2021 Jockey Made in America 250

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 20 of 36 in the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	July 4, 2021 (2021-07-04)
Location	Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.048 mi (6.515 km)
Distance	62 laps, 250.48 mi (403.11 km)
Average speed	86.271 miles per hour (138.840 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	2:12:049
Most laps led
Driver	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	24
Winner
No. 9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle
Turn Announcers	Steve Post (1 & 2), Dave Moody (3 & 4), Mike Bagley (5 & 6), Eric Morse (7 & 8), Jason Toy (9 & 10), Kyle Rickey (11), Kurt Becker (12), Tim Catalfamo (13 & 14)

The 2021 Jockey Made in America 250 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 4, 2021, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Contested over 62 laps on the 4.048-mile (6.515 km) road course, it was the 20th race of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NTT Indycar Series, NTTWeatherTech SportsCar Championship, SCCA Pirelli World Challenge, ASRA, AMA Superbike series, IndyCar Series, and SCCA Pro Racing's Trans-Am Series.

In June 2020, it was reported that Road America was in negotiations to host the Cup Series in 2021. When NASCAR revealed the 2021 Cup Series schedule on September 30, 2020, Road America was included on the Fourth of July weekend.^[8] Following the late addition of the O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 at Daytona International Speedway, Road America became one of seven road courses on the 2021 Cup calendar, the most in series history. Wisconsin-based Kwik Trip was announced as the presenting sponsor for the race on April 13, 2021, which would be called it the "Road America 250 presented by Kwik Trip".^[9] However, on May 12, 2021, the clothing company Jockey, also headquartered in Wisconsin, was announced as the title sponsor for the race, which would be known as the "Jockey Made in America 250 presented by Kwik Trip."^[10]

Entry list

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

Practice

Kurt Busch was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 2:13:849 seconds and a speed of 108.875 mph (175.217 km/h).^[11]

Practice results

Qualifying

William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 2:12:049 and a speed of 110.359 mph (177.606 km/h).^[12]

Qualifying results

Race

William Byron won the pole in qualifying. Early, Ryan Preece suffered an blown engine and Daniel Suárez came to a stop on the track due to a broken transmission. Bryon won the first stage while Tyler Reddick won the second stage. At the beginning of the third stage, Austin Cindric was leading and suffered a gearing issue. Chase Elliott would take the lead from Matt DiBenedetto and hold off Christopher Bell for his second win of the season and his seventh road course win, putting him third behind Tony Stewart (8) and Jeff Gordon (9).

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 14

Stage Two Laps: 15

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 33

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 10 among 8 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 4 for 9
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 54 minutes and 33 seconds
• Average speed: 86.271 miles per hour (138.840 km/h)

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. Jac Collinsworth handled the features from the track.

Radio

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Denny Hamlin 798 2 Kyle Larson 795 (–3) 3 William Byron 713 (–85) 1 4 Kyle Busch 685 (–113) 1 5 Joey Logano 678 (–120) 6 Chase Elliott 674 (–124) 7 Martin Truex Jr. 634 (–164) 8 Ryan Blaney 603 (–195) 9 Kevin Harvick 599 (–199) 10 Brad Keselowski 593 (–205) 11 Alex Bowman 561 (–237) 12 Austin Dillon 544 (–254) 13 Tyler Reddick 521 (–277) 14 Kurt Busch 471 (–327) 1 15 Christopher Bell 463 (–335) 1 16 Chris Buescher 446 (–352) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 742 2 Ford 686 (–56) 3 Toyota 685 (–57) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.