2021 Tennessee Lottery 250


The 2021 Tennessee Lottery 250 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on June 19, 2021. It was contested over 189 laps—extended from 188 laps due to an overtime finish—on the Nashville Superspeedway. It was the fifteenth race of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch, collected his third win of the season. Busch also became the first driver in NASCAR Xfinity series history to win 100 races.

Report

Background

Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee, United States, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville. The track was built in 2001 and is currently used for events, driving schools and GT Academy, a reality television competition. It is a concrete oval track 1 miles long. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc., which also owns Dover International Speedway. Nashville Superspeedway was the longest concrete oval in NASCAR during the time it was on the Xfinity series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series circuits. Current permanent seating capacity is approximately 25,000. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and seating capacity can be expanded to 150,000. Infrastructure is in place to expand the facility to include a short track, drag strip, and road course.

Entry list

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

Practice

Kyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.746 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying

Kyle Busch scored the pole position after a time of 30.420 seconds and a speed of.

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One
Laps: 45
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
122Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord10
254Kyle Busch 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
318Daniel HemricJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8
420Harrison BurtonJoe Gibbs RacingToyota7
57Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet6
619Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5
716A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet4
810Jeb BurtonKaulig RacingChevrolet3
98Josh Berry 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet2
102Myatt SniderRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1

Stage Two
Laps: 45
PosDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
154Kyle Busch 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
27Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet9
318Daniel HemricJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8
420Harrison BurtonJoe Gibbs RacingToyota7
51Michael AnnettJR MotorsportsChevrolet6
68Josh Berry 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet5
719Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota4
822Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord3
911Justin HaleyKaulig RacingChevrolet9
109Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet1

Final Stage Results

Laps: 98

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 12 among 5 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 8 for 46
  • Time of race: 2 hours, 20 minutes, and 48 seconds
  • Average speed: