NASCAR Cup Series

MADISON, Ill. -- From Kyle Busch turning into a fan favorite and Richard Childress Racing becoming a force, again, to blown brake rotors, here's Three Big Stories from Gateway.

This weekend the NASCAR Cup and the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series teams head to World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway as the Xfinity Series and ARCA Menards Series West travel to Portland International Raceway for a full weekend of racing.

The 2012 Cup Series champion from Rochester Hills, Michigan, is set to become the 46th different competitor to achieve 500 career starts in NASCAR's premier series.

Byron started from the pole at Charlotte and was strong throughout, but was one-upped by Ryan Blaney for the win and settled for the runner-up spot.

The 2020 Cup Series champion has been suspended from competing in this weekend's event at Gateway following an on-track retaliatory incident involving Denny Hamlin during Monday's Coke 600.

The 29-year-old Blaney from High Point, North Carolina, led a race-high 163 of 400 laps and withstood trials and challenges from Mother Nature to the on-track chaos to snap a 59-race winless drought in NASCAR's longest event on the schedule.

NASCAR's longest event on the schedule has been postponed for the first time since 2009 due to inclement weather and will be part of an Xfinity-Cup doubleheader feature on Memorial Day.

The Xfinity Series' Alsco Uniforms 300 at Charlotte has been postponed to Monday with a noon ET start time while Byron was awarded pole position for Sunday's Coke 600 per a metric formula due to inclement weather.

The Louisville, Kentucky, native is set to achieve a milestone mark in his third full-time season as a crew chief in NASCAR's premier series.

NASCAR heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway for a triple-header schedule of events on Memorial Day weekend. The NASCAR Salutes Together with Coca-Cola program will also be back for the ninth season to pay tribute to the U.S. military members and their families.