We felt like we could refire on the tires and be OK. “Luckily, we stayed out-we were aggressive. “When that last caution came out (for Todd Gilliland’s brush with the Turn 4 wall on Lap 393), I thought everyone behind us would pit,” Byron said. With his parents on his pit box for the entire race, Byron dedicated the win to his mother.
Saturday night’s Cup victory was his first at Martinsville and the fourth of his career. 24 Chevrolet in the final corner to make a move for the win.īyron, who also won Thursday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, is the first driver to win two events this season. 303 seconds ahead of runner-up Joey Logano, who couldn’t get close enough to Byron’s No. To download images from William Byron’s victory in the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400, click here.Īt the end of the two-lap overtime, Byron crossed the finish line. Teammate and pole winner Chase Elliott led the first 185 circuits, as Hendrick Motorsports surpassed 10,000 laps led at Martinsville, becoming the first Cup organization to hit that prodigious number at a single track. 526-mile short track.īyron led 212 of the 403 laps. The first night race of the season for the NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway was a cakewalk for Hendrick Motorsports-until a late caution sent the race to overtime, that is.īut William Byron survived a final restart and a mistake on the white-flag lap to win Saturday night’s Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 at the.
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