Byron Cruises to Victory at Cota

March 25, 2024

Good Morning Race Fans. The first road course race of the year brought some excitement, lets dive in.

CUP RACE RECAP
Byron Cruises to Second Victory of the Year

Source: William Byron

William Byron dominated at Circuit of the Americas to claim his second win of the season and mark his third straight year with 2+ wins. Byron led 42 of the 68 laps and held off a surging Christopher Bell in the final laps to secure the win.

It was a relatively clean race with the only two cautions coming from the stage breaks. Both the Chevys and the Toyotas ran well as the two manufacturers claimed 9 of the top 10 spots.

Ty Gibbs placed 3rd to grab his 5th straight top 10 finish as he continues to consistently run well to start the season.

Christopher Bell came up just short to finish second, a strong finish that certainly makes his team happy, but Kyle Busch had other opinions of Bell’s racing…

STANDINGS

POS

DRIVER

POINTS

WINS

1

Martin Truex Jr

220

0

2

Ty Gibbs

215

0

3

Ryan Blaney

211

0

4

Denny Hamlin

206

1

5

Kyle Larson

204

1

6

William Byron

183

2

6

Christopher Bell

183

1

8

Ross Chastain

182

0

9

Chase Elliott

173

0

10

Tyler Reddick

171

0

OTHER SERIES

Source: Toyota Racing Development

🏁 Kyle Larson steals an Xfinity win in overtime as Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill bumped each other around late in the race.

🛻 Corey Heim dominated his way to an Overtime win at COTA

NEXT WEEK
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