William Byron emerges as the leader after a green flag pit stop and holds on to win the race at Martinsville Speedway. The victory marks a significant milestone for team owner Rick Hendrick.
Byron was the first lead lap car to make a green flag pit stop – uncharacteristic on the short track – in the middle of the final stage and when the cycle of stops was completed, he emerged as the leader for the first time in the race. Byron soon built a big lead and appeared headed to uneventful victory when a wreck with two of the scheduled 500 laps to go brought out a caution and sent the race into overtime.
Elliott began slowly cutting into Byron’s lead with 25 laps to go and cut the margin down to 1.8 seconds with 15 laps remaining. John Hunter Nemechek lost a right-front tire and slammed into the Turns 3 and 4 wall with two laps to go which brought out a caution and sent the race into a two-lap overtime. Byron led Elliott and Larson on the restart. CLA DRIVER # MANUFACTURER LAPS TIME INTERVAL PITS POINTS 1 W. ByronHENDRICK MOTORSPORTS 24 Chevrolet 415 2:52'07.636 5 46 2 K.
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