2021 Pit Boss 250


The 2021 Pit Boss 250 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on May 22, 2021. It was contested over 46 laps on the road course. It was the tenth race of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch, collected his first win of the season, and his 98th of his career.

Report

Background

Circuit of the Americas is a grade 1 FIA-specification motorsports facility located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas. It features a road racing circuit. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Prix, and the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, a round of the FIM Road Racing World Championship. It previously hosted the Supercars Championship, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the IMSA SportsCar Championship, and IndyCar Series.
On September 30, 2020, it was announced that COTA would host a NASCAR Xfinity Series event for the first time on May 22, 2021. The Camping World Truck Series was added as a support event. On December 11, 2020, it was announced that NASCAR would run the full 3.41 mile course.

Entry list

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

Practice

Austin Cindric was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 137.778 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying

Kyle Busch scored the pole position after a time of 160.349 seconds and a speed of.

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One
Laps: 14
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
116A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet10
231Tyler Reddick 'Jordan Anderson RacingChevrolet0
319Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8
423Andy LallyOur MotorsportsChevrolet7
551Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet6
67Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet5
75Kevin Harvick 'B. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet0
877Austin Dillon 'Bassett RacingChevrolet0
922Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord2
108Miguel PaludoJR MotorsportsChevrolet1

Stage Two
Laps: 16
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
111Justin HaleyKaulig RacingChevrolet10
21Michael AnnettJR MotorsportsChevrolet9
348Jade Buford 'Big Machine Racing TeamChevrolet8
477Austin Dillon 'Big Machine Racing TeamChevrolet0
554Kyle Busch 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
651Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet5
77Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet4
816A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet3
95Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas RacingFord0
1015Colby HowardJD MotorsportsChevrolet1

Final Stage Results

Laps: 16

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 6 among 5 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 4 for 7
  • Time of race: 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 25 seconds
  • Average speed: