The 2021 EchoPark 250 was a

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race held on March 20, 2021. It was contested over 163 laps on the oval. It was the sixth race of the

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season.

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driver

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, collected his first win of the season.

Report

Background

Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a track in

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, 20 miles (32 km) south of

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. It is a quad-oval track with a

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of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46

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s were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the

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circuit.

Entry list

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

Qualifying

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

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, 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:'' 40 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 40

Final Stage Results

''Laps:'' 83

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 6 among 5 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 7 for 37 * Time of race: 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 5 seconds * Average speed:

References

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