2021 Drydene 200


The 2021 Drydene 200 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on May 15, 2021. It was contested over 200 laps on the Dover International Speedway concrete oval. It was the tenth race of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Team Penske driver Austin Cindric, collected his third win of the season.

Report

Background

Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Qualifying

Daniel Hemric was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula. Jordan Anderson, Ronnie Bassett Jr., and Andy Lally did not have enough points to qualify for the race.

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One
Laps: 45
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
28Josh Berry 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet9
316A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet8
420Harrison BurtonJoe Gibbs RacingToyota7
519Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota6
69Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet5
754Ty Gibbs 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota4
822Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord3
939Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord2
1026John Hunter Nemechek 'Sam Hunt RacingToyota0

Stage Two
Laps: 45
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
18Josh Berry 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet10
27Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet9
322Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord8
416A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet7
520Harrison BurtonJoe Gibbs RacingToyota6
69Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet5
71Michael AnnettJR MotorsportsChevrolet4
826John Hunter NemechekSam Hunt RacingToyota3
954Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2
1098Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord1

Final Stage Results

Laps: 110

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 9 among 6 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 7 for 45
  • Time of race: 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 20 seconds
  • Average speed: