Entry List

Ally 400

Sunday, June 20th, 2021

Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN

  • 15 Ford
  • 7 Toyota
  • 17 Chevrolet

  • Nashville Superspeedway
  • Inaugural Ally 400
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Aric Almirola
  • Age: 37
  • Team : No. 10 - Smithfield Ford
  • Owner: Tony Stewart
  • Crew Chief: Mike Bugarewicz
  • Aric Almirola won the Pole Award for the Inaugural Ally 400 with a lap of 29.557 seconds, 161.992 mph.
  • This is his third pole in 369 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2021.
  • Kyle Busch (second) posted his 11th top-10 start of 2021 and his first in one race at Nashville Superspeedway.
  • Joey Logano (third) posted his first top-10 start at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his 11th in 17 races this season.
  • Chase Briscoe (16th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, June 20th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Kyle Larson continues dominance with Nashville win

Kyle Larson continued his streak of superiority Sunday afternoon winning the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway - his third consecutive win, following three consecutive runner-up finishes. He hasn't finished worse than second place in a NASCAR Cup Series race since May 2.

It's a high performance mark the series hasn't seen in more than a decade when former Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson won four straight points-paying races in 2007. Larson's win Sunday was his third straight points-paying victory but he also won the All-Star Race $1 million-to-win exhibition last week at Texas Motor Speedway.

Larson's No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet led Ross Chastain and Chip Ganassi Racing's No. 42 Chevrolet across the Nashville finish line by 4.335-seconds. He paced the field by as much as 5 seconds in the closing 10 laps of this inaugural event. And that fourth winner's trophy is a series best on the season.

There were 14 lead changes among seven drivers, but only two other drivers led double digit laps - Chase Elliott (13) and Kyle Busch (10).

"It was a great day," Larson said, smiling at the understatement. "We never really had to run behind people, so I don't know if one of my teammates got out front again, it probably would have been hard to pass them.

"This Valvoline Chevrolet was really good. It cut the middle of the corner really well and our pit crew did an awesome job again. I just hope we can keep it going."

Larson led 264 of the 300 laps at the 1.333-mile Nashville track in the first NASCAR Cup Series race in the city since 1984. The effort marked the fourth time this season Larson's led at least 200 laps in a race and the fifth time he's led more than half the total laps in a race.

Only 17 races into the 36-race season, Larson has already eclipsed his previous season-best laps led. He's been out front 1,426 laps. His previous season-best total was 1,352 laps led in 2017.

Larson, who now has 10 career NASCAR Cup Series wins, has led 82 percent of all laps run during this current three-race winning streak. His Hendrick teammate Elliott - who was disqualified for having four loose lug nuts - won Stage 1 and Larson answered with the Stage 2 victory - his 12th of the season, which is double that of any other driver.

Larson's Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron looked to give the team its fifth straight 1-2 finish, rallying from the rear of the grid. He was running second until the final 10 laps when Chastain got around him. Byron finished third, followed by polesitter Aric Almirola and his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kevin Harvick.

The fourth-place finish was Almirola's best of the season. Harvick's fifth place run was his best in the last six races.

"We had a good car, just, my goodness, we don't have anything for those Chevrolets right now," said Almirola, who drives the No. 10 SHR Ford. "They're making grip and they're getting up off the corner. It's so hard to race with them.

"But," Almirola added, "We have made huge strides to close the gap. Our race team is doing a great job scrounging and scrapping to build better race cars and it's nice to come here and run up front, run in the Top-5 and at least be in the mix."

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Daniel Suarez, Kurt Busch, Christopher Bell and Joey Logano rounded out the Top-10. It marked Stenhouse's second Top-10 of the season and the third for Suarez in the new No. 99 Trackhouse Racing team, which hosted co-owner, superstar performer Pitbull, at Nashville.

NASCAR Cup Series championship leader Denny Hamlin had to pit for fuel with two laps remaining dropping from a Top-10 result. He finished 22nd - the second time he's finished outside the Top-10 in the last six races and now holds a slim 6-point championship lead over Larson.

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 300
  • Margin of Victory: 04.335 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 30 Minutes 23 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 113.792
  • Cautions: 11 for 60 laps
  • Lead Changes: 14
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,123 (8.8 passes per green flag lap)

  • Nashville Superspeedway
  • Inaugural Ally 400
  • Race Winner: Kyle Larson
  • Age: 28
  • Team : No. 5 - Valvoline Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
  • Kyle Larson won the Inaugural Ally 400, his 10th victory in 240 Cup Series races.
  • This is his fourth victory and 12th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Ross Chastain (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2021.
  • William Byron (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Nashville Superspeedway.
  • Anthony Alfredo (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 9 points over Kyle Larson.
William Byron and crew chief Rudy Fugle
Lebanon, Tennessee - June 20, 2021 : William Byron, driver of the #24 Liberty University Chevrolet, and crew chief Rudy Fugle talk on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on June 20, 2021 in Lebanon, Tennessee.
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Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 10 Aric Almirola Tampa, FL Mar 14, 1984 40 Ford Smithfield Stewart-Haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
2 2 Brad Keselowski Auburn Hills, MI Feb 12, 1984 40 Ford Dent Wizard Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
3 11 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, VA Nov 18, 1980 43 Toyota FedEx Express Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
4 51 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 48 Chevrolet Nurtec ODT Rick Ware Racing Mark Hillman
5 22 Joey Logano Middleton, CT May 24, 1990 34 Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Paul Wolfe
6 4 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Dec 8, 1975 48 Ford Grave Digger Stewart-Haas Racing Rodney Childers
7 1 Kurt Busch Las Vegas, NV Aug 4, 1978 46 Chevrolet Monster Energy Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
8 18 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV May 2, 1985 39 Toyota Pedigree Joe Gibbs Racing Ben Beshore
9 19 Martin Truex Jr Mayetta, NJ Jun 29, 1980 44 Toyota Bass Pro Joe Gibbs Racing James Small
10 34 Michael McDowell Phoenix, AZ Dec 21, 1984 39 Ford Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
11 6 Ryan Newman South Bend, IN Dec 8, 1977 46 Ford Planters RFK Racing Scott Graves
12 3 Austin Dillon Lewisville, NC Apr 27, 1990 34 Chevrolet Get Bioethanol Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
13 13 David Starr Houston, TX Nov 11, 1967 56 Toyota Bob Menery Motorsports Business Management Sebastian Laforge
14 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Olive Branch, MS Oct 2, 1987 37 Chevrolet Kroger / Nature Valley JTG Daugherty Racing Brian Pattie
15 5 Kyle Larson Sacremento, CA Jul 31, 1992 32 Chevrolet Valvoline Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
16 48 Alex Bowman Tuscon, AZ Apr 25, 1993 31 Chevrolet Ally Neon Lights Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
17 12 Ryan Blaney High Point, NC Dec 31, 1993 30 Ford Menards / Duracell Team Penske Todd Gordon
18 7 Corey Lajoie Kannapolis, NC Sep 25, 1991 33 Chevrolet Pryor & Lee Spire Motorsports Ryan Sparks
19 15 Joey Gase Cedar Rapids, IA Feb 8, 1993 31 Chevrolet Tennessee Donor Svcs. / Donate Life Rick Ware Racing Pat Tryson
20 9 Chase Elliott Dawsonville, GA Nov 28, 1995 28 Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
21 21 Matt DiBenedetto Grass Valley, CA Jul 27, 1991 33 Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Wood Brothers Racing Jonathan Hassler
22 17 Chris Buescher Prosper, TX Oct 29, 1992 31 Ford Fifth Third Bank RFK Racing Luke Lambert
23 43 Erik Jones Byron, MI May 30, 1996 28 Chevrolet Black Entrepreneur Initiative Richard Petty Motorsports Jerry Baxter
24 78 BJ McLeod Wauchula, FL Nov 17, 1983 40 Ford Surface Sunscreen / Koolbox ICE Live Fast Motorsports Frank Kerr
25 37 Ryan Preece Berlin, CT Oct 25, 1990 33 Chevrolet Entenmann's JTG Daugherty Racing Trent Owens
26 99 Daniel Suarez Monterrey, Mexico Jan 7, 1992 32 Chevrolet Tootsies Orchid Lounge Trackhouse Racing Travis Mack
27 42 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 31 Chevrolet Clover Chip Ganassi Racing Phil Surgen
28 23 Bubba Wallace Mobile, AL Oct 8, 1993 31 Toyota DoorDash 23XI Racing Mike Wheeler
29 24 William Byron Charlotte, NC Nov 29, 1997 26 Chevrolet Liberty University Hendrick Motorsports Rudy Fugle
30 41 Cole Custer Ladera Ranch, CA Jan 23, 1998 26 Ford Dixie Vodka Tony's Tea Stewart-Haas Racing Mike Shiplett
31 66 Chad Finchum Knoxville, TN Sep 22, 1994 30 Toyota Smithbilt Homes Motorsports Business Management Johnny Roten
32 53 Garrett Smithley Ligonier, PA Apr 27, 1992 32 Ford Smart Sanitizer Rick Ware Racing Billy Plourde
33 52 Josh Bilicki Menomonee Falls, WI Jun 3, 1995 29 Ford Insurance King Rick Ware Racing Jason Houghtaling
34 8 Tyler Reddick Corning, CA Jan 11, 1996 28 Chevrolet Quartz Hill Records Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett
35 00 Quin Houff Weyers Cave, VA Sep 15, 1997 27 Chevrolet Mane 'n Tail / Spirit Untamed StarCom Racing George Church
36 77 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 25 Chevrolet Diamond Creek Water Spire Motorsports Kevin Bellicourt
37 20 Christopher Bell Norman, OK Dec 16, 1994 29 Toyota Dewalt Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
38 14 Chase Briscoe Mitchell, IN Dec 15, 1994 29 Ford HighPoint.co / Thorlabs Stewart-Haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
39 38 Anthony Alfredo Ridgefield, CT Mar 1, 1999 25 Ford Speedco Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour