Ryan Blaney will join Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick and William Byron in the Championship 4 after his victory at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.
The defending Cup champion won the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday to secure his spot in the Championship 4 for the second straight year.Blaney passed Chase Elliott with 15 laps to go and held on for the victory, his fourth of the 2024 season.
The Championship 4 will be held next Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, with Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick and William Byron joining Blaney in the title fight.Logano , Reddick and Blaney qualified with their wins in the Round of 8, while Byron claimed the final spot based on points in a controversial finish involving Christopher Bell.
Byron was poised to advance by one point on the final lap before Bubba Wallace slowed dramatically and Bell got by. He then drove up into the wall and rode it to the checkered flag, in a move similar to Ross Chastain's"Hail Melon" that was outlawed two years ago after another spicy Martinsville finish. After the events on the last lap, Bell was tied with Byron on points for the final spot -- but the former held the tiebreaker.
NASCAR, after deliberating for nearly 30 minutes, ruled to penalize Bell for a safety violation and placed his as the final car one lap down -- which put him four points behind Byron for the final spot. That decision put Byron into the title race for the second straight year.LIVE RADAR: Tornado Watch, Severe T-Storm Watch and Flood Watch for parts of North Texas; Severe weather threat into Monday
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