | | 9 | 327 | 0 |
| 32 | 22 | 43 | Erik Jones | Petty's Garage | Engine | | 5 | 264 | 2 |
| 33 | 33 | 51 | Cody Ware (I) | Nurtec ODT | Accident | | 0 | 209 | 0 |
| 34 | 14 | 24 | William Byron | Axalta | Accident | | 3 | 199 | 0 |
| 35 | 12 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's | Accident | | 2 | 125 | 0 |
| 36 | 36 | 53 | James Davison | Rick Ware Racing | Accident | | 1 | 50 | 0 |
| 37 | 15 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Love's Travel Stops | Accident | | 1 | 30 | 0 |
