Bank of America ROVAL 400 October 10th | RESULTS Texas Motor Speedway Race Results Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 October 17th, 2021 Hollywood Casino 400 October 24th | RESULTS Race Lap Times Race OVERALL OVERALL 5 LAP 10 LAP 15 LAP 20 LAP 25 LAP 30 LAP Lap 25 Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3 Lap 4 Lap 5 Lap 6 Lap 7 Lap 8 Lap 9 Lap 10 Lap 11 Lap 12 Lap 13 Lap 14 Lap 15 Lap 16 Lap 17 Lap 18 Lap 19 Lap 20 Lap 21 Lap 22 Lap 23 Lap 24 Lap 25 Race Qualifying Raw Feed Stage 1 of 3 334 / 334 Laps / Total 334 / 334 Time Elapsed 11:44:51 Lead Changes 8 Leaders 5 Cautions 11 Best Speed 186.645 RESULTS START POS FINAL STATUS LAPS COMPLETED LAPS LED POINTS PLAYOFF POINTS 1 Kyle Larson 5 | 1 Running 334 256 58 0 2 William Byron 24 | 12 Running 334 55 50 0 3 Christopher Bell 20 | 11 Running 334 0 34 0 4 Brad Keselowski 2 | 7 Running 334 0 40 0 5 Kevin Harvick 4 | 24 Running 334 0 39 0 6 Ryan Blaney 12 | 4 Running 334 0 48 0 7 Chase Elliott 9 | 6 Running 334 0 33 0 8 Kyle Busch 18 | 3 Running 334 20 40 0 9 Tyler Reddick 8 | 9 Running 334 0 32 0 10 Daniel Suarez 99 | 19 Running 334 0 27 0 11 Denny Hamlin 11 | 2 Running 334 2 34 0 12 Erik Jones 43 | 21 Running 334 0 25 0 13 Matt DiBenedetto 21 | 13 Running 334 0 24 0 14 Austin Dillon 3 | 15 Running 334 0 23 0 15 Chase Briscoe 14 | 26 Running 334 0 30 0 16 Kurt Busch 1 | 17 Running 332 0 33 0 17 Michael McDowell 34 | 16 Running 332 0 20 0 18 Aric Almirola 10 | 22 Running 331 0 19 0 19 Cole Custer 41 | 20 Running 330 0 18 0 20 Corey Lajoie 7 | 29 Running 329 0 17 0 21 Chris Buescher 17 | 10 Accident 327 0 16 0 22 BJ McLeod 78 | 35 Running 324 0 0 0 23 David Starr 66 | 38 Running 323 0 0 0 24 Garrett Smithley 15 | 36 Running 321 0 0 0 25 Martin Truex Jr 19 | 8 Accident 320 1 12 0 26 Josh Bilicki 52 | 33 Running 319 0 0 0 27 Timmy Hill 13 | 39 Running 317 0 0 0 28 Ross Chastain 42 | 25 Running 311 0 9 0 29 Anthony Alfredo 38 | 28 Accident 299 0 8 0 30 Joey Logano 22 | 5 Engine 298 0 7 0 31 Quin Houff 00 | 30 Suspension 59 0 6 0 32 Bubba Wallace 23 | 18 Accident 38 0 5 0 33 Alex Bowman 48 | 14 Accident 36 0 4 0 34 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 47 | 27 Accident 31 0 3 0 35 Ryan Newman 6 | 31 Accident 31 0 2 0 36 Ryan Preece 37 | 23 Accident 30 0 1 0 37 Justin Haley 77 | 32 Accident 30 0 0 0 38 Cody Ware 51 | 34 Accident 30 0 0 0 39 Joey Gase 53 | 37 Accident 29 0 0 0 RAW FEED EXPAND Stage 1 of 3 334 / 334 Laps / Total 334 / 334 Time Elapsed 11:44:51 Lead Changes 8 Leaders 5 Cautions 11 Best Speed 186.645 POS 1 | LEADER POS1 LEADER Kyle Larson | POS 2 | 0.459 POS2 0.459 William Byron | POS 3 | 0.516 POS3 0.516 Christopher Bell | Timeline Compare Live Standings Kyle Larson seals Championship 4 berth with dominant Texas victory The Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway had dramatic ups and downs all Sunday afternoon with the victorious exception of Kyle Larson, who dominated the race — leading 256 of 334 laps and holding off the field on seven different restarts in the final 125 laps alone.Larson‘s win by 0.459 seconds over Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron was his series-best — and career-best — eighth of the season and 14th of his career. Most importantly, it punched his ticket into the Championship 4 at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 7 — the first time in the 29-year-old Californian‘s career that he will get to race for the NASCAR Cup Series championship trophy.RELATED: Official results | At-track photos: Texas“This is unreal,” a smiling Larson said. “I knew we had a good shot to win today. Our car was amazing, probably the best 550 (horsepower) package, intermediate car we‘ve had all year. This is so cool. And we get to race for a championship in a couple weeks. This is crazy.”With a two-lap shootout to settle the checkered flag, the end of the race was dramatic up front. For much of the day, it was disastrous just behind. A 12-car incident on Lap 32 eliminated nine cars early on.Playoff drivers Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. all suffered late-race problems that impacted the championship standings with only two races remaining now to decide which three drivers will join Larson in the championship race at Phoenix.Logano‘s No. 22 Team Penske Ford was sidelined after sustaining a rare engine problem, and both Hamlin and Truex were involved in crashes. Logano finished 30th — worst among the eight playoff drivers. Hamlin‘s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota soldiered on despite the heavy damage in two incidents, and he finished 11th. Truex‘s No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was unable to finish the race after a hard hit in Turn 4 after a collision with Daniel Suarez. Truex finished 25th.All these incidents were part of rapid-fire caution periods in the final third of the race; 11 on the day plus an 11-minute red flag. And on each ensuing restart — no matter which driver was directly behind him — Larson was able to pull away and hold the lead.“I just got good pushes from behind me, really,” said Larson, who also added a series-best 16th stage win.”I tried to stay patient on the throttle to keep them to my back bumper and thankfully, I was able to just barely clear them every time going into (Turn) 1 and not have to fight off (Turn) 2.“So thanks to William (Byron), Tyler (Reddick) and (Brad) Keselowski, anybody who was behind me, especially Brad on that last restart.”Ironically, the only member of the Joe Gibbs Racing team not still playoff-eligible, Christopher Bell, finished best among his teammates Sunday, taking third place just ahead of Team Penske‘s Keselowski and Stewart-Haas Racing‘s Kevin Harvick.Penske driver Ryan Blaney, Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott, JGR‘s Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing‘s Tyler Reddick and Trackhouse Racing‘s Suarez rounded out the top 10.“It‘s all about the push, and I think here at Texas the shortest lane kind of wins out because of the way the track separates going into Turn 1, the Axalta Chevy was fast all day just never got control (of the restarts),” Byron said. “I think (Larson) was definitely better than us the first stage and I was right there with him the rest of the time, but it was just clean air basically.“Congrats to those guys, Kyle really deserves it. They‘ve been awesome all year, flawless on pit road and on pit calls.”Despite all the drama, the Cup Series playoff picture retains some of the same look, with some swings among the remaining eight. Larson‘s win locks him into the Championship 4. Blaney is second followed by Hamlin and Kyle Busch (who won Stage 1 after an early pit-road speeding penalty) among the top four positions.Defending series champion Elliott is fifth, eight points behind Busch. Keselowski is sixth (-15) followed by Truex (-22) and Logano (-43).MORE: Cup Series Playoffs standings“Just a bummer, what do you do, this is the first time we‘ve blown a motor in a really long time,” Logano said from the garage after retiring early.“We have to move on,” the 2018 series champion added. “It is what it is now. We can‘t change it. Not many points today, so that is a bummer. We will be fighting from here.”The NASCAR Cup Series moves to Kansas Speedway for next Sunday‘s Hollywood Casino 400 (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN/NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Logano won the playoff race there last year. Busch won at the track in May. And Hamlin and Logano lead all active drivers with three wins each at Kansas.Notes: Elliott was among several drivers who dropped to the rear of the field for the start. His No. 9 Chevrolet failed pre-race inspection twice. … There were no major issues in post-race inspection, thus validating the win for Larson. The No. 1 of Kurt Busch, the No. 8 of Tyler Reddick and the No. 18 of Kyle Busch each had one lug nut not safe and secure, which will result in a fine for their respective crew chiefs when NASCAR announces penalties later this week.Contributing: Staff reports DRIVERS COMPARISON Position Speed Time Kyle Larson (P) William Byron Flag State Fastest Lap #1 Kyle Larson (P) William Byron Christopher Bell Brad Keselowski (P) Kevin Harvick Ryan Blaney (P) Chase Elliott (P) Kyle Busch (P) Tyler Reddick Daniel Suarez Denny Hamlin (P) Erik Jones Matt DiBenedetto Austin Dillon Chase Briscoe # Kurt Busch Michael McDowell Aric Almirola Cole Custer Corey LaJoie Chris Buescher BJ McLeod(i) * David Starr(i) Garrett Smithley(i) Martin Truex Jr. (P) Josh Bilicki(i) * Timmy Hill(i) Ross Chastain Anthony Alfredo # Joey Logano (P) Quin Houff Bubba Wallace Alex Bowman Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ryan Newman * Ryan Preece Justin Haley(i) Cody Ware(i) Joey Gase(i) #1 LAP SPEED 184.887MPH LEADER LEADER AVG RUNNING POS 2.078 BEST LAP TIME (SEC) 28.954 XFINITY FASTEST LAP (MPH) 186.503 LAPS LED 0 #2 William Byron Kyle Larson (P) Christopher Bell Brad Keselowski (P) Kevin Harvick Ryan Blaney (P) Chase Elliott (P) Kyle Busch (P) Tyler Reddick Daniel Suarez Denny Hamlin (P) Erik Jones Matt DiBenedetto Austin Dillon Chase Briscoe # Kurt Busch Michael McDowell Aric Almirola Cole Custer Corey LaJoie Chris Buescher BJ McLeod(i) * David Starr(i) Garrett Smithley(i) Martin Truex Jr. (P) Josh Bilicki(i) * Timmy Hill(i) Ross Chastain Anthony Alfredo # Joey Logano (P) Quin Houff Bubba Wallace Alex Bowman Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ryan Newman * Ryan Preece Justin Haley(i) Cody Ware(i) Joey Gase(i) #2 LAP SPEED 183.511MPH 0.45900000000074 (Time Behind) 0.45900000000074 (Time Behind) AVG RUNNING POS 2.516 BEST LAP TIME (SEC) 29.012 XFINITY FASTEST LAP (MPH)) 186.13 LAPS LED 0 LIVE STANDINGS FAVORITES POINTS BEHIND DELTA STAGE ONE POINTS STAGE TWO POINTS STAGE THREE POINTS RACE POINTS 1 A.J. Allmendinger 41 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 2 Martin Truex Jr. 17 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 3 A.J. Allmendinger 41 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 LIVE STANDINGS POINTS BEHIND DELTA STAGE ONE POINTS STAGE TWO POINTS STAGE THREE POINTS RACE POINTS 1 A.J. Allmendinger 2 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 2 A.J. Allmendinger 2 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 3 A.J. Allmendinger 41 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 4 Martin Truex Jr. 2 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 5 Martin Truex Jr. 41 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 6 Martin Truex Jr. 41 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 7 Martin Truex Jr. 17 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 8 Brad Keselowski 17 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 9 Martin Truex Jr. 17 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 10 Brad Keselowski 2 | 999 -- 99.999 99 99 99 99 Listen to driver & spotter audio Access to Officials channel Tune-in to the radio broadcast New subscriptions can be purchased through the NASCAR Mobile app SUBSCRIBE NOW Already a Subscriber? LOG IN