Fantasy NASCAR Scouting Report – Road America
Road America Top Ten Starters
- William Byron
- Kyle Larson
- AJ Allmendinger
- Tyler Reddick
- Austin Cindric
- Denny Hamlin
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Ross Chastain
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Alex Bowman
Road America 2021 Stats and Speeds
Road America 2021 Loop Data Box Score
Road America 2021 Total Speed Rankings
Road America 2021 Fastest Drivers Late In A Run
Road America 2021 Green Flag Speeds
Road America Pre-Race Notes
Drivers who started in the rear of the field:
Kyle Busch – Backup car
Bubba Wallace – Transmission change
Justin Haley – Engine change
Ryan Preece – Backup car
Unapproved adjustments: Quin Houff, Josh Bilicki and Kyle Tilley
The fuel window was mentioned to be 17 to 19 laps.
Stage #1 Top Ten Finishers (Lap 14): 24,16,5,8,42,11,20,48,1,9
Stage #2 Top Ten Finishers (Lap 29): 8,24,42,5,1,22,4,23,77,18
Road America Race Notes
William Byron who won the pole lead the opening 15 laps.
Notable: On lap 2, AJ Allmendinger radioed his team that his helmet blower fell off his helmet.
Running order on lap 3: 24,5,16,8,33,42,21,11,19,99 … 48,22,20,17,41,34,1
Big: On lap 3, Daniel Suarez came to a stop on the track. It was a broken transmission. His team later fixed the problem and he returned to the track.
Running order on lap 4 following the Suarez caution under yellow: 24,5,16,8,33,42,21,19,48,11 … 22,20,17,41,34,1,43,12,2,9 … 10,7,38,3,18,6,4,14,96,47 … 51,23,77,37,52,53,15,00,78,99
On lap 6, Kyle Larson who was in 3rd told his team he was really good.
Running order on lap 7: 24,16,5,8,33,42,19,21,11,48 … 20,22,34,1,41,9,17,43,12,18 … 7,2,3,10,38,14,96,4,6,47 … 23,37,51,77,52,00,53,15,78,99
Running order on lap 10: 24,16,5,8,33,42,19,11,21,20 … 48,1,34,9,22,18,41,43,17,7 … 3,2,14,12,10,38,4,96,23,47 … 77,52,6,51,53,00,15,78,37,99
Notable: On lap 11 while running around 28th, Ty Dillon spun. He didn’t hit anything and got back going again quickly. He was driving the #96.
On lap 11, Austin Cindric, Martin Truex Jr and Ryan Blaney were shown to be on pit road doing a green flag pit stop. Austin Dillon also snuck to pit road at this time, but he was busted speeding on pit road. Following the caution later that lap, Dillon had to start in the rear of the field. Kyle Busch, Wallace, Alfredo, Ty Dillon and Almirola appeared to have also come to pit road at this time.
During his green flag pit stop, Cindric told his team that his car was falling off the longer he ran.
Notable: Later on lap 11, the caution came out for Kyle Tilley getting stuck in a sand trap. This ended Stage #1.
Stage #1 Top Ten Finishers (Lap 14): 24,16,5,8,42,11,20,48,1,9
Notable: During the Stage #1 caution, Christopher Bell, Michael McDowell and Chase Briscoe were penalized for driving thru too many pit stalls. Brad Keselowski was penalized at this time for pit crew members going over the wall too soon.
AJ Allmendinger lost 8 spots on pit road during the Stage #1 caution.
Running order on lap 18: 33 (Cindric),21,18,19,23,24,10,96,8,11 … 5,9,1,42,16,22,43,38,48,4 … 12,17,47,7,77,6,3,2,51,52 … 34,14,41,20,00,15,53,78,99,37
On lap 21 it was mentioned that Denny Hamlin was having problems with his brakes. He had an off-roading moment at that time.
Running order on lap 22: 21,33,18,19,24,8,5,9,42,23 … 1,16,22,48,10,11,12,43,4,17 … 7,47,38,3,2,34,20,96,14,41 … 77,6,52,53,15,51,00,78,99
On lap 22 while running in 25th, Brad Keselowski spun into the grass. He didn’t hit anything. No caution came out.
On lap 23, Austin Cindric passed Matt DiBenedetto for the lead.
Later on lap 23, Kyle Busch took the lead from Cindric.
Big: On lap 23, Austin Cindric slowed on the track and then spun out. Cindric said he had some sort of gear issue. It was theorized he broke an axle. Cindric said he thought it was a left rear shaft. He then came to pit road. He had an extremely long pit stop and then took his car to the garage.
Notable: On lap 25, Corey LaJoie spun. No caution came out.
Running order on lap 25: 18,19,8,24,21,5,9,42,1,16 … 22,48,11,4,23,12,47,10,17,20 … 43,14,3,38,34,41,77,96,6,52 … 2,7,15,33,51,00,53,78,99,37
Late in Stage #2, many front runners came to pit road including Chase Elliott. When you look below at lap 28, Kyle Busch was the first known front runner who pitted.
Notable: On lap 27, Kurt Busch had a minor spin and didn’t hit anything.
Running order on lap 28: 8,24,42,5,1,22,4,18 (First driver who pitted),19,23 … 77,2,6,52,9,21,7,15,11,48 … 16,14,17,12,10,20,34,3,43,41 … 38,47,96,51,00,78,33,53,99,37
Tyler Reddick was said to be happy with his car while leading on lap 28.
Stage #2 Top Ten Finishers (Lap 29): 8,24,42,5,1,22,4,23,77,18
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