Byron, who was quickest in apply on Saturday and gained the pole, dominated Sunday’s race, main 5 instances for 42 of the 68 laps on his method to his second win of the 2024 season.
Byron misplaced the lead firstly of the ultimate stage to Ross Chastain, ran him again all the way down to reclaim in, misplaced it once more throughout a remaining spherical of inexperienced flag pit stops however cycled again out entrance with 17 laps remaining.
He held off a spirited late cost from Christopher Bell – who pit later and had barely brisker tires – by 0.692 seconds to earn the twelfth victory of his profession.
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Byron and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson have mixed to win three of the season’s first six races.
“I really feel like I made plenty of errors within the final 10 laps. Simply little micro-errors,” Byron mentioned. “Christopher was actually quick there on the longer runs. However this sport is simply so exhausting. It is so tough to week-in and week-out present up and have quick vehicles.
“We have had a little bit little bit of a tough stretch the previous few weeks however put plenty of prep work on this week, and simply grateful for the group I’ve round me, all of the individuals again residence as effectively. Simply tremendous grateful for having this chance.
“It is simply plenty of enjoyable to win races, and it is actually tough. We’ll get pleasure from this one.”
Ty Gibbs ended up third, Alex Bowman fourth and Tyler Reddick rounded out the highest 5.
Finishing the highest 10 have been A.J. Allmendinger, Ross Chastain, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr.
Three-time Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen was hampered by a pit street rushing penalty and ended up twenty first. Sportscar racing ace Kamui Kobayashi was concerned in a number of on-track incidents and completed thirtieth in a 3rd 23XI Racing entry.
Stage 1
Bell was amongst a bunch of drivers who elected to not pit earlier than the break and cruised to the Stage 1 win by greater than 19 seconds over Daniel Suarez. Michael McDowell was third, Austin Cindric fourth and Austin Dillon rounded out the highest 5.
Stage 2
Denny Hamlin elected to not pit earlier than the break and held off a fast-approaching Ryan Blaney by 0.565 seconds to take the Stage 2 win, his first stage victory of 2024. Truex was third, Todd Gilliland fourth and Ryan Preece ended up fifth.
On Lap 22, as Bell was dropping again within the subject on older tires, he spun Kyle Larson out in entrance of him in Flip 11. Larson stalled briefly however was in a position to ultimately proceed within the race.
Stage 3
Following the break between Levels 2 and three, a number of of the lead-lap vehicles pit with Larson the primary off pit street. Byron remained on the observe to inherit the lead and led Gibbs and Chastain when the race went inexperienced with 35 laps to go.
Byron overshot Flip 1 on the restart and Chastain powered by and into the lead for the primary time within the race.
Whereas battling for fifth with 30 laps to go, Chase Elliott was penalized for brief chopping the course in Flip 4 and needed to serve a pass-through penalty.
Two laps later, Bell obtained into Busch in Flip 1 and despatched him round. Busch was in a position to shortly get his No. 8 Chevrolet again going however misplaced a number of positions on the observe.
Byron patiently ran down Chastain and obtained round him in Flip 1 with 25 laps to go to reclaim the lead.
Bowman was among the many first to hit pit street on lap 45 for his remaining pit cease to tackle new tires and gasoline to make it to the tip of the race. Byron and Chastain hit pit street one lap later.
When the spherical of stops was accomplished on lap 51, Byron cycled again into the lead with an almost 2-second benefit over Bowman.
Byron’s benefit over Bowman had grown to nearly 4 seconds with 10 laps remaining. Bell, who was on barely brisker tires, ran fourth however 9 seconds behind the chief.
Gibbs muscled his method round Bowman in Flip 2 to take the runner-up place with eight laps remaining.
