Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500

Date
Sun 17th October 2021 (UTC)
Sun 17th October 2021 (Local)

Timestamp
2021-10-17T18:00:00

Time

18:00:00 UTC (13:00:00 Local)

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League
NASCAR Cup Series

Season
2021

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Location
Texas Motor Speedway

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Description

The Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. The inaugural race took place on November 6, 2005. The race has always started in the late afternoon, gone through sunset and twilight, and ended under the lights at night, much like the Coca-Cola 600 in May, but it is not considered a night event.
The race was acquired as a result of the Ferko lawsuit, which forced NASCAR to relinquish the sport's fourth major, the Mountain Dew Southern 500 and in the process end its Grand Slam, as the Southern 500 was one of the four races that made it up. This race has been derisively referred to as the Francis Ferko 500, mostly by traditionalist fans upset by the demise of the Southern 500.
The trophy is in the shape of a cowboy hat on top of a piston. Traditionally, the winning driver wears a black cowboy hat and fires a couple of six-shooters in the air on victory lane.

The Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway had dramatic ups and downs all Sunday afternoon with the victorious exception of Kyle Larson, who dominated the race – leading 256 of 334 laps and holding off the field on seven different restarts in the final 125 laps alone.
Larson’s win by 0.459 seconds over Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron was his series-best – and career-best – eighth of the season and 14th of his career. Most importantly, it punched his ticket into the Championship 4 at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 7 – the first time in the 29-year-old Californian’s career that he will get to race for the NASCAR Cup Series championship trophy.

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Result List

01	Kyle Larson	334 Laps
02	William Byron	334 Laps
03	Christopher Bell	334 Laps
04	Brad Keselowski	334 Laps
05	Kevin Harvick	334 Laps
06	Ryan Blaney	334 Laps
07	Chase Elliott	334 Laps
08	Kyle Busch	334 Laps
09	Tyler Reddick	334 Laps
10	Daniel Suárez	334 Laps