2021 Hollywood Casino 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 34 of 36 in the2021 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24)
Location	Kansas Speedway inKansas City, Kansas
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km)
Average speed	130.728 miles per hour (210.386 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Grid positions set by competition-based formula
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	131
Winner
No. 5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	NBCSN
Announcers	Rick Allen,Jeff Burton,Steve Letarte andDale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle andRusty Wallace
Turn announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2) andMike Bagley (3 & 4)

The2021 Hollywood Casino 400 was aNASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on October 24, 2021, atKansas Speedway inKansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 34th race of the2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, the eighth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 8.

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km)tri-oval race track inKansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annualNASCAR race weekends. TheVerizon IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by theInternational Speedway Corporation.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.

Kyle Larson was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula.^[4]

Stage OneLaps: 80

Stage TwoLaps: 80

Stage ThreeLaps: 107

• Lead changes: 23 among 8 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 33
• Red flags: 1 for 15 minutes and 46 seconds
• Time of race: 3 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds
• Average speed: 130.728 miles per hour (210.386 km/h)

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side.Rick Allen,Jeff Burton,Steve Letarte andDale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth.Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Dillon Welch handled the pit road duties from pit lane.Parker Kligerman provided updates from the driver’s perspective while competing in the No. 96Gaunt Brothers Racing car during the race.

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast onSirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle andRusty Wallace called the race for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway.Dave Moody called the race for MRN from Turns 1 & 2, andMike Bagley called the race for MRN from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post and Kim Coon covered the action for MRN from pit lane.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Larson 4,181 3 2 Chase Elliott 4,107 (–74) 3 Denny Hamlin 4,105 (–76) 4 Kyle Busch 4,074 (–107) 3 5 Ryan Blaney 4,073 (–108) 1 6 Martin Truex Jr. 4,071 (–110) 1 7 Brad Keselowski 4,068 (–113) 8 Joey Logano 4,048 (–133) 9 Kevin Harvick 2,293 (–1,888) 1 10 Kurt Busch 2,243 (–1,938) 2 11 William Byron 2,233 (–1,948) 2 12 Christopher Bell 2,227 (–1,954) 1 13 Tyler Reddick 2,213 (–1,968) 1 14 Alex Bowman 2,169 (–2,012) 1 15 Aric Almirola 2,147 (–2,034) 16 Michael McDowell 2,128 (–2,053) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,256 2 Toyota 1,169 (–87) 3 Ford 1,169 (–87) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

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