2021 Drydene 200

Race details[1] [2]
Race 10 of 33 in the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season
Dover International Speedway
Date	May 15, 2021 (2021-05-15)
Location	Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.00 mi (1.61 km)
Distance	200 laps, 200.00 mi (321.87 km)
Average speed	94.987 mph
Pole position
Driver	Daniel Hemric	Joe Gibbs Racing
Grid positions set by competition-based formula
Most laps led
Driver	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports
Laps	94
Winner
No. 22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Kurt Busch, and Brad Keselowski

The 2021 Drydene 200 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on May 15, 2021. It was contested over 200 on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) concrete oval. It was the tenth race of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Team Penske driver Austin Cindric, collected his third win of the season.

Report

Background

Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Qualifying

Daniel Hemric was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula.^[3] Jordan Anderson, Ronnie Bassett Jr., and Andy Lally did not have enough points to qualify for the race.

Starting Lineups

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 45

Stage Two Laps: 45

Final Stage Results

Laps: 110

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 9 among 6 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 45
• Time of race: 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 20 seconds
• Average speed: 94.987 mph (152.867 km/h)