Who won the 2021 Cup race on Bristol's dirt surface?

Joey Logano won the 2021 Cup race on Bristol Motor Speedway’s dirt surface.

The event was the 2021 Food City Dirt Race, held at Bristol, Tennessee, on March 29, 2021. Rain and flooding delayed the race from its original Sunday date, but Logano ultimately captured the historic 253-lap event for Team Penske in a Ford.

Bristol’s normally concrete short track was covered with dirt for the race, creating a surface that changed rapidly as moisture, dust and ruts affected handling. The unusual conditions produced an unpredictable contest: pre-race favorites Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell both crashed out, while Martin Truex Jr. won the opening stage and Logano won the second.

The finish came after a late caution extended the race. Logano held on at the restart, while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished second and Denny Hamlin placed third. The victory made Logano the seventh different Cup winner in the first seven races of the 2021 season. NASCAR also announced during the event that Bristol’s dirt experiment would return for 2022.