The 2021 Jockey Made in America 250 was a

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held on July 4, 2021, at

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. Contested over 62 laps on the road course, it was the 20th race of the

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season.

Report

Background

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Road America is a

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located near Elkhart Lake,

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. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the

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, NTT Indycar Series, NTTWeatherTech SportsCar Championship,

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, ASRA,

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series,

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, and

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. In June 2020, it was reported that Road America was in negotiations to host the Cup Series in 2021. When NASCAR revealed the 2021 Cup Series schedule on September 30, 2020, Road America was included on the Fourth of July weekend. Following the late addition of the

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, Road America became one of seven road courses on the 2021 Cup calendar, the most in series history. Wisconsin-based

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was announced as the presenting sponsor for the race on April 13, 2021, which would be called it the "Road America 250 presented by Kwik Trip". However, on May 12, 2021, the clothing company

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, also headquartered in Wisconsin, was announced as the title sponsor for the race, which would be known as the "Jockey Made in America 250 presented by Kwik Trip."

Entry list

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

Practice

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was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 2:13:849 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 2:12:049 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 14 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 15

Final Stage Results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 33

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 10 among 8 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 4 for 9 * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 2 hours, 54 minutes and 33 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen,

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and

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called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. Jac Collinsworth handled the features from the track.

Radio

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by

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(MRN) and simulcast on

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NASCAR Radio.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. *. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

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Jockey Made in America 250 The Kwik Trip 250 presented by Jockey Made in America was a NASCAR Cup Series race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The series first raced on the road course in 1956, but it did not return to the schedule until 2021 as part of Independ ...

NASCAR races at Road America