William Byron claimed the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway with a 170.904 mph lap during qualifying. It’s his 15th career pole and his second this season.
Darlington Raceway will commemorate its 75th Anniversary with a Throwback Weekend on April 4-5, concluding with the Goodyear 400, the 125th NASCAR Cup Series race held at Darlington.
A $25,000 fine and 50-point deduction for Xfinity competitor Sammy Smith, two Xfinity competitors (Jeb Burton and Taylor Gray) being fined for infield care center confrontations and two Trackhouse Racing Cup pit crew members being suspended for a loose wheel highlight this past weekend's penalty report from Martinsville.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion led a race-high 274 of 400-scheduled laps and outdueled teammate Christopher Bell during a 75-lap dash to the finish to notch his 55th career victory in NASCAR's premier series and sixth at Martinsville.
The 2024 Coca-Cola 600 champion from Norman, Oklahoma, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 96.034 mph in 19.718 seconds for his first Cup pole of 2025 and the 14th of his career at Martinsville.
The 2023 ARCA Menards Series champion from Menlo Park, California, will attempt to make his inaugural start in NASCAR's premier series at Bristol Motor Speedway in April with Richard Childress Racing.
The 30-year-old Hill from Winston, Georgia, is scheduled to compete at Darlington Raceway (April 6), Chicago Street Course (July 6), Daytona International Speedway (August 23), Bristol Motor Speedway (September 13) and Talladega Superspeedway (October 19) while driving RCR's No. 33 Chevrolet entry.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led 19 of 267 laps and overtook teammate Alex Bowman for the lead amid Bowman's scrape into the wall with six laps remaining to score his first Cup victory of 2025 in Miami.
