William Byron wins Cup Series race at COTA, full results and race recap

William Byron wins the NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas. Check out the full results, race recap from COTA!

NASCAR entered Circuit of the Americas looking to put on a show in the sport’s first road course event of the season, which went reasonably well. Christopher Bell won Stage 1 while Denny Hamlin won Stage 2; however, a Hendrick Motorsports driver powered by Chevrolet dominated en route to victory lane.

[autotag]William Byron[/autotag] won the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas after leading the most laps. In the final stint of the event, Byron held off a hard-charging Bell, who appeared to have the best car at the end. This was due to fresh tires by almost five laps, but Byron had just enough speed and time to hold Bell off.

The driver of the No. 24 car is the first competitor to win more than once in the Cup Series this season, and he flexed his muscles with this victory. Byron arguably had the best car, strategy, and tire management. It might be Byron’s best win of his career, and that’s scary for the competition.

EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix finishing order:

  1. No. 24 William Byron
  2. No. 20 Christopher Bell
  3. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
  4. No. 48 Alex Bowman
  5. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
  6. No. 13 A.J. Allmendinger
  7. No. 1 Ross Chastain
  8. No. 17 Chris Buescher
  9. No. 8 Kyle Busch
  10. No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
  11. No. 22 Joey Logano
  12. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
  13. No. 14 Chase Briscoe
  14. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
  15. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
  16. No. 9 Chase Elliott
  17. No. 51 Justin Haley
  18. No. 5 Kyle Larson
  19. No. 2 Austin Cindric
  20. No. 71 Zane Smith
  21. No. 16 Shane van Gisbergen
  22. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
  23. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
  24. No. 41 Ryan Preece
  25. No. 7 Corey LaJoie
  26. No. 3 Austin Dillon
  27. No. 38 Todd Gilliland
  28. No. 15 Kaz Grala
  29. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  30. No. 50 Kamui Kobayashi
  31. No. 21 Harrison Burton
  32. No. 99 Daniel Suarez
  33. No. 43 Erik Jones
  34. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
  35. No. 10 Noah Gragson
  36. No. 4 Josh Berry
  37. No. 66 Timmy Hill
  38. No. 31 Daniel Hemric
  39. No. 34 Michael McDowell