2021 O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 Race Results NASCAR Cup Series Race 2 of 36 February 21, 2021 Daytona International Speedway Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL 3.61-mile Road Course Fin St S1 S2 No. Driver Sponsor Team Car Behind Miles Laps Led Pts SPts PPts Inc FP Status Crew Chief 1 12 12 4 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota -- 252.7 70 5 47 7 5 1 0 Running Adam Stevens 2 11 2 3 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Ford -2.119 252.7 70 10 52 17 0 0 0 Running Paul Wolfe 3 4 3 1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota -5.899 252.7 70 5 52 18 1 1 0 Running Chris Gabehart 4 17 5 2 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet -7.849 252.7 70 2 48 15 0 2 0 Running Matt McCall 5 15 4 28 2 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Team Penske Ford -8.278 252.7 70 0 39 7 0 1 0 Running Jeremy Bullins 6 5 9 12 4 Kevin Harvick Mobil 1 Stewart Haas Racing Ford -8.482 252.7 70 0 33 2 0 0 0 Running Rodney Childers 7 34 17 9 16 AJ Allmendinger HyperIce Kaulig Racing Chevrolet -8.913 252.7 70 2 0 0 0 0 0 Running Matt Swiderski 8 2 25 21 34 Michael McDowell FR8 Auctions Front Row Motorsports Ford -9.306 252.7 70 0 29 0 0 1 0 Running Drew Blickensderfer 9 6 15 23 37 Ryan Preece Kroger / Coca-Cola JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet -13.276 252.7 70 0 28 0 0 0 0 Running Trent Owens 10 36 16 20 48 Alex Bowman Ally Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet -14.326 252.7 70 0 27 0 0 0 0 Running Greg Ives 11 30 10 13 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Roush Fenway Racing Ford -16.135 252.7 70 0 27 1 0 1 0 Running Luke Lambert 12 21 7 5 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota -16.480 252.7 70 0 35 10 0 1 0 Running James Small 13 13 11 8 41 Cole Custer Dixie Vodka Stewart Haas Racing Ford -16.856 252.7 70 0 27 3 0 0 0 Running Mike Shiplett 14 37 29 18 43 Erik Jones Petty's Garage Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet -17.586 252.7 70 0 23 0 0 0 0 Running Jerry Baxter 15 28 14 15 12 Ryan Blaney Menards / Libman Team Penske Ford -20.610 252.7 70 0 22 0 0 1 0 Running Todd Gordon 16 35 24 17 99 Daniel Suarez iFly Trackhouse Chevrolet -21.003 252.7 70 2 21 0 0 0 0 Running Travis Mack 17 27 18 11 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Stewart Haas Racing Ford -22.818 252.7 70 0 20 0 0 1 0 Running Mike Bugarewicz 18 16 19 19 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Cottonelle JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet -26.861 252.7 70 0 19 0 0 0 0 Running Brian Pattie 19 38 26 36 96 Ty Dillon Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota -28.026 252.7 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 Running Dave Winston 20 33 20 26 6 Ryan Newman Castrol Carbon Neutral Roush Fenway Racing Ford -29.619 252.7 70 0 17 0 0 0 0 Running Scott Graves 21 1 1 6 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet -29.778 252.7 70 44 31 15 1 2 0 Running Alan Gustafson 22 31 30 31 38 Anthony Alfredo The Pete Store Front Row Motorsports Ford -30.625 252.7 70 0 15 0 0 1 1 Running Seth Barbour 23 39 32 32 15 James Davison Signing Day Sports Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet -32.946 252.7 70 0 14 0 0 0 0 Running Pat Tryson 24 22 31 29 77 Justin Haley AirMed Care Network Spire Motorsports Chevrolet -37.697 252.7 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 Running Kevin Bellicourt 25 23 33 30 51 Cody Ware Nurtec ODT Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet -46.499 252.7 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 Running Mike Hillman Sr. 26 10 21 38 23 Bubba Wallace DoorDash 23XI Racing Toyota -51.104 252.7 70 0 11 0 0 2 0 Running Michael Wheeler 27 20 34 33 53 Garrett Smithley Clix Wipers Rick Ware Racing Ford -51.527 252.7 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 Running Billy Plourde 28 19 35 35 78 Scott Heckert Motorsport Games Live Fast Motorsports Ford -60.292 252.7 70 0 9 0 0 0 1 Running Frank Kerr 29 40 38 37 66 Timmy Hill CrashClaimsR.us MBM Motorsports Ford -70.276 252.7 70 0 0 0 0 0 1 Running Clinton Cram 30 8 6 16 5 Kyle Larson NationsGuard Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet -99.687 252.7 70 0 12 5 0 1 0 Running Cliff Daniels 31 7 23 27 7 Corey LaJoie Netflix The Crew Spire Motorsports Chevrolet -126.286 252.7 70 0 6 0 0 1 0 Running Ryan Sparks 32 18 39 25 14 Chase Briscoe Ford Performance Racing School Stewart Haas Racing Ford -140.958 252.7 70 0 5 0 0 3 0 Running Johnny Klausmeier 33 24 22 7 24 William Byron Axalta Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet -1 Lap 249.09 69 0 8 4 0 1 0 Running Rudy Fugle 34 3 8 14 3 Austin Dillon Dow Mobility Science Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet -1 Lap 249.09 69 0 6 3 0 1 0 Running Justin Alexander 35 14 37 10 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota -1 Lap 249.09 69 0 3 1 0 2 0 Running Ben Beshore 36 25 36 34 52 Josh Bilicki Jacob Companies Rick Ware Racing Ford -2 Laps 245.48 68 0 1 0 0 0 0 Brakes Peter Sospenzo 37 32 28 24 21 Matt DiBenedetto Motorcraft / Quick Lane Wood Brothers Racing Ford -5 Laps 234.65 65 0 1 0 0 0 0 Running Greg Erwin 38 26 27 22 8 Tyler Reddick CAT Rental Store Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet -12 Laps 209.38 58 0 1 0 0 1 0 Accident Randall Burnett 39 9 13 39 42 Ross Chastain McDonald's Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet -44 Laps 93.86 26 0 1 0 0 1 0 Accident Phil Surgen 40 29 40 40 00 Quin Houff Mane 'N Tail StarCom Racing Chevrolet -67 Laps 10.83 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Engine George Church Time of Race 02:59:32 To The Rear Failed to Qualify Average Speed 84.452 mph Driver Reason None Pole Speed None Justin Haley Multiple Inspection Failures Cautions 8 Garrett Smithley Unapproved Adjustments Caution Laps 12 Erik Jones Daytona 500 Engine Change Margin of Victory 2.119 sec. Leaders 7 Lead Changes 12.