Win is No. 300 for Hendrick Motorsports in Cup Series.
William Byron might want to consider changing his first name to Johnny—as in Johnny on the Spot—because Byron certainly lived up to that moniker, being in the right place at the right time, taking the lead with just six laps to go to win Sunday’s Auto Trader EchoPark Automotive 400.
Indeed, it was extremely hot – in fact, it was the hottest race ever held at Texas Motor Speedway. Fans sat in temperatures of 101-plus degrees in mid-afternoon, drivers endured temps that ranged as high as 124 degrees in their race cars, and the track temperature was reported to be 141 degrees when the green flag dropped.
Pole sitter Bubba Wallace finished a strong third and led 111 laps. But while all that sounds good, Wallace still finds himself outside the cutoff line to advance to the Round of 8 semifinals by two points. Larson appeared to have the edge to win the event. With only inches apart between himself and Bubba Wallace, while there was no contact between the pair, the rear of Larson’s Chevrolet came around on him, spinning and hit the wall hard, first with the rear of his car and then spun around to hit the front end.
Busch is last on the bubble after Sunday’s race at Texas, being a seemingly distant 17 points below the cutline to advance to the upcoming semifinal round.
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