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South Point 400

Sunday, September 26th, 2021

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV

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  • 14 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 18 Chevrolet

  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • South Point 400
  • Pole Winner: Kyle Larson
  • Age: 29
  • Team: No. 5 - Tarlton and Son Chevrolet
  • Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Kyle Larson won the Pole Award for the South Point 400 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, September 26th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Denny Hamlin Secures Spot in Round of 8 with Las Vegas Win

As he crossed the Las Vegas Motor Speedway finish line to claim the South Point 400 trophy, Denny Hamlin screamed into his team radio, "Viva Las Vegas." And indeed, it was that kind of night for the perennial championship contender, who led a race best 137 of the 267 laps to earn his first Las Vegas victory in 20 starts and take an automatic bid into the next round of the Playoffs.

The 40-year old Virginian edged reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott by .442-seconds. Elliott cut into Hamlin's lead on every one of the closing 10 laps, taking full advantage of traffic, but was ultimately unable to catch Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Hamlin's JGR teammates Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. finished third and fourth with Penske Racing's Ryan Blaney rounding out the Top-5 – all Playoff drivers.

Tyler Reddick, who just missed advancing to this three-race Playoff round by a mere two-points last week, finished sixth after running among the Top-3 for much of the late race laps.

Penske Racing's Brad Keselowski, Chip Ganassi Racing's Kurt Busch, Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick and regular season champion, Kyle Larson rounded out the Top-10. Keselowski, Harvick and Larson are also championship eligible.

Hamlin led seven different times, won Stage 2 and took the lead for good with 39 laps remaining – facing that challenge from Elliott in the waning laps of a what was a relatively clean race – only one yellow flag outside of the competition caution and two stage breaks.vThe only other caution for an on-track incident came out for a single car accident involving driver Joey Gase, who whose No. 15 Chevrolet lost a tire and made heavy impact with the wall. He was examined in the Infield Care Center but transported to an area hospital for a precautionary exam.

"It feels so good to win in Vegas, last couple times I've been so close but just didn't have the right breaks, but they got the car great and great to hold those guys off," said Hamlin, who earned his 46th career victory and becomes the first driver to officially earn a shot into the Playoff Round of 8.

"I'm so happy to not have to worry about the next two weeks, but I am a professional and I will work just as hard each and every week to win."

Obviously disappointed not to win, Elliott was still enthusiastic about his runner-up finish – his 12th top five of the season – rallying from a pit stop strategy that put him a lap down at one point.

"We were really close, just not quite close enough," Elliott said. "Denny did a really good job controlling the gap to me and he was having a hard time [lapping] with the 21 (Matt DiBenedetto).

"Super close. Really proud of our NAPA team and I feel like we've been performing at a really nice level the last three or four weeks, just haven't had great results to show for it.

"Proud of the effort tonight and looking forward to the next two [races]. It's going to be wild."

Elliott's Hendrick Motorsports teammate Larson certainly looked like the driver to beat early on. He led 95 laps and won his series best 15th Stage win in the opening portion of the night, but a different pit strategy put him a lap down mid-race and he never fully recovered to challenge for the lead again.

While Hamlin earned the automatic bid into the next round of the Playoffs, Larson still leads the championship standings – 22 points over Kyle Busch.

With his seventh-place finish Keselowski moved into the eighth position in the standings, with races at Talladega, Ala. and the Charlotte ROVAL remaining to determine which eight drivers move on in the championship battle.

Hendrick Motorsports William Byron, who suffered a tire problem late in the race, finished 18th and is now four points below the cutoff line. Even with his Top-10, Harvick remains ninth in the standings – still looking for his first victory of the season.

Hendrick driver Alex Bowman finished 22nd and is 13 points behind Keselowski and Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell finished 25th, two laps down Sunday night fighting through several setbacks. He is 25 points out of that transfer position.

The second race in this Playoff NASCAR Cup Series round is the YellaWood 500 next Sunday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (2 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Keselowski won at Talladega this April. Hamlin is the defending Playoff race winner there.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 267
  • Margin of Victory: 0.442 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 46 Minutes 8 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 144.643
  • Cautions: 4 for 21 laps
  • Lead Changes: 21
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,264 (9.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • 4th Annual South Point 400
  • Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 11 - FedEx Office Toyota
  • Owner: Coy Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
  • Denny Hamlin won the 4th Annual South Point 400, his 46th victory in 573 Cup Series races.
  • This is his second victory and 21st top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and 10th top-10 finish in 21 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Chase Elliott (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 11 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 18th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Kyle Busch (third) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 22 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Chase Briscoe (14th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 14 points over Denny Hamlin.
Denny Hamlin celebrates with a burnout after winning
Las Vegas, Nevada - September 26, 2021 : Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Office Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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South Point 400 at Las Vegas 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 10,500 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota 267 140.40 6 1 45 5 32 13.28 14.40 137 51.3 34.25 98.65
3 10,200 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 267 119.10 11 2 42 9 29 12.03 13.05 1 0.4 0.25 64.30
4 10,800 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 267 118.50 10 3 41 7 31 12.86 13.95 2 0.8 0.50 62.45
9 9,700 Martin Truex Jr Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 267 99.10 4 4 40 0 3 1.24 1.35 1 0.4 0.25 41.60
7 9,100 Ryan Blaney Team Penske 12 Ford 267 109.30 2 5 39 -3 12 4.98 5.40 8 3.0 2.00 43.40
5 7,800 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing 8 Chevrolet 267 104.70 13 6 38 7 20 8.3 9.00 5 1.9 1.25 55.25
8 8,700 Brad Keselowski Team Penske 2 Ford 267 92.50 8 7 37 1 6 2.49 2.70 4 1.5 1.00 41.70
6 9,500 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing 1 Chevrolet 267 85.40 20 8 36 12 1 0.41 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 48.45
14 9,300 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing 4 Ford 267 95.00 5 9 35 -4 3 1.24 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 32.35
2 11,100 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 267 113.40 1 10 34 -9 43 17.84 19.35 95 35.6 23.75 68.10
18 9,900 Joey Logano Team Penske 22 Ford 267 83.20 9 11 32 -2 1 0.41 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 30.45
13 8,200 Matt DiBenedetto Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford 267 88.40 14 12 31 2 3 1.24 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 34.35
11 8,100 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevrolet 266 78.80 15 13 30 2 5 2.07 2.25 7 2.6 1.75 36.00
12 6,000 Chase Briscoe Stewart Haas Racing 14 Ford 266 74.70 19 14 29 5 1 0.41 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 34.45
10 7,600 Daniel Suarez Trackhouse Racing 99 Chevrolet 266 62.60 26 15 28 11 1 0.41 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 39.45
15 6,700 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing 23 Toyota 266 68.50 21 16 27 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
17 6,800 Ricky Stenhouse Jr JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Chevrolet 266 60.10 22 17 26 5 1 0.41 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 31.45
21 8,900 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports 24 Chevrolet 266 99.00 3 18 25 -15 21 8.71 9.45 7 2.6 1.75 21.20
20 7,000 Aric Almirola Stewart Haas Racing 10 Ford 266 60.50 17 19 24 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 22.00
15 7,500 Ryan Newman RFK Racing 6 Ford 266 61.70 29 20 23 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
19 5,900 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford 266 54.40 23 21 21 2 3 1.24 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 24.35
32 8,300 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports 48 Chevrolet 265 77.90 7 22 20 -15 6 2.49 2.70 0 0.0 0.00 7.70
24 7,900 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Chevrolet 265 63.40 18 23 19 -5 3 1.24 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 15.35
33 8,500 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 265 63.00 12 24 18 -12 3 1.24 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 7.35
23 7,300 Chris Buescher RFK Racing 17 Ford 265 55.60 25 25 17 0 6 2.49 2.70 0 0.0 0.00 19.70
33 6,500 Erik Jones Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Chevrolet 265 66.70 16 26 16 -10 3 1.24 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 7.35
22 5,700 Anthony Alfredo Front Row Motorsports 38 Ford 265 46.70 32 27 15 5 1 0.41 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 20.45
27 6,300 Ryan Preece JTG Daugherty Racing 37 Chevrolet 265 46.80 24 28 14 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 10.00
26 7,100 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 41 Ford 265 42.10 28 29 13 -1 2 0.83 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 12.90
29 6,200 Corey Lajoie Spire Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 264 43.20 27 30 12 -3 1 0.41 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 9.45
25 4,600 Cody Ware Petty Ware Racing 51 Chevrolet 260 37.50 35 31 10 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 14.00
27 5,600 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports 77 Chevrolet 260 38.50 33 32 9 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 10.00
30 5,300 BJ McLeod Live Fast Motorsports 78 Ford 257 34.20 34 33 8 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 9.00
30 4,500 Quin Houff StarCom Racing 00 Chevrolet 255 29.80 36 34 7 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 9.00
37 4,900 Garrett Smithley Rick Ware Racing 53 Chevrolet 254 31.00 30 35 6 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 1.00
38 4,800 Josh Bilicki Rick Ware Racing 52 Ford 252 28.70 31 36 5 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.00
35 5,100 Joey Gase Rick Ware Racing 15 Chevrolet 84 24.30 37 37 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 4.00
36 5,400 JJ Yeley Motorsports Business Management 66 Toyota 76 24.20 38 38 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 3.00