Kyle Larson gave Rick Hendrick his 299th win in the NASCAR Cup Series last week at Darlington. Now that he's locked into the next round of the playoffs, perhaps teammate Will Byron can give his owner No. 300 on Sunday at Kansas Speedway.
“I feel like we’ve been struggling to put Saturdays together just in terms of results, but we’ve had speed,” Byron said. “Luckily our Sundays have been really good, so we’ll just have to go to work again tomorrow.”
“I think back in the spring, Kyle got spun on like, the fifth lap, and then nearly won that race,” Byron said. “He made it back up. It depends on cautions and restarts, but I mean, I think the goal after the first stage would be 10th to 12th. I think that’s realistic. If we have a good car, I think we can do that. And we had a great car today.”
“We had a solid race last weekend at Darlington and it was a good showing for Hendrick Motorsports as a whole,” Byron said. “I think we have the potential have another solid race this weekend.”with a lap of 180.276 mph, giving him a comfortable margin over the rest of the field. He is one point ahead of Bubba Wallace, who would be the first car out of the next round of the playoffs.
Busch got loose a week ago at Darlington and hit the wall in similar fashion. He rallied to finish 11th and remain in the title hunt.
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