After Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson took turns putting each other in the wall, William Byron escaped with his third NASCAR Cup win of 2023 on Sunday at Darlington Raceway 💥 Full report here from a wild day of racing ⬇️
Larson emerged late in the race with the lead following the final round of green-flag pit stops, but a caution for a spin by series returnee Ryan Newman left Larson and Chastain to battle side-by-side on the restart with 13 laps to go.
On the ensuing restart with six laps remaining, Chastain and Larson again lined up alongside each other and this time it was Chastain who nudged Larson up the track, which wrecked both cars. passed away on Thursday, admitted afterwards that “we didn’t have the best third stage” after finishing second to Truex in the opening stage.“We just kept battling, and things just kind of come back around,” he said. “I definitely didn’t expect this.”
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