Nascar atlanta byron survives late onslaught to win cup race

As Byron took the white flag to signal the final of 325 laps, Ross Chastain attempted to make a move on Byron for the lead but was thwarted by Christopher Bell who passed him on the inside to take second on the when straightaway.

Bell, however, was penalised by NASCAR for passing unelevated the red line and was sent to the end of the lead lap in the running order.

Byron held on to requirement the victory – his first of the year and third of his career. Three variegated Hendrick Motorsports drivers have won three of the season’s first five races.

Byron had older personal the Stage 1 win under circumspection without a multi-car wreck on the front stretch, as Kyle Busch got into Austin Dillon to start a standoff in which Ty Dillon and Briscoe were moreover involved. The wind-up of the incident lasted until the conclusion of the stage.

Battling with Chastain, Byron held the lead in the early part of that stage - but the former picked up the wholesomeness during an early competition circumspection as NASCAR officials checked tyre wear.

While leading the race, Chastain then had a right-rear tyre go lanugo which sent him skating up into the wall, which brought out a caution.

About half of the field elected to pit with Bell the first out of pit road, as Chastain was penalised two laps for taking fuel while on the damaged vehicle policy.

Byron, however, stayed out and remained in the lead to secure victory in the first stage, pitting in the circumspection between stages and sooner working his way when up to the lead by the 144th lap.

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Retaining his lead through a trash caution, Byron then dropped towards the end of the second stage, but returned to the leading group in the final stage and cleared Aric Almirola to move to the front.

At the 300-lap mark, Byron was still in tenancy superiority of a quick-fire pair of cautions, and although Bubba Wallace was next to rencontre without the restarts, the Hendrick suburbanite held firm.

Thus began the wrestle with the recovering Chastain, but Bell\'s baulk on the Trackhouse suburbanite cemented the win in Byron\'s favour.

“It was so different, those last few laps there and trying to manage the gap to Bubba and trying to not get too far out front,” Byron, 24, said. “It\'s my spotter Brandon\'s (Lines) his first win, so congrats to him.\"

Sunday’s race was the first in the Cup series on the newly revamped Atlanta. The track was repaved and the financial was increased from 24 to 28 degrees. In addition, the track width deceased from 55 feet to 40 feet in the corners.

The race featured 46 lead changes among 20 variegated drivers – both track records – and was very similar to the pack racing seen typically on Daytona and Talladega.

Chastain was credited with second without Bell\'s penalty, recovering from his two-lap penalty to write-up Kurt Busch to third.

Daniel Suarez factored in the wrestle for the lead in the early part of the third stage, but sooner finished fourth as Corey LaJoie rebounded from a wreck to round out the top-five - his weightier Cup Series finish.

Chase Elliott placed sixth superiority of Chris Buescher, while Martin Truex Jr, Joey Logano and Alex Bowman completed the top 10.

Byron\'s victory makes him the fifth Cup Series winner of 2022, joining Austin Cindric, Kyle Larson, Bowman and Chase Briscoe.