The 2021 Clean Harbors 100 at The Glen was the 13th stock car race of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series season, the seventh race of the 2021 Sioux Chief Showdown, and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, August 6, 2021, in Watkins Glen, New York at Watkins Glen International, a permanent road course. The race took the scheduled 41 laps to complete. At race's end, Corey Heim of Venturini Motorsports would take control in the later half of the race to win his sixth career ARCA Menards Series win and his fifth of the season. To fill out the podium, Austin Hill of Hattori Racing Enterprises and Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.

Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after J.D. McDuffie's fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.

The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list #DriverTeamMakeSponsor1Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaARCO National Construction01D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingToyotaCouncil Cup Campground, Evergreen Raceway2Nick SanchezRev RacingChevroletCastle Pack's Power, Max Siegel Incorporated3Dale QuarterleyMullins RacingChevroletVan Dyk Recycling Solutions10Arnout KokFast Track RacingToyotaAmerican Blast Systems, Wild Mike's Ultimate Pizza, South Africa "Inspiring new ways"11Ed PompaFast Track RacingToyotaHytorc of New York, Double "H" Ranch12Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyotaFast Track Racing14Chase BriscoeStewart-Haas RacingFordParker Offshore, Huffy15Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyotaSunbelt Rentals17Taylor GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFordRipper Coffee Company18Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaJoe Gibbs Racing20Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyotaJBL21Jack WoodGMS RacingChevroletChevrolet Accessories23Sam MayerBret Holmes RacingChevroletQPS Employment Group25Brandon JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyotaMagickwoods Vanities27Tim RichmondRichmond Clubb MotorsportsToyotaImmigration Legal Center28Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevroletLotze Insulation Design30Kris WrightRette Jones RacingFordWright Automotive Group32Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevroletJanitronics, Airbox Air Purifiers "Clean Air. Pure & Simple."42Tyler AnkrumCook-Finley RacingChevroletLiUNA!46Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFordClean Harbors48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevroletHenshaw Automation50Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevroletGMPartsNow, Scott's Sports Cards, Coins, & Jewelry54Riley HerbstDavid Gilliland RacingFordDixie Vodka Tony's Tea60Brad PerezJosh Williams MotorsportsChevroletRackley Roofing63Chase Purdy*Spraker Racing EnterprisesChevroletBama Buggies69Russ LaneKimmel RacingFordNational Auto Sport Association Central Region73Andy JankowiakJankowiak MotorsportsChevroletPhillips 66, Dak's Market74Chris WerthVisconti MotorsportsFordOtto Motorsports, Accede Mold & Tool77Ed BullBull RacingFordBayside ChiropracticOfficial entry list *Withdrew due to Purdy contracting COVID-19.

Practice/Qualifying Practice and qualifying would be combined for the event. The session would take place on Friday, August 6, at 3:15p.m. EST. Each driver would have 45 minutes to run their fastest lap. Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, with a lap of 1:13.651 and an average speed of .

Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1:13.651119.754220Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:14.538118.32931Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1:14.969117.649450Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1:15.168117.337523Sam MayerBret Holmes RacingChevrolet1:15.410116.961625Brandon JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:15.577116.702714Chase BriscoeStewart-Haas RacingFord1:15.699116.514830Kris WrightRette Jones RacingFord1:16.094115.90992Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet1:16.264115.6511042Tyler AnkrumCook-Finley RacingChevrolet1:16.557115.2081154Riley HerbstDavid Gilliland RacingFord1:16.624115.1081217Taylor GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord1:16.819114.8151321Jack WoodGMS RacingChevrolet1:17.257114.1641432Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet1:17.450113.8801546Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFord1:17.817113.3431615Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota1:18.105112.925173Dale QuarterleyMullins RacingChevrolet1:18.422112.4681828Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1:19.279111.2531910Arnout KokFast Track RacingToyota1:20.953108.9522074Chris WerthVisconti MotorsportsFord1:21.095108.7612127Tim RichmondRichmond Clubb MotorsportsToyota1:21.676107.9882269Russ LaneKimmel RacingFord1:22.039107.5102311Ed PompaFast Track RacingToyota1:23.961105.0492460Brad PerezJosh Williams MotorsportsChevrolet1:36.97490.9522501D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingToyota1:42.05586.4242648Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet1:42.93985.6822773Andy JankowiakJankowiak MotorsportsChevrolet5:09.04028.5402877Ed BullBull RacingFord——2912Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota——Official qualifying results

Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1220Corey HeimVenturini MotorsportsToyota4118running48231Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota410running423118Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota4114running434450Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet410running405625Brandon JonesVenturini MotorsportsToyota410running3961154Riley HerbstDavid Gilliland RacingFord410running3871217Taylor GrayDavid Gilliland RacingFord410running37892Nick SanchezRev RacingChevrolet410running3691432Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet410running35101321Jack WoodGMS RacingChevrolet410running34111546Thad MoffittDavid Gilliland RacingFord410running33121828Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet410running3213830Kris WrightRette Jones RacingFord410running3114523Sam MayerBret Holmes RacingChevrolet400running30151615Drew DollarVenturini MotorsportsToyota400running29162773Andy JankowiakJankowiak MotorsportsChevrolet390running28172127Tim RichmondRichmond Clubb MotorsportsToyota390running27182311Ed PompaFast Track RacingToyota390running26191910Arnout KokFast Track RacingToyota390running25202074Chris WerthVisconti MotorsportsFord390running24212269Russ LaneKimmel RacingFord370running23221042Tyler AnkrumCook-Finley RacingChevrolet300running2223714Chase BriscoeStewart-Haas RacingFord259suspension22242460Brad PerezJosh Williams MotorsportsChevrolet250running2025173Dale QuarterleyMullins RacingChevrolet150accident19262912Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota80rear gear18272501D. L. WilsonFast Track RacingToyota40brakes17282648Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsChevrolet20brakes16292877Ed BullBull RacingFord00did not start3WithdrewWD63Chase PurdySpraker Racing EnterprisesChevroletOfficial race results

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