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Instacart 500

Sunday, March 14th, 2021

Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, AZ

  • 14 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 18 Chevrolet

  • Phoenix Raceway
  • Instacart 500
  • Pole Winner: Brad Keselowski
  • Age: 37
  • Team: No. 2 - Wurth Ford
  • Owner: Team Penske
  • Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Brad Keselowski won the Pole Award for the Instacart 500 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, March 14th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Martin Truex Jr. ends 29-race winless streak with Phoenix victory

Martin Truex Jr. overcame an early-race brush with the wall and took the lead on the final restart with 25 laps remaining to earn his first victory of 2021 and first in 31 career starts at Phoenix Raceway.

Truex's No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota ultimately held off Joey Logano's No. 22 Penske Racing Ford by a convincing 1.698-seconds for the win in the Instacart 500. The 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion Truex took the race lead from the outside on a bold restart move - pulling away in the closing laps of a spirited race that featured 22 lead changes.

Truex, 40, of New Jersey, is now the fifth different winner in as many NASCAR Cup Series races this season joining Michael McDowell, Christopher Bell, William Byron and Kyle Larson who have also earned spots in the Playoffs.

"Just an awesome job by everybody, [crew chief] James [Small], all the pit crew guys fixing it, just really solid," said Truex, who now has 28 career wins. "At the beginning of the race I thought we were going to run 15th or so. Man, I just really can't believe it. I'm kind of speechless.

"This feels pretty amazing. Phoenix has been a tough one for us.

"I wish it was November and I was in the Final Four," he added with a smile, referring to the season championship finale at Phoenix Raceway later in the year. "Just so thankful and proud of everyone at JGR, everyone who makes this possible."

Statistically, Logano's Ford was the dominant car on the afternoon, leading a race best 143 of the 312 laps and winning Stage 2 - his first stage win of the year. His Penske Racing teammate Ryan Blaney won Stage 1 (also his first stage victory of 2021) and all three Penske Racing cars finished in the Top-10. In all, the Penske trio of Logano, Blaney and Keselowski combined to lead 197 laps - out front 63 percent of the day.

Logano started alongside Truex on the front row for the final restart and mounted a challenge for the lead, but he couldn't hold off Truex even with a more favorable inside starting position.

"I was surprised he was able to hang with me on that [final] start," a disappointed Logano conceded of Truex's winning move. "He had a good start too, but I had a good one on the bottom and I thought might have short-cut it on the dogleg and I thought, boy I might have him cleared. Then we went into that corner still door-to-door and when you're door-to-door the outside car has control.

"I'm pretty sure even if I beat him even on that start he was still going to hound me and probably get by me. They had the best car. We had a good car for sure, but once they tuned it in toward the second stage, it was the best car on the race track."

Truex's JGR teammate Denny Hamlin was third, followed by Logano's teammate Brad Keselowski and last November's Phoenix winner Chase Elliott in fifth.

Kevin Harvick, a nine-time Phoenix winner, was sixth, earning his fourth Top-10 finish in the season's opening five races. Last week's Las Vegas winner Kyle Larson was seventh, his Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron was eighth followed by JGR driver Christopher Bell and Blaney to round out the Top-10.

Even without the victory, it was an impressive showing for the three Hendrick Motorsports cars that rallied to a Top-10. Elliott, Larson and Byron all had to start from the rear of the field on Sunday with inspection issues. And the fourth Hendrick car, driven by Alex Bowman, was equally resilient with a 13th place finish despite hitting the wall and bringing out an early race caution flag.

Larson, in particular put on a lesson in resiliency. He rallied to race among the Top-10 - even lead a lap - a third of the way into the race - but was sent back to the rear of the lead lap cars twice after that because of pit road speeding violations.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 312
  • Margin of Victory: 01.698 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 0 Minutes 20 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 103.808
  • Cautions: 7 for 45 laps
  • Lead Changes: 22
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,228 (12.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Phoenix Raceway
  • 17th Annual Instacart 500
  • Race Winner: Martin Truex Jr.
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 19 - Bass Pro Toyota
  • Owner: Coy Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: James Small
  • Martin Truex Jr. won the 17th Annual Instacart 500, his 28th victory in 554 Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2021, breaking a 29-race winless streak. Truex's last win came at Martinsville Speedway on June 10, 2020.
  • This is his first victory and 13th top-10 finish in 31 races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Joey Logano (second) posted his 14th top-10 finish in 25 races at Phoenix Raceway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Denny Hamlin (third) posted his 19th top-10 finish in 32 races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Chase Briscoe (22nd) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Joe Gibbs Racing (Truex, Christopher Bell) joins Hendrick Motorsports (William Byron, Kyle Larson) with two drivers qualified for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
Brad Keselowski leads the field
Avondale, Arizona - March 14, 2021 : Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Wurth Ford, leads the field during the NASCAR Cup Series Instacart 500 at Phoenix Raceway on March 14, 2021 in Avondale, Arizona.
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Instacart 500 at Phoenix Raceway 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
2 10,100 Martin Truex Jr Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 312 124.70 5 1 45 4 52 20.23 23.40 64 20.5 16.00 88.40
1 11,100 Joey Logano Team Penske 22 Ford 312 134.80 9 2 42 7 38 14.79 17.10 143 45.8 35.75 101.85
3 9,900 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota 312 125.00 3 3 41 0 38 14.79 17.10 33 10.6 8.25 66.35
7 10,400 Brad Keselowski Team Penske 2 Ford 312 116.60 1 4 40 -3 14 5.45 6.30 19 6.1 4.75 48.05
9 11,500 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 312 93.70 6 5 39 1 10 3.89 4.50 0 0.0 0.00 44.50
4 11,900 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing 4 Ford 312 102.90 18 6 38 12 11 4.28 4.95 0 0.0 0.00 54.95
6 9,600 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 312 99.70 2 7 37 -5 45 17.51 20.25 1 0.3 0.25 52.50
10 8,300 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports 24 Chevrolet 312 94.30 10 8 36 2 7 2.72 3.15 0 0.0 0.00 41.15
14 8,100 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 312 97.30 4 9 35 -5 10 3.89 4.50 0 0.0 0.00 34.50
8 9,300 Ryan Blaney Team Penske 12 Ford 312 107.40 8 10 34 -2 14 5.45 6.30 35 11.2 8.75 47.05
5 9,000 Aric Almirola Stewart Haas Racing 10 Ford 312 82.20 32 11 32 21 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 53.00
15 5,500 Ricky Stenhouse Jr JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Chevrolet 312 84.30 11 12 31 -1 1 0.39 0.45 1 0.3 0.25 30.70
12 8,700 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports 48 Chevrolet 312 76.20 21 13 30 8 1 0.39 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 38.45
13 8,500 Matt DiBenedetto Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford 312 81.60 20 14 29 6 1 0.39 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 35.45
18 7,700 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing 1 Chevrolet 312 81.00 12 15 28 -3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 25.00
11 7,200 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing 23 Toyota 312 74.50 25 16 27 9 4 1.56 1.80 4 1.3 1.00 38.80
22 7,400 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevrolet 312 64.10 13 17 26 -4 4 1.56 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 23.80
19 6,400 Chris Buescher RFK Racing 17 Ford 312 57.20 17 18 25 -1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 24.00
16 6,900 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Chevrolet 312 61.00 22 19 24 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 27.00
24 7,000 Erik Jones Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Chevrolet 312 67.30 14 20 23 -6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 17.00
16 5,900 Daniel Suarez Trackhouse Racing 99 Chevrolet 312 52.50 27 21 21 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 27.00
19 7,500 Chase Briscoe Stewart Haas Racing 14 Ford 312 64.70 26 22 20 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 24.00
26 6,200 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford 312 52.30 16 23 19 -7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 12.00
23 5,000 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports 77 Chevrolet 312 46.30 29 24 18 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 23.00
37 10,800 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 311 80.70 7 25 17 -18 1 0.39 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -0.55
33 5,600 Ryan Preece JTG Daugherty Racing 37 Chevrolet 311 48.80 15 26 16 -11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 5.00
19 6,000 Corey Lajoie Spire Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 311 53.30 33 27 15 6 0 0 0.00 12 3.9 3.00 24.00
33 6,600 Ryan Newman RFK Racing 6 Ford 311 45.70 19 28 14 -9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 5.00
29 7,900 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing 8 Chevrolet 310 55.30 23 29 13 -6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 7.00
26 4,500 BJ McLeod Live Fast Motorsports 78 Ford 309 39.50 30 30 12 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 12.00
32 6,700 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 41 Ford 308 59.10 24 31 10 -7 6 2.33 2.70 0 0.0 0.00 5.70
26 4,900 Quin Houff StarCom Racing 00 Chevrolet 305 33.50 35 32 9 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 12.00
25 5,400 James Davison Rick Ware Racing 15 Chevrolet 303 33.00 38 33 8 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 13.00
29 0 Garrett Smithley Rick Ware Racing 53 Chevrolet 300 28.70 34 34 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 7.00
29 4,700 Josh Bilicki Rick Ware Racing 52 Ford 258 28.70 36 35 6 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 7.00
36 4,600 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing 51 Chevrolet 101 32.20 31 36 5 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.00
38 5,800 Anthony Alfredo Front Row Motorsports 38 Ford 87 30.00 28 37 4 -9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -5.00
35 4,800 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports 66 Toyota 15 23.20 37 38 3 -1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 2.00