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Chastain, Reddick, Almirola, DiBenedetto join All-Star Race

Four drivers – Ross Chastain, Tyler Reddick, Aric Almirola and Matt DiBenedetto – joined the field for Sunday night’s NASCAR All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Jim Utter

Edited: Jun 13, 2021, 11:06 PM

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Aric Almirola, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford Mustang Smithfield Vote For Bacon

Ross Chastain, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet Camaro Clover

Tyler Reddick, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet Camaro Childress Vineyards

Aric Almirola, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford Mustang Smithfield

Matt DiBenedetto, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford Mustang Motorcraft Quick Lane

Chastain, Reddick and Almirola won the first three rounds, respectively, of the All-Star Open to advance to the field for the main event.

Joining them is Matt DiBenedetto, who won the fan vote among the drivers not otherwise eligible.

“It means a lot to get the votes from the fans,” DiBenedetto said. “Thank you so much.”

In the third stage, Almirola started on the pole and led all 10 laps as DiBenedetto could not get close enough to attempt a pass for the lead.

In the second stage, Reddick led all 20 laps as Almirola and DiBenedetto battled back and forth for the second position.

Reddick advanced to the all-star field for the first time in his career.

“That’s the hottest 40 laps I’ve ever done,” Reddick said after his win.

In the first stage, Buescher was penalized for jumping the start of the race and Cindric was flagged for changing lanes prior to reaching the start/finish line.

Reddick led most of the segment but Chastain took the lead with one lap remaining and held on to earn a spot in the all-star field.

“I get to race with my heroes. It’s really cool,” Chastain said. “It’s been a good weekend on-track, but off-track has obviously been really tough. It just fired me up more, though.”

Three drivers had to start the Open from the rear of the field – Chastain, Cindric and David Starr.

Chastain’s No. 42 Chevrolet was found to have aero duct openings that did not conform to the aero duct hole pattern for Chevys. As a result, Chastain’s crew chief was ejected, Chastain had to start from the rear of the Open, and the team was fined $25,000.

Cindric’s No. 33 failed inspection twice while Starr’s No. 13 made unapproved adjustments.

Cla # Driver Manufacturer 1 5 United States Kyle Larson Chevrolet 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 4 41 Cole Custer Ford 5 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 6 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 7 22 Joey Logano Ford 8 24 William Byron Chevrolet 9 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 10 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 11 34 Michael McDowell Ford 12 4 United States Kevin Harvick Ford 13 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 14 6 Ryan Newman Ford 15 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 16 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 17 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 18 42 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 19 8 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 20 10 Aric Almirola Ford 21 21 United States Matt DiBenedetto Ford

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