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 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.
Kyle Larson headlines a growing list of Cup and Xfinity Series competitors who will be pulling double duty efforts between the ARCA Menards Series West, Xfinity and Cup weekend events in Sonoma, California.
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.
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 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led a race-high 145 of 200-scheduled laps and rocketed away from the field during a 90-lap shootout to win the NASCAR All-Star Race for the third time in his career.
Berry and Gibbs transferred to the All-Star feature by finishing first and second in the All-Star Open while Gragson was named the Fan Vote winner to claim the final berth for the main event.
The No. 54 JGR pit crew led by crew chief Chris Gayle and piloted by rookie Ty Gibbs were awarded a $100,000 bonus for executing the fastest pit stop time and awarding Gibbs pole position for the All-Star Open.
