The 2021 Ag-Pro 300 was a

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race held on April 24, 2021. It was contested over 90 laps—shortened from 113 laps due to rain—on the superspeedway. It was the eight race of the

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season.

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driver

Jeb Burton John Edward "Jeb" Burton IV (born August 6, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 27 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS for Jordan Anderson Ra ...

, collected his first career Xfinity series win.

Report

Background

Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of

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. It is located on the former

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in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the

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, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Cup Series,

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and

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. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the

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, which is 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).

Entry list

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

Qualifying

Austin Cindric Austin Louis Cindric (born September 2, 1998) is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 2 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske. Prior to competing in stock cars, Cindric ra ...

was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula. Jordan Anderson,

Ronnie Bassett Jr. Ronald W. Bassett Jr. (born December 21, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro for his team, Bassett Racing. He and his family team a ...

, and

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did not have enough points to qualify for the race.

Starting Lineups

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 25 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 25

Final Stage Results

''Laps:'' 22

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 22 among 12 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 4 for 15 * Time of race: 1 hour, 43 minutes, and 13 seconds * Average speed:

References

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