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
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 22 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 293 5 46 Running 2 25 5
2 9 20 Christopher Bell Rheem/Watts Toyota 293 6 40 Running
3 11 2 Brad Keselowski eCascadia Ford 293 2 1 53 Running 2 53 1
4 15 22 Joey Logano Autotrader Ford 293 33 Running
5 7 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Tarkett Ford 293 1 3 50 Running 2 64 1
6 12 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light Apple Ford 293 4 2 47 Running 2 66
7 10 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 293 10 7 35 Running
8 20 42 Ross Chastain Clover Chevrolet 293 8 9 34 Running 1 3
9 5 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 293 28 Running
10 6 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 293 7 4 38 Running 1 1
11 14 21 Matt DiBenedetto Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 293 9 28 Running 1 20
12 2 19 Martin Truex Jr. Resers Fine Foods #LetsPicnic Toyota 293 25 Running
13 8 8 Tyler Reddick Cat #WeDigLandscaping Chevrolet 293 5 8 33 Running
14 21 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 293 23 Running
15 29 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Dawn Chevrolet 293 22 Running
16 4 1 Kurt Busch Chevy Accessories Chevrolet 292 10 22 Running 1 2
17 13 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet Chevrolet 292 20 Running
18 3 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 292 3 6 32 Running 2 53
19 24 43 Erik Jones Medallion Bank Chevrolet 292 18 Running
20 31 99 Daniel Suarez Good Sam Chevrolet 292 17 Running
21 16 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 292 16 Running
22 25 37 Ryan Preece Healthy Choice Power Bowls Chevrolet 292 15 Running
23 26 7 Corey LaJoie Nations Guard Chevrolet 292 14 Running
24 28 6 Ryan Newman Guaranteed Rate Ford 292 13 Running
25 23 34 Michael McDowell Horizon Hobby Ford 292 12 Running
26 18 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald’s Toyota 292 11 Running
27 19 14 Chase Briscoe # HighPoint.com Ford 291 10 Running
28 30 77 Justin Haley(i) Diamond Creek Water Chevrolet 291 0 Running
29 17 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford 290 8 Running
30 32 78 BJ McLeod(i) Motorsport Games Ford 288 0 Running
31 34 51 Cody Ware(i) Nurtec ODT Chevrolet 285 0 Running
32 27 38 Anthony Alfredo # Dude Wipes Ford 285 5 Running
33 33 53 Garrett Smithley(i) Clubhouse Media Group Chevrolet 283 0 Running
34 35 52 Josh Bilicki Rich Mar Florist/Mayhew Tools Ford 280 3 Running
35 36 00 Quin Houff Permatex Chevrolet 187 2 Accident
36 37 15 James Davison Project 44 Chevrolet 40 1 Clutch
37 1 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 8 1 Accident 1 6
Time of Race: Average Speed: 0 MPH Margin of Victory: 0 Seconds
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
Race Comments: Aric Almirola won the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, his third career NASCAR Cup Series victory. 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; Laps: 7-23 (#11, 18, 19 and 48 Incident in Turn 1 [Red: 1:41:22] [None]); 33-38 (#23 and 38 Spin in Turn 4 [22]); 77-82 (Stage 1 Conclusion [78]); 129-135 (#00 and 6 Incident in Turn 3 [14]); 140-144 (#17 and 23 Incident on the Backstretch [22]); 187-192 (Stage 2 Conclusion [3]).
Lead Changes: 14 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.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: August 8, 2021 – Watkins Glen International
