The No. 17 crew earned their second Top-10 finish of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season Sunday, fighting through 500 grueling miles at a newly-repaved Atlanta Motor Speedway that saw 12 caution flags.
Harrison Burton and the No. 21 DEX Imaging team were among the numerous teams and drivers collected in crashes in the first Cup Series race on the reconfigured Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The 100-mile TA2 feature race on Saturday, March 19, saw attrition and endurance from driver Tom Sheehan and the Damon Racing outfit. With various challenges getting the LTK racecar fit for the tall order of the demanding Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval circuit – the No. 97 finished strong in P16.
In the debut of the repaved, revamped Atlanta Motor Speedway, William Byron drove the No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1 to his first NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) victory of the 2022 season in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.
At the tail end of a physically and mentally draining race Sunday at the new-look Atlanta Motor Speedway, leave it to one of the youngest drivers in the field to stay calm when it mattered the most.
WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY CAMARO ZL1 – Race Winner - “It was so different. You know honestly the last few laps there, just trying to manage the gap to Bubba (Wallace) and trying to not get too far out front."
CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 ITsavvy Ford Mustang – “The pylon looks better than our race, probably. It was a hard-fought race. We had a lot of balance gremlins that a lot of the field fought early on."