2021 Pit Boss 250

The 2021 Pit Boss 250 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on May 22, 2021. It was contested over 46 laps on the 3.410-mile (5.488 km) road course. It was the tenth race of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch, collected his first win of the season, and his 98th of his career.

2021 Pit Boss 250

Race details[1] [2]
Race 11 of 33 in the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season
Circuit of the Americas
Date	May 22, 2021 (2021-05-22)
Location	Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.410 miles (5.488 km)
Distance	46 laps, 156.860 mi (252.442 km)
Average speed	72.723 mph
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	160.349
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	35
Winner
No. 54	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Bubba Wallace, and Ryan Blaney

Report

Background

Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a grade 1 FIA-specification motorsports facility located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas. It features a 3.426-mile (5.514 km) road racing circuit. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Prix, and the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, a round of the FIM Road Racing World Championship. It previously hosted the Supercars Championship, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the IMSA SportsCar Championship, and IndyCar Series.

On September 30, 2020, it was announced that COTA would host a NASCAR Xfinity Series event for the first time on May 22, 2021.^[3] The Camping World Truck Series was added as a support event.^[4] On December 11, 2020, it was announced that NASCAR would run the full 3.41 mile course.^[5]

Entry list

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

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Sponsor
0	Jeffrey Earnhardt	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	ForeverLawn Premium Synthetic Grass
1	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	Pilot, Flying J My Rewards Plus
2	Myatt Snider	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Louisiana Hot Sauce
02	Brett Moffitt	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	Sokal Digital
4	Landon Cassill	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	Voyager
5	Kevin Harvick (i)	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Ford	Rush Truck Centers
6	Spencer Pumpelly	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	Gridrival, Fastlife Let's Go Racing
7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	Brandt Professional Agriculture
07	Ross Chastain (i)	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	G Coin
8	Miguel Paludo	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	Brandt Professional Agriculture
9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops, TrueTimber Camo, Black Rifle Coffee Company
10	Jeb Burton	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	Nutrien Ag Solutions
11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	LeafFilter Gutter Protection
13	Boris Said	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	Whataburger
15	Colby Howard	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	Project Hope Foundation
16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	Pit Boss
17	Cole Custer (i)	SS-Green Light Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Ford	Production Alliance Group
18	Daniel Hemric	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Poppy Bank
19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	YeeYee Apparel
20	Harrison Burton	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	DEX Imaging
22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	Menards, Richmond Water Heaters
23	Andy Lally	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	The A-Team
26	Kris Wright (i)	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	Boot The Ban
31	Tyler Reddick (i)	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	Bommarito Automotive Group
36	Alex Labbé	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	Can-Am
39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Ford	A-Game Energy "Bring it to life."
44	Tommy Joe Martins	Martins Motorsports	Chevrolet	Diamond Gusset Jeans
47	Kyle Weatherman	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	Beau's Beautiful Blessings
48	Jade Buford (R)	Big Machine Racing Team	Chevrolet	Big Machine Vodka Spiked Cooler
51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	All South Electric
52	Gray Gaulding	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Panini America
54	Kyle Busch (i)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Skittles Gummies
61	Stephen Leicht	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	Jani-King
66	Timmy Hill (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	CRASHClaimsR.US[permanent dead link], KW Commercial
68	Brandon Brown	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	Good Sam
74	Bayley Currey (i)	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	JM Steel, Cutek
77	Austin Dillon (i)	Bassett Racing	Chevrolet	Maestro's Classic
78	Jesse Little	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	Shriners Hospitals for Children
90	Caesar Bacarella	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	Maxim, Alpha Prime Sports Regimen
91	Preston Pardus	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	Chinchor Electric, Inc.
92	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	Alloy Employer Services "Stranger by design"
98	Riley Herbst	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Monster Energy
99	Ryan Ellis	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	Keen Parts, CorvetteParts.net
Official entry list

Practice

Austin Cindric was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 137.778 seconds and a speed of 89.100 mph (143.393 km/h).^[6]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	137.778	89.100
2	18	Daniel Hemric	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	137.845	89.057
3	31	Tyler Reddick (i)	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	137.963	88.980
Official first practice results

Qualifying

Kyle Busch scored the pole position after a time of 160.349 seconds and a speed of 76.558 mph (123.208 km/h).^[7]

Qualifying results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	54	Kyle Busch (i)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	160.349
2	07	Ross Chastain (i)	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	160.457
3	17	Cole Custer (i)	SS-Green Light Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Ford	160.524
4	36	Alex Labbe	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	160.640
5	31	Tyler Reddick (i)	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	161.521
6	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	161.757
7	16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	161.876
8	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	162.247
9	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	162.629
10	20	Harrison Burton	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	162.630
11	10	Jeb Burton	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	163.240
12	5	Kevin Harvick (i)	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Ford	163.397
13	23	Andy Lally	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	164.503
14	68	Brandon Brownn	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	164.615
15	8	Miguel Paludo	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	164.791
16	6	Spencer Pumpelly	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	165.213
17	77	Austin Dillon (i)	Bassett Racing	Chevrolet	165.237
18	48	Jade Buford (R)	Big Machine Racing Team	Chevrolet	165.245
19	19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	163.305
20	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	165.462
21	02	Brett Moffitt	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	165.547
22	91	Preston Pardus	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	165.596
23	2	Myatt Snider	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	165.775
24	13	Boris Said	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	165.971
25	52	Gray Gaulding	Means Motorsports	Chevrolet	166.034
26	18	Daniel Hemric	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	166.107
27	15	Colby Howard	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	166.167
28	66	Timmy Hill	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	166.229
29	98	Riley Herbst	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	166.393
30	4	Landon Cassill	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	166.515
31	99	Ryan Ellis	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	166.520
32	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Martins Motorsports	Chevrolet	167.094
33	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	167.237
34	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Ford	168.903
35	1	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	169.105
36	26	Kris Wright (i)	Sam Hunt Racing	Chevrolet	169.304
Did not qualify
37	0	Jeffrey Earnhardt	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	168.066
38	78	Jesse Little	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	168.182
39	47	Kyle Weatherman	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	168.736
40	61	Stephen Leicht	Hattori Racing Enterprises	Toyota	169.060
41	92	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	171.449
42	90	Caesar Bacarella	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	175.622
43	74	Bayley Currey (i)	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet
Official qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 14

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	10
2	31	Tyler Reddick (i)	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	0
3	19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	23	Andy Lally	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	6
6	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	5	Kevin Harvick (i)	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Chevrolet	0
8	77	Austin Dillon (i)	Bassett Racing	Chevrolet	0
9	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	8	Miguel Paludo	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	1

Stage Two Laps: 16

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	10
2	1	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	48	Jade Buford (R)	Big Machine Racing Team	Chevrolet	8
4	77	Austin Dillon (i)	Big Machine Racing Team	Chevrolet	0
5	54	Kyle Busch (i)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	0
6	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	3
9	5	Kevin Harvick (i)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	0
10	15	Colby Howard	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	1

Final Stage Results

Laps: 16

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points	Status
1	1	54	Kyle Busch (i)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	46	0	Running
2	7	16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	46	48	Running
3	9	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	46	43	Running
4	12	5	Kevin Harvick (i)	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Chevrolet	46	0	Running
5	8	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	46	34	Running
6	10	20	Harrison Burton	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	46	31	Running
7	3	17	Cole Custer (i)	SS-Green Light Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	46	0	Running
8	5	31	Tyler Reddick (i)	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	46	0	Running
9	6	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	46	38	Running
10	11	10	Jeb Burton	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	46	27	Running
11	35	1	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	46	35	Running
12	21	02	Brett Moffitt	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	46	25	Running
13	17	77	Austin Dillon	Bassett Racing (i)	Chevrolet	46	0	Running
14	22	91	Preston Pardus	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	46	23	Running
15	18	48	Jade Buford	Big Machine Racing Team	Chevrolet	46	30	Running
16	29	98	Riley Herbst	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	46	21	Running
17	19	19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	46	28	Running
18	13	23	Andy Lally	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	46	26	Running
19	16	6	Spencer Pumpelly	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	46	18	Running
20	4	36	Alex Labbe	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	46	17	Running
21	23	2	Myatt Snider	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	46	16	Running
22	30	4	Landon Cassill	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	46	15	Running
23	33	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	46	25	Running
24	31	99	Ryan Ellis	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	46	13	Running
25	34	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Ford	46	12	Running
26	14	68	Brandon Brown	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	46	11	Running
27	25	52	Gray Gaulding	Means Motorsports	Chevrolet	46	10	Running
28	27	15	Colby Howard	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	46	10	Running
29	26	18	Daniel Hemric	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	46	8	Running
30	2	07	Ross Chastain (i)	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	36	0	Running
31	24	13	Boris Said	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	35	6	Running
32	36	26	Kris Wright (i)	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	29	0	Engine
33	28	66	Timmy Hill (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	29	0	Engine
34	15	8	Miguel Paludo	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	25	4	Rear Gear
35	32	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Martins Motorsports	Chevrolet	19	2	Engine
36	20	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	13	1	Engine
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 6 among 5 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 4 for 7
• Time of race: 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 25 seconds
• Average speed: 72.723 mph (117.036 km/h)