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 24-year-old Haley from Winamac, Indiana, is set to join Rick Ware Racing for the upcoming season and in a multi-year agreement following a two-year run at Kaulig Racing.
NASCAR travels to Pocono Raceway this weekend for another full schedule of competition. The ARCA Menards Series will jump-start the on-track action Friday evening in the Sunset Hill Shooting Range 150.
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.
Due to inclement weather that will remain persistent throughout Sunday, NASCAR has postponed the start of the Cup Series' event at the Magic Mile to Monday at noon ET on USA Network.
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.
