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Race Name: | Talladega 500 | Date, Time: | 4/25/2021, 2:00 PM EST | Race Number: | #10 of 36 races in the 2021 season | Track Name: | Talladega Superspeedway | Race Distance: | 500 miles, 188 laps | * Note: This is a restrictor plate race. |
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Average race finish time: | 0:3:00 | Average Speed: | 155.77 MPH | Average # of cautions: | 5 - 28 laps | Average # of lead changes: | 37 | Average # of drivers leading: | 14 |
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2020 | Ryan Blaney | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Aric Almirola | Denny Hamlin | Erik Jones | 2019 | Chase Elliott | Alex Bowman | Ryan Preece | Joey Logano | Daniel Hemric | 2018 | Joey Logano | Kurt Busch | Chase Elliott | Kevin Harvick | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 2017 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Jamie McMurray | Kyle Busch | Aric Almirola | Kasey Kahne | 2016 | Brad Keselowski | Kyle Busch | Austin Dillon | Jamie McMurray | Chase Elliott | 2015 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Jimmie Johnson | Paul Menard | Ryan Blaney | Martin Truex | 2014 | Denny Hamlin | Greg Biffle | Clint Bowyer | Brian Vickers | AJ Allmendinger | 2013 | David Ragan | David Gilliland | Carl Edwards | Michael Waltrip | Jimmie Johnson | 2012 | Brad Keselowski | Kyle Busch | Matt Kenseth | Kasey Kahne | Greg Biffle | 2011 | Jimmie Johnson | Clint Bowyer | Jeff Gordon | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Kevin Harvick |
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The current season leaders in various stat categories are listed below. |
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Denny Hamlin - 434 | Martin Truex - 353 | Joey Logano - 345 | William Byron - 310 | Ryan Blaney - 299 | Kyle Larson - 295 | Chase Elliott - 279 | Brad Keselowski - 269 | Kevin Harvick - 265 | Christopher Bell - 248 |
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Denny Hamlin - 4.2 | AJ Allmendinger - 7 | Jamie McMurray - 8 | Joey Logano - 8.3 | Martin Truex - 9 | Kevin Harvick - 11 | William Byron - 11.2 | Kyle Larson - 11.8 | Chase Elliott - 13 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - 13.1 |
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Martin Truex - 2 | Christopher Bell - 1 | Ryan Blaney - 1 | Alex Bowman - 1 | William Byron - 1 | Kyle Larson - 1 | Joey Logano - 1 | Michael McDowell - 1 |
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Denny Hamlin - 8 | Kyle Larson - 4 | Joey Logano - 4 | Martin Truex - 4 | Chase Elliott - 3 | Brad Keselowski - 3 | Kevin Harvick - 2 | Kyle Busch - 2 | William Byron - 2 | Christopher Bell - 2 |
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Denny Hamlin - 8 | William Byron - 7 | Kevin Harvick - 6 | Kyle Larson - 6 | Joey Logano - 6 | Martin Truex - 6 | Christopher Bell - 5 | Kyle Busch - 5 | Ryan Blaney - 4 | Alex Bowman - 4 |
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Listed below is the projected starting order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent qualifying performance, past qualifying results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when projecting the qualifying order. Note: Once the official qualifying results are known, this section will be changed to reflect the official qualifying order. The simulator's projected finish order will also be updated. ** Click on the driver's name to jump to a page containing his respective trends, stats, and angles for this race. |
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Listed below is the projected finish order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent performance, qualifying position, past results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when simulating the race. The race simulation is run 1000 times. For each driver, the table displays the number of race simulations they won, number of top 5 finishes, number of top 10 finishes, and number of times the driver failed to finish the race. In addition, the table displays the average finishing position for each driver and the projected odds of the driver winning the race. ** Click on the driver's name to jump to a page containing his respective trends, stats, and angles for this race. |
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The top past performance trends relevant to this race are listed below. The results are sorted by average finish. To view a complete list of driver trends for the current race, browse to each driver's respective page. |
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1.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 2.8. In 5 races, he has 2 wins and 5 top 10 finishes. | 2.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 11.8. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes. | 3.) Ryan Blaney's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 12.8. In 5 races, he has 1 win and 3 top 10 finishes. | 4.) Chase Elliott's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 12.8. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes. | 5.) Chris Buescher's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 14.2. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes. | 6.) Bubba Wallace's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 15.0. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 1 top 10 finish. | 7.) Ross Chastain's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 16.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 1 top 10 finish. | 8.) William Byron's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 16.4. In 5 races, he has 1 win and 2 top 10 finishes. | 9.) Corey Lajoie's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 16.4. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes. | 10.) Michael McDowell's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 16.6. In 5 races, he has 1 win and 1 top 10 finish. |
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1.) Ryan Preece's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 11.5. In 4 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes. | 2.) Ty Dillon's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 12.0. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes. | 3.) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 12.7. In 16 races, he has 1 win and 9 top 10 finishes. | 4.) Chase Elliott's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 14.9. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 5 top 10 finishes. | 5.) Aric Almirola's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 15.8. In 23 races, he has 1 win and 9 top 10 finishes. | 6.) Kurt Busch's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 15.8. In 40 races, he has 0 wins and 21 top 10 finishes. | 7.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 16.1. In 40 races, he has 1 win and 16 top 10 finishes. | 8.) Brad Keselowski's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 16.2. In 24 races, he has 5 wins and 11 top 10 finishes. | 9.) Joey Logano's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 16.6. In 24 races, he has 3 wins and 10 top 10 finishes. | 10.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 16.7. In 30 races, he has 2 wins and 13 top 10 finishes. |
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1.) Denny Hamlin's average finish over the past 3 races is 2.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes. | 2.) Joey Logano's average finish over the past 3 races is 3.3. In 3 races, he has 1 win and 3 top 10 finishes. | 3.) William Byron's average finish over the past 3 races is 5.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes. | 4.) Chase Elliott's average finish over the past 3 races is 8.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes. | 5.) Martin Truex's average finish over the past 3 races is 8.3. In 3 races, he has 1 win and 2 top 10 finishes. |
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1.) Denny Hamlin's average finish over the past 10 races is 4.2. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 9 top 10 finishes. | 2.) Joey Logano's average finish over the past 10 races is 7.8. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 7 top 10 finishes. | 3.) Martin Truex's average finish over the past 10 races is 9.1. In 10 races, he has 2 wins and 7 top 10 finishes. | 4.) Kevin Harvick's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.6. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 7 top 10 finishes. | 5.) William Byron's average finish over the past 10 races is 11.0. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 8 top 10 finishes. |
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