The two-time Cup Series champion from Las Vegas, Nevada, led a race-high 112 of 167-schedueled laps and fended off a final lap challenge from Corey Heim to score his second Truck victory of the 2024 season at the Lone Star state.
NASCAR travels to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend as all three series are set to compete at the 1.5-mile track.
William Byron captured his third NASCAR Cup Series win of the season last week at Martinsville and heads to Texas as the most recent winner at the 1.5-mile track.
The 2024 Xfinity Series' Dash 4 Cash initiative will occur throughout the month of April while the Truck Series' Triple Truck Challenge initiative will span from the end of May to the end of June.
The 25-year-old Byron from Charlotte, North Carolina, led the final six of 267-scheduled laps and overtook pole-sitter Bubba Wallace during a six-lap shootout to notch his sixth Cup victory of the 2023 season and deliver a milestone victory for Hendrick Motorsports.
The 26-year-old Nemechek from Mooresville, North Carolina, led 38 of 200 laps and benefitted from a late skirmish involving Allgaier and Kligerman to snatch the lead with six laps remaining and secure his spot for the Playoff's Round of 8 by winning at the Lone Star state.
Bubba Wallace earned his first pole of the season Saturday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway with a qualifying lap of 188.337 mph. It was his first pole of the season and the second career pole for the driver of the 23XI Racing No. 23 Toyota.
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.
