The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, led nine of 160 laps and rallied from a late dust-up involving Kyle Larson with seven laps remaining to emerge victorious amid a three-lap dash to the finish for his all-time leading seventh triumph at the Tricky Triangle.
William Byron scored his third NASCAR Cup Series Busch Light pole of the season Saturday afternoon at Pocono Raceway with a 52.746 seconds lap in his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. It also marked his 11th Cup Series career pole in 201 starts.
The 2017 Cup Series champion from Mayetta, New Jersey, led a race-high 254 of 301-scheduled laps and fended off Joey Logano in a nine-lap dash to the finish to capture his first elusive victory at the Magic Mile.
Christopher Bell won the Busch Light Pole Award at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a fast lap of 124.781 mph during qualifying Saturday afternoon. He will lead the field to green in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for Sunday’s Cup Series Crayon 301.
William Byron blew a right rear tire on lap 80 after contact from Corey Lajoie. Byron spun, fortunately keeping the car off the wall, and fell a lap down. Byron persevered and recovered to take the lead early in the final stage. He held on for the win as rain ended the race early on lap 185.
The 25-year-old Byron from Charlotte, North Carolina, led the final 20 of 185-shortened laps in an event where he rallied from losing a lap by implementing a late pit strategic call to race his way to the front and claim his fourth Cup victory of the season in a rain-shortened event in the Peach State.
This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series and the Xfinity Series travel to Atlanta Motor Speedway while the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series compete at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, led nine of 78 over-scheduled laps and fended off the field in overtime to record the first victory for Trackhouse Racing's Project 91 program and become the first competitor in 60 years to win in NASCAR debut.
As fans head to Grant Park for the inaugural Chicago Street Race Weekend on July 1-2, they’ll have the opportunity to participate in a two-day sports and music festival unlike anything seen before in NASCAR’s 75-year history.
Hendrick Motorsports has the all-time lead in NASCAR Cup Series poles (27), wins (31), top fives (105), top 10s (175) and laps led (2,473) on road courses.
The second stop of the summer “West Coast swing” brings the NASCAR Cup Series to its annual visit at Sonoma Raceway, located in California’s wine country region.
