Heading to Texas, the Cup Series Playoff action will continue with the first race in the Round of 12 as William Byron, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, Ross Chastain, Brad Keselowski, Ryan Blaney and Bubba Wallace continue their quest for the coveted 2023 Cup Series championship.
The 29-year-old Blaney from High Point, North Carolina, is primed to achieve a milestone start in his eighth full-time season in NASCAR's premier series.
The 20-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, led the final lap of 172 over-scheduled laps and dodged a final lap multi-truck wreck to claim his first NASCAR career victory in his 59th series start.
The National Motorsports Appeals Panel amended the points penalty issue to Byron while increasing the fine amid his on-track incident with Denny Hamlin at the Lone Star state in September.
The two-time Xfinity champion from Corning, California, led three times for a race-high 70 of 334-scheduled laps en route to his third Cup victory of 2022 at the Lone Star state.
The 24-year-old Gragson from Las Vegas, Nevada, punched his ticket to the Round of 8 with his record-tying fourth consecutive Xfinity victory in recent weeks at the Lone Star state.
The 28-year-old Blaney from High Point, North Carolina, survived an overtime shootout against Denny Hamlin to cash in a million dollars for the first time in his career at the Lone Star state.
Stenhouse, Buescher and Suarez claimed respective stage victories while Erik Jones claimed the Fan Vote title to transfer from the All-Star Open to All-Star Race.
