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Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart

Sunday, July 11th, 2021

Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA

  • 13 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 18 Chevrolet

  • Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart
  • Pole Winner: Chase Elliott
  • Age: 25
  • Team: No. 9 - Adrenaline Shoc Chevrolet
  • Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Chase Elliott won the Pole Award for the Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Sunday, July 11th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Kurt wins in Busch Family Duel; Secures Playoffs Bid

Kurt Busch out-dueled his younger brother Kyle Busch in the pair's fourth career 1-2 finish to secure his 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs position and take his 33rd career victory in Sunday's Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart.

Busch, 42, has been particularly good at the 1.5-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway. Sunday's win was his fourth there, most among the current field, and the last trophy given before the historic NASCAR track is repaved and reconfigured going forward.

More importantly Sunday's work was a big statement for Busch, who started the race with only a 25-point buffer in the championship standings with six races left to set the 16-driver Playoffs field. Now with the win, he's "in" and his emotions climbing out of Chip Ganassi Racing's No. 1 Chevrolet certainly reflected the relief and joy.

He simultaneously earned a Playoffs position and evened the score with his brother – each have won two races in the four times they have finished first and second.

"Hell yeah, we beat Kyle," a smiling Kurt Busch said after climbing out of his car, putting his fists in the air and turning toward the cheering crowd in the grandstands.

"What a battle on an old-school race track," said Busch, who has 33 career NASCAR Cup Series wins.

"It's been one of those years where I knew we were going to have our back against the wall, just above the [Playoffs] cut-off line and needed to race hard and race smart."

Not too surprisingly, Kyle Busch's mood standing by his car on pit lane was markedly different than his brother's. He felt like Kurt's Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Ross Chastain interfered a bit as the two brothers were fighting for the race lead while navigating lapped traffic.

Kurt led a race high 144 of the 267 laps – the most he's led in a single race since 2015 (291 laps at Richmond, Va.) and the two each won a Stage. Kurt came out behind his brother on track when the final round of pit stops cycled out, but ultimately passed Kyle for good with 25 laps remaining and crossed the finish line 1.237 seconds ahead of his brother. Kyle was able to pull alongside Kurt with seven to go, but unable to make the pass in lapped traffic.

"I gave everything I had there early and then just smoked it behind the 42 [Chastain] obviously, shows you what kind of driver he is," Kyle Busch said. "Just trying to fight hard after that when I got passed.

"Great effort, the guys gave me a great piece," Kyle continued. "The 1 (Kurt Busch) was definitely better than us today, I just thought I had him."

Kyle's Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. finished third, rallying from a 37th place starting position. Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman was fourth followed by Penske Racing's Ryan Blaney, who won at Atlanta this March.

Tyler Reddick, Georgia native Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell, Matt DiBenedetto and Brad Keselowski rounded out the Top-10.

Noticeably absent from that group is the series' only four-race winner Kyle Larson. He ran among the top five for most of the race, but was penalized for speeding on pit road during his final pit stop. He instead finished 18th.

Championship points leader Denny Hamlin, who is still looking for his first win of 2021, finished 13th. He also was handed a pit road penalty early in the race, which was red-flagged for about 20 minutes just after the completion of Stage 2 so track workers could repair the track surface.

The series moves to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway 1-miler next week for the Foxwood Resort Casino 301 (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

With five races remaining to set the 16-driver Playoffs field, 12 drivers have now earned automatic bids with a race victory. Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, who rallied to an 11th place finish Sunday, Austin Dillon and Reddick are the four highest-ranked drivers on points.

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 260
  • Margin of Victory: 01.237 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 50 Minutes 8 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 141.207
  • Cautions: 4 for 21 laps
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,087 (8.7 passes per green flag lap)

  • Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • 52nd Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart
  • Race Winner: Kurt Busch
  • Age: 42
  • Team : No. 1 - GEARWRENCH Chevrolet
  • Owner: Chip Ganassi
  • Crew Chief: Matt McCall
  • Kurt Busch won the 52nd Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart, his 33rd victory in 741 Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his fourth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 31 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
  • Kyle Busch (second) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 24 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Martin Truex Jr. (third) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 24 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
  • Chase Briscoe (15th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Busch congratulates his brother Kurt Busch
Hampton, Georgia - July 11, 2021 : Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Skittles Gummies Toyota, congratulates his brother, Kurt Busch, driver of the #1 GEARWRENCH Chevrolet, after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway Draftkings results
FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS FAST LAP POINTS LAPS LED POINTS TOTAL POINTS
RNK SLRY DRIVER TEAM # MAKE LAPS DR ST FIN FIN PTS PD PTS FST % FST FST PTS LED % LED LED PTS TOT PTS
1 8,400 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing 1 Chevrolet 260 144.80 8 1 45 7 62 26.61 27.90 144 55.4 36.00 115.90
2 10,300 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 260 130.50 2 2 42 0 40 17.17 18.00 91 35.0 22.75 82.75
4 9,000 Martin Truex Jr Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 260 101.30 5 3 41 2 20 8.58 9.00 0 0.0 0.00 52.00
3 9,400 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports 48 Chevrolet 260 114.20 17 4 40 13 15 6.44 6.75 0 0.0 0.00 59.75
5 10,500 Ryan Blaney Team Penske 12 Ford 260 100.50 15 5 39 10 5 2.15 2.25 0 0.0 0.00 51.25
7 7,100 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing 8 Chevrolet 260 108.00 7 6 38 1 7 3 3.15 0 0.0 0.00 42.15
11 9,800 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 260 90.30 1 7 37 -6 6 2.58 2.70 13 5.0 3.25 36.95
14 8,200 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 260 89.50 4 8 36 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
9 7,500 Matt DiBenedetto Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford 260 87.90 12 9 35 3 1 0.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 38.45
10 9,200 Brad Keselowski Team Penske 2 Ford 260 96.30 14 10 34 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 38.00
6 10,900 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing 4 Ford 260 78.80 21 11 32 10 9 3.86 4.05 0 0.0 0.00 46.05
12 7,900 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevrolet 260 82.90 13 12 31 1 3 1.29 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 33.35
19 9,600 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota 260 98.10 3 13 30 -10 6 2.58 2.70 2 0.8 0.50 23.20
8 6,300 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing 23 Toyota 260 74.10 24 14 29 10 3 1.29 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 40.35
17 6,400 Chase Briscoe Stewart Haas Racing 14 Ford 260 70.50 11 15 28 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 24.00
16 8,600 Chris Buescher RFK Racing 17 Ford 260 71.20 18 16 27 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 29.00
13 6,700 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 41 Ford 260 61.40 23 17 26 6 0 0 0.00 1 0.4 0.25 32.25
27 12,000 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 260 94.70 6 18 25 -12 7 3 3.15 0 0.0 0.00 16.15
23 8,800 Joey Logano Team Penske 22 Ford 259 75.20 10 19 24 -9 12 5.15 5.40 0 0.0 0.00 20.40
20 10,000 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports 24 Chevrolet 259 71.70 19 20 23 -1 1 0.43 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 22.45
32 7,200 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Chevrolet 259 59.30 9 21 21 -12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 9.00
17 5,700 Corey Lajoie Spire Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 258 55.70 26 22 20 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 24.00
24 8,000 Aric Almirola Stewart Haas Racing 10 Ford 258 59.80 20 23 19 -3 3 1.29 1.35 8 3.1 2.00 19.35
28 6,900 Erik Jones Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Chevrolet 258 50.70 22 24 18 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 16.00
15 7,400 Ryan Preece JTG Daugherty Racing 37 Chevrolet 258 51.50 34 25 17 9 11 4.72 4.95 1 0.4 0.25 31.20
21 5,500 Anthony Alfredo Front Row Motorsports 38 Ford 257 45.70 32 26 16 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 22.00
26 5,900 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford 256 45.80 25 27 15 -2 9 3.86 4.05 0 0.0 0.00 17.05
22 6,100 Ryan Newman RFK Racing 6 Ford 256 55.80 29 28 14 1 13 5.58 5.85 0 0.0 0.00 20.85
30 4,900 Justin Haley Live Fast Motorsports 78 Chevrolet 255 40.80 28 29 13 -1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 12.00
25 5,000 BJ McLeod N/A N/A N/A 254 36.80 36 30 12 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 18.00
28 5,300 Garrett Smithley Rick Ware Racing 53 Chevrolet 253 30.70 37 31 10 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 16.00
31 4,700 Bayley Currey Rick Ware Racing 15 Chevrolet 253 33.30 33 32 9 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 10.00
33 5,200 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing 51 Chevrolet 253 32.30 31 33 8 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 6.00
35 4,600 Josh Bilicki Rick Ware Racing 52 Ford 248 26.00 30 34 7 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 3.00
33 4,500 Quin Houff StarCom Racing 00 Chevrolet 248 25.30 35 35 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 6.00
36 7,700 Daniel Suarez Trackhouse Racing 99 Chevrolet 243 32.50 27 36 5 -9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -4.00
37 6,600 Ricky Stenhouse Jr JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Chevrolet 178 33.70 16 37 4 -21 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -17.00