2021 Xfinity 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 35 of 36 in the2021 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	October 31, 2021 (2021-10-31)
Location	Martinsville Speedway inRidgeway, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	0.526 miles (0.847 km)
Distance	501 laps, 263.526 mi (424.104 km)
Scheduled distance	500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Average speed	70.968 miles per hour (114.212 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Grid positions set by competition-based formula
Most laps led
Driver	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	289
Winner
No. 48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
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 (Backstretch)

The2021 Xfinity 500 was aNASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on October 31, 2021, atMartinsville Speedway inRidgeway, Virginia. Contested over 501 laps—extended from 500 laps due to anovertime finish, on the 0.526-mile (0.847-kilometre) short track, it was the 35th race of the2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, the ninth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 8.Alex Bowman movedDenny Hamlin during the closing laps to earn his fourth win in 2021, as well as his sixth overall.

Martinsville Speedway is anInternational Speedway Corporation-ownedNASCAR stock car racing track located inHenry County, inRidgeway, Virginia, just to the south ofMartinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCARCup Series. The track is also one of the first pavedoval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 byH. Clay Earles. It is also the only race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948. Along with this, Martinsville is the only NASCAR oval track on the entire NASCAR track circuit to have asphalt surfaces on the straightaways, then concrete to cover the turns.

• (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. This was the final round for the single-day race format with no practice or qualifying used since May 2020 in Darlington. Starting in 2022, NASCAR adopted the competition-based formula for determining practice groups and qualifying order, and when weather cancels qualifying.^[4]

Stage OneLaps: 130

Stage TwoLaps: 130

Stage ThreeLaps: 240

• Lead changes: 15 among 7 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 15 for 91
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 42 minutes and 48 seconds
• Average speed: 70.968 miles per hour (114.212 km/h)

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side.Rick Allen, 1997 race winnerJeff Burton,Steve Letarte and 2014 race winnerDale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth.Dave Burns,Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Dillon Welch handled the pit road duties from pit lane.Rutledge Wood handled the features from the track.

MRN covered the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast onSirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and 7 time Martinsville winnerRusty Wallace had the call for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway.Dave Moody covered the action for MRN when the field raced down the backstraightway into turn 3. Steve Post and Kim Coon covered the action for MRN from pit lane.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Larson 5,000 2 Chase Elliott 5,000 (–0) 3 3 Martin Truex Jr. 5,000 (–0) 1 4 Denny Hamlin 5,000 (–0) 2 5 Brad Keselowski 2,323 (–2,677) 3 6 Kevin Harvick 2,318 (–2,682) 2 7 Ryan Blaney 2,308 (–2,692) 8 Joey Logano 2,308 (–2,692) 5 9 Kyle Busch 2,285 (–2,715) 1 10 William Byron 2,280 (–2,720) 1 11 Kurt Busch 2,274 (–2,726) 12 Christopher Bell 2,251 (–2,749) 13 Tyler Reddick 2,232 (–2,768) 14 Alex Bowman 2,221 (–2,779) 15 Aric Almirola 2,184 (–2,816) 16 Michael McDowell 2,139 (–2,861) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,296 2 Toyota 1,204 (–92) 3 Ford 1,203 (–93) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

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