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Federated Auto Parts Salute to American Heroes 400

Saturday, September 11th, 2021

Richmond Raceway, Richmond, VA

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  • 14 Ford
  • 5 Toyota
  • 18 Chevrolet

  • Richmond Raceway
  • Federated Auto Parts Salute to American Heroes 400
  • Pole Winner: Kyle Larson
  • Age: 29
  • Team: No. 5 - HendrickCars.com 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 Federated Auto Parts Salute to American Heroes 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.

  • Saturday, September 11th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Martin Truex Jr. wins Playoff race at Richmond Raceway

Martin Truex Jr. received a penalty on the opening lap of the race for crossing the start/finish line in front of polesitter Denny Hamlin at the green flag. But 400 laps later Truex led the field across the line again – this time as the race winner of Saturday night's Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders at Richmond (Va.) Raceway.

The convincing 1.317-second margin of victory over his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Hamlin and Christopher Bell marked Truex's third win in the last five races at Richmond, his fourth win of the 2021 season and, most importantly, gave him that coveted automatic bid into the next round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

Truex joins Hamlin, who won last week's Playoff opener at Darlington, S.C. and Regular Season Champion Kyle Larson, who finished sixth on Saturday, as the only three drivers to have officially secured positions in the Playoffs' Round of 12 that begins in two weeks at Las Vegas.

The first thing Truex did after climbing out of his winning No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was acknowledge the importance of the September 11 date to our country and thank the fans for showing their support on the solemn anniversary and for their patriotic support of the sport of NASCAR.

As for his early setback, "That was frustrating, I'm not going to lie," Truex said of the race start. "But I knew we had a good enough car to overcome it. Just one of those things you have to put out of your mind and go race. A lot on the line tonight.

"But going to Bristol (Tenn.) next week without any worries is always fun," he added with a smile.

Truex, who led a total of 80 laps, took the lead for good – pacing the field for the final 51 laps – following a series of green flag pit stops in the final portion of the race. Just prior to the pit sequence, another JGR teammate, Kyle Busch, had positioned himself to be a factor at the checkered flag. Instead, Busch received his second pit road penalty of the night – a speeding violation during his green flag stop with 55 laps remaining. At the time, it dropped him to 10th place, the last car on the lead lap after he had been out front for 39 laps just prior to the green flag stops. He ultimately finished ninth.

Last week's winner Hamlin had been the strong car early, leading 100 of the opening 152 laps and a race best 197 on the night, winning both Stages. But the pit road sequence, lapped traffic and an awakened Truex forced Hamlin to play catch-up in the end.

"The whole JGR team had fast cars for all of us today. I really wish we had gotten two in a row, but regardless still a great day for the team," Hamlin said.

Unlike last week's Playoff opener at Darlington, when several of the 16 Playoff cars suffered setbacks and disappointing finishes, Saturday night those cars reminded why they are in position to challenge for a championship. Thirteen of the top 15 cars were driven by Playoff drivers.

Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott finished fourth in a Hendrick Chevrolet and Team Penske's Joey Logano was fifth in a Ford. Larson finished sixth, followed by the only non-Playoff driver among the top 10, Ross Chastain.

Stewart-Haas Racing's driver Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Team Penske's Ryan Blaney rounded out the top 10.

Playoff drivers Alex Bowman, Brad Keselowski, Aric Almirola and Tyler Reddick finished 12th-15th. William Byron (19th), Michael McDowell (28th) and Kurt Busch (37th) rounded out the Playoff finishers.

Busch, who led laps early, suffered a tire problem that sent his No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet hard into the Turn 1 wall only 40 laps into the race.

"Something happened with that left rear, it let go," said Busch, who was running in the top-five at the time of his accident. "It let go of our points and it let go of our whole season right now. I don't know what we're going to have to do at Bristol other than win."

Despite the tough luck, Busch heads into Saturday night's Playoff Round of 16 finale at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in a mathematical tie with Bowman for the 12th Playoff position – and last transfer position.

Reddick (-5), Byron (-18), Daytona 500 winner McDowell (-38) are currently outside the top-12, with four of the 16 cars eliminated from the Playoffs following Bristol's Bass Pro Shops Night Race (7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Harvick is the defending winner of the Bristol Playoff race. Joey Logano won the 2021 race at the Bristol track's inaugural dirt race in March. Kurt Busch has six previous wins at Bristol and his younger brother Kyle is the winningest active driver with eight victories.

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 400
  • Margin of Victory: 01.417 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 3 Minutes 6 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 98.307
  • Cautions: 5 for 30 laps
  • Lead Changes: 21
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,768 (7.5 passes per green flag lap)

  • Richmond Raceway
  • 64th Annual Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders
  • Race Winner: Martin Truex Jr.
  • Age: 41
  • Team : No. 19 - Bass Pro Shops Red White Blue Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: James Small
  • Martin Truex Jr. won the 64th Annual Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders, his 31st victory in 577 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his fourth victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his third victory and 14th top-10 finish in 31 races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Denny Hamlin (second) posted his 19th top-10 finish in 30 races at Richmond Raceway. It is his 19th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Christopher Bell (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Chase Briscoe (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Joe Gibbs Racing leads the NASCAR Cup Series in victories at Richmond Raceway with 17 wins: Tony Stewart (1999, 2001, 2002), Denny Hamlin (2009, 2010, 2016), Kyle Busch (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018 sweep), Matt Kenseth (2015), Carl Edwards (2016), Martin Truex Jr. (2019 sweep, 2021).
Martin Truex Jr celebrates after winning at Richmond Raceway
Richmond, Virginia - September 11, 2021 : Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Bass Pro Shops Red White Blue Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders at Richmond Raceway.
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Federated Auto Parts Salute to American Heroes 400 at Richmond 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 10,200 Martin Truex Jr Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 400 125.50 3 1 45 2 43 11.81 19.35 80 20.0 20.00 86.35
1 10,400 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota 400 138.90 2 2 42 0 72 19.78 32.40 197 49.3 49.25 123.65
3 9,600 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 400 108.90 10 3 41 7 74 20.33 33.30 10 2.5 2.50 83.80
4 11,200 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 400 117.60 13 4 40 9 30 8.24 13.50 58 14.5 14.50 77.00
8 10,700 Joey Logano Team Penske 22 Ford 400 112.70 6 5 39 1 8 2.2 3.60 0 0.0 0.00 43.60
7 11,000 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 400 100.20 1 6 38 -5 33 9.07 14.85 8 2.0 2.00 49.85
6 7,200 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Chevrolet 400 102.40 17 7 37 10 12 3.3 5.40 4 1.0 1.00 53.40
13 9,100 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing 4 Ford 400 93.60 5 8 36 -3 5 1.37 2.25 0 0.0 0.00 35.25
5 11,500 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 400 105.50 15 9 35 6 15 4.12 6.75 39 9.8 9.75 57.50
14 8,600 Ryan Blaney Team Penske 12 Ford 399 87.50 8 10 34 -2 3 0.82 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 33.35
9 8,400 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevrolet 399 78.80 19 11 32 8 6 1.65 2.70 0 0.0 0.00 42.70
15 8,900 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports 48 Chevrolet 399 82.30 12 12 31 0 3 0.82 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 32.35
20 9,300 Brad Keselowski Team Penske 2 Ford 399 85.40 7 13 30 -6 1 0.27 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 24.45
18 7,500 Aric Almirola Stewart Haas Racing 10 Ford 399 84.90 9 14 29 -5 5 1.37 2.25 0 0.0 0.00 26.25
18 7,900 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing 8 Chevrolet 398 79.10 11 15 28 -4 5 1.37 2.25 0 0.0 0.00 26.25
11 6,500 Chase Briscoe Stewart Haas Racing 14 Ford 398 64.90 26 16 27 10 1 0.27 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 37.45
12 6,900 Daniel Suarez Trackhouse Racing 99 Chevrolet 398 61.70 22 17 26 5 11 3.02 4.95 0 0.0 0.00 35.95
10 8,100 Matt DiBenedetto Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford 398 68.60 28 18 25 10 10 2.75 4.50 0 0.0 0.00 39.50
23 9,900 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports 24 Chevrolet 398 68.80 14 19 24 -5 3 0.82 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 20.35
17 6,000 Ryan Newman RFK Racing 6 Ford 398 60.00 24 20 23 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 27.00
16 6,600 Erik Jones Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Chevrolet 398 61.90 31 21 21 10 1 0.27 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 31.45
21 7,300 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 41 Ford 397 49.90 21 22 20 -1 8 2.2 3.60 0 0.0 0.00 22.60
22 6,700 Ricky Stenhouse Jr JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Chevrolet 397 64.60 23 23 19 0 5 1.37 2.25 0 0.0 0.00 21.25
28 7,000 Chris Buescher RFK Racing 17 Ford 396 46.90 18 24 18 -6 1 0.27 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 12.45
29 5,800 Ryan Preece JTG Daugherty Racing 37 Chevrolet 396 49.70 20 25 17 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 12.00
24 5,600 Anthony Alfredo Front Row Motorsports 38 Ford 396 41.30 30 26 16 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 20.00
25 5,200 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports 77 Chevrolet 396 41.50 29 27 15 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 17.00
35 6,100 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford 395 56.60 16 28 14 -12 3 0.82 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 3.35
31 5,500 Corey Lajoie Spire Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 395 50.40 25 29 13 -4 1 0.27 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 9.45
27 4,600 BJ McLeod Live Fast Motorsports 78 Ford 393 37.00 32 30 12 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 14.00
26 0 Garrett Smithley N/A N/A N/A 389 30.50 36 31 10 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 15.00
34 6,300 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing 23 Toyota 388 41.60 27 32 9 -5 3 0.82 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 5.35
32 4,700 Joey Gase Rick Ware Racing 15 Chevrolet 387 27.20 34 33 8 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 9.00
30 5,300 JJ Yeley Rick Ware Racing 53 Chevrolet 386 29.70 37 34 7 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 10.00
33 4,900 Quin Houff StarCom Racing 00 Chevrolet 386 28.50 35 35 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 6.00
36 4,500 Josh Bilicki Rick Ware Racing 52 Ford 385 28.30 33 36 5 -3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 2.00
37 7,700 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing 1 Chevrolet 40 40.40 4 37 4 -33 2 0.55 0.90 4 10.0 1.00 -27.10