2021 NASCAR Cup Pole Winners & Stats
Updated 11-6-2021
NOTE: if qualifying is rained out or cancelled for any reason and set by points, the driver who starts first (because they are leading the points) is not awarded the Pole Award and does not get the cash awardFor all time pole list, records and notes, see the All Time Poles page
NOTE: For the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season practice and qualifying are scheduled to be held for the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 and the championship race at Phoenix as well as races at new venues and configurations: Bristol dirt, Circuit of the Americas, Nashville, Road America, and Indianapolis road course. The rest of the races will be one-day shows with the lineups set by the qualifying metrics, based on race finish, points position, and fastest race lap.(full article HERE)
Pole Winners by Season Pages
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
All Time Poles page
| Track | Driver | Speed | Finish | 2021 poles | Career Poles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) Daytona 500 | #48-Alex Bowman | 191.261 | 35th | 1 | 3 |
| 2) Daytona (road course) | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 3) Homestead | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 4) Las Vegas | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 5) Phoenix | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 6) Atlanta | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 7) Bristol (dirt) | heat races rained out and canceled | ||||
| 8) Martinsville | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 9) Richmond | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 10) Talladega | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 11) Kansas | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 12) Darlington | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 13) Dover | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 14) Circuit of the Americas | #8-Tyler Reddick | 92.363* | 9th | 1 | 1 |
| 15) Charlotte | #5-Kyle Larson | 180.282 | WON | 1 | 9 |
| 16) Sonoma | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 17) Nashville | #10-Aric Almirola | 161.992* | 4th | 1 | 3 |
| 18) Pocono | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 19) Pocono | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 20) Road America | #24-William Byron | 110.359* | 33rd | 1 | 6 |
| 21) Atlanta | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 22) New Hampshire | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 23) Watkins Glen | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 24) Indianapolis Road Course | #24-William Byron | 100.044* | 33rd | 2 | 7 |
| 25) Michigan | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 26) Daytona | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 27) Darlington | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 28) Richmond | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 29) Bristol | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 30) Las Vegas | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 31) Talladega | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 32) Charlotte ROVAL | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 33) Texas | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 34) Kansas | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 35) Martinsville | none scheduled, one-day show | ||||
| 36) Phoenix | #5-Kyle Larson | 137.847 | WON | 2 | 10 |
| * Track Record (both are new tracks to the series) | |||||
2021 Stats from the pole
RACES with a Pole winner: 7 of 36 races (so far)
WINS from the pole: 2
TOP FIVES: 3
TOP TENS: 4
OUT of TOP TEN: 3
40th/Last: 0
races with no pole: only 8 of 36 races are scheduled to have qualifying. Bristol(dirt) qualifying canceled due to weather
2021 RACE WINS FROM THE POLE
#42-Larson at Charlotte in May
#42-Larson at Phoenix in November
2021 NASCAR Cup Series Pole Winners, Driver, Manufacturer, Number of poles this season
#5-Larson, Chevy, 2 (won both)
#24-Byron, Chevy, 2
#48-Bowman, Chevy, 1
#8-Reddick, Chevy, 1
#10-Almirola, Ford, 1
2021 MANUFACTURER NASCAR CUP SERIES POLES
Chevy: 6 poles with 4 different drivers
Ford: – 1 poles with 1 different drivers
Toyota: – 0 poles with 0 different driver
Pole Winners by Season Pages
2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
All Time Poles page