New Delhi:- An early spin and damage to the #24 Chevrolet didn't stop William Byron from winning the rain-shortened Quaker State 400 on Sunday night at Walmart's Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Byron passed AJ Allmendinger for the lead on lap 167 as a storm approached the 1.54-mile course before an accident involving Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Preece, and Bubba Wallace at Turn 3. , maintained the lead until the seventh caution. The night caused Round 178.
With Byron in the lead, the NASCAR Cup Series cars lapped the track until it started to rain and started to get heavier. NASCAR took the car to the pit lane and stopped the race with a red flag at 9 am 47 hours after completing 185 of the scheduled 260 laps.
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Due to bad weather in the area, officials canceled the race, making Byron the first four-time series winner of the season. The victory was Byron's second in Atlanta and the eighth of his career. Daniel Suarez was second and Allmendinger third when NASCAR called the race. Michael McDowell and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five.
Crew chief Rudy Fugle suffered a pile-up at Turn 2, damaging the machines of Eric Jones, Ross Chastain, Corey Lajoy, Tyler Reddick, Martin Truex Jr., and Ty Gibbs. As a result, Byron was forced to pit on lap 125. This allowed Byron to rejoin the race in fourth place on lap 165 after the pit lane was about half full (cars that had not pitted since lap 95) on lap 161. Two laps later, Byron was in the lead.
Byron was an unlikely winner as he spun on the grass on lap 80 and lost a lap en route to the pit lane. However, the 25-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina recovered a lost lap and benefited from a caution on lap 92 after Kyle Larson spun.
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"Cool, dude," Byron said. “We went through a lot all night, slashing through the infield, hitting the bottom of the car, dragging the apron to maintain the lead lap. At that point, I had no grip. So I was quite nervous in the traffic, but Rudy made a good decision to sit there and then out.
“When I got to the front, everything was fine. it was just a crazy night. ” The race was a boon not only for Byron, who leads the playoff standings but also for the unbeaten riders surrounding the playoff bubble. First, there were no new winners in the series, and the number of points earned per point decreased.
Suarez, Allmendinger, and McDowell also extended their chances with top-five finishes. All three drivers have given Chase Elliott an edge as he seeks a place in the NASCAR playoffs despite missing seven of the 19 races this season.
Elliott played no part on Sunday night as he failed to score any stage points and finished 13th. Despite the initial difficulties, Byron was pleased that the handling on the recently new surface played a very important role in the race.
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"It's been great. It's everything you want in a superspeedway," Byron said. “We want to focus on handling, we want to be able to push these things. increase. "And it accelerates every corner, so it's not like the old-fashioned 550 horsepower race. It's been busy, but the situation is still dangerous and the guys can be aggressive... the whole team and 1 We could have finished a lap behind, so I am grateful for your tenacity.”
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The race started with team owner Richard Childress setting a fast lap in the No. 29 Chevrolet, and after Dale Earnhardt's death in 2001, Kevin Harvick's career kicked off with a victory in Atlanta. But it wasn't Harvick's night. After a late spin, he finished 30th in the final heat in Atlanta. Harvick will retire from Cup racing at the end of this season.
William Byron didn’t stop even if the got hit by someone and at last, he won the race with great struggle.