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William Byron Takes a Decisive Victory in NASCAR Truck Series at Martinsville

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William Byron takes a decisive victory in NASCAR Truck Series at Martinsville Speedway in the Blu Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 on Thursday night.

William Byron proved emphatically Thursday night that he hadn’t forgotten how to drive a truck.

Making only his second start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series since 2016—after a blown engine knocked him out of last year’s Nashville race—Byron parlayed perfect pit strategy into a decisive victory in the Blu-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 at Martinsville Speedway.

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Denny Hamlin is the Seventh Different NASCAR Cup Series 2022 Winner

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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – APRIL 03: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, celebrates in the Ruoff Mortgage victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway on April 03, 2022, in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)

Denny Hamlin is the seventh different NASCAR Cup Series 2022 winner in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway on Sunday afternoon.

Perhaps there was no better place for Denny Hamlin to finally notch his first win of 2022. Much to the pleasure of the fans at Richmond Raceway, the hometown favorite from Chesterfield, Virginia took the lead of the Toyota Owners 400 from William Byron with five laps remaining and held off the field for a 0.552-second victory over Kevin Harvick and Byron.

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William Byron Holds Off the NASCAR Cup Series Field in Dramatic Atlanta Victory 

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HAMPTON, GEORGIA – MARCH 20: William Byron, driver of the #24 Liberty University Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 20, 2022, in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)

William Byron holds off the NASCAR Cup Series Field in dramatic Atlanta victory in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 on Sunday afternoon.

After a repave and reconfiguration of Atlanta Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Cup Series returned for their first crack at this new track. Not only did the speedway repave its surface, but it also increased its banking in the corners from 24 degrees to 28 degrees. Atlanta officials were going for more of a superspeedway feel, and they hit it right on the button.  

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William Byron Wins a Wild NASCAR Cup Series Race at Transformed Atlanta

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HAMPTON, GEORGIA – MARCH 20: William Byron, driver of the #24 Liberty University Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 20, 2022, in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

William Byron wins a wild NASCAR Cup Series Race at transformed Atlanta Motor Speedway in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 on Sunday.

HAMPTON, Ga. – It was superspeedway racing with all the trimmings.

‘New’ Atlanta Motor Speedway produced a fifth different 2022 winner—William Byron, who managed to keep an angry pack of drafting cars behind him for the final ten laps of Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.

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Kyle Larson Punches a Ticket to the Championship Four with a Texas Victory

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Kyle Larson punches a ticket to the Championship Four with a Texas Victory in the NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500.

The Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway had dramatic ups and downs all Sunday afternoon with the victorious exception of Kyle Larson, who absolutely dominated the race – leading 256 of 334 laps and holding off the field on seven different re-starts in the final 125 laps alone.

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