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Chase Is King of the Road (America)

Reigning NASCAR Cup Series Champion Chase Elliott collects his second win of the season Sunday at Road America.

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – July 4, 2021 – ANTHONY HOLBROOK
The NASCAR Cup Series traveled to the Badger State  Sunday featuring one of the seven road course events scheduled within the 2021 NASCAR Cup season. July 05, 2021 for the Jockey Made in America 250 Presented by Kwik Trip at Road America. 
Road America which opened in 1955, is located on 640 acres about halfway between Milwaukee and Green Bay.
The 4.084-mile course features 14 turns in which challenges drivers skill. This Event embarked the first time since 1956’s that NASCAR Cup Series showcased their exclusive series to this challenging course.
William Byron brought the field to green laying down a qualifying mark set at 110.359 mph.

Jockey Made in America 250   recap:

Road King Chase Elliott recorded his sixth win in the last eight Cup road races and his seventh in the last 11, Sunday at Road America’s road course facilities.

The reigning NASCAR Cup champion gained the lead from  Kyle Busch on Lap 46 of 62 as Bush fades away over the final 16 laps to claim a 5.7-second victory over Christopher Bell. Bell’s runner-up is his best result since winning in February at the Daytona road course,

Kyle Busch followed his Xfinity Series win on Saturday with a third-place finish on Sunday’s Cup event.

Hendricks Motorsports now has a combined 10 wins with Kyle Larson leads that pack with four victories this 2021 season. 

Chase Brisco finished sixth to claim the second top 10 finish, leading his campaign for NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year Award.

Jockey Made in America 250   – Final Stage Results

Pos.      Car      Driver     

1.  9   Chase Elliott

2.  20  Christopher Bell –  (  5.705  behind leader)

3.   18 Kyle Busch  

4.  1 Kurt Busch  

5.  11 Denny Hamlin   

6.  14 Chase Briscoe

7.  42 Ross Chastain

8.  8 Tyler Reddick

9.  19 Martin Truex Jr.

10.  21 Matt DiBenedetto

11.  3 Austin Dillon

12.  47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

13.  2 Brad Keselowski

14.  10 Aric Almirola

15.  22 Joey Logano

16.  5 Kyle Larson

17.  41 Cole Custer

18.  17 Chris Buescher

19.  43 Erik Jones

20.   12 Ryan Blaney

21.   7 Corey LaJoie

22.   48 Alex Bowman

23.   52 Josh Bilicki

24.   23 Bubba Wallace

25.   77 Justin Haley

26.   96 Ty Dillon

27.   4 Kevin Harvick

28.   15 James Davison

29.   16 AJ Allmendinger

30.   34 Michael McDowell

31.   51 Cody Ware

32.   6 Ryan Newman

33.   24 William Byron

34.   0 Quin Houff

35.   78 Kyle Tilley

36.   99 Daniel Suárez

37.   38 Anthony Alfredo

38.  33 Austin Cindric

39.  53 Ryan Eversley

40.   37 Ryan Preece

Time of Race:          2 Hrs, 54 Mins, 33 Secs.

Average Speed       86.271 MPH

Margin of Victory:  5.705 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10:     24, 16, 5, 8, 42, 11, 20, 48, 1, 9

Stage 2 Top 10:     8, 24, 42, 5, 1, 22, 4, 23, 77, 18

Caution Flags: 4 for 15 laps; Laps: 3-6 (#38 Incident Turn 2 [None]); 32-35 (Stage 1 Conclusion [53]); 87-90 (Stage 2 Conclusion [77]); 94-96 (Debris [51]).

Lead Changes :  10 among 8 drivers; W. Byron 1-15; M. Truex Jr. 16; *. Cindric(i) 17-18; M. DiBenedetto 19-23; K. Busch 24-26; T. Reddick 27-31; K. Busch 32; M. DiBenedetto 33-37; C. Elliott 38-44; A. Almirola 45; C. Elliott 46-62.

Nascar Cup Series travels to Hotlanta Sunday July 11th for the Quaker State 400 hosted by

Atlanta Motor Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN) Siris Nascar 90

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