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NASCAR Cup Series

Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400

Texas Motor Speedway

September 24th, 2023

Race #30 of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 267
Miles Raced : 400.5
Time of Race : 03 Hours 14 minutes 28 seconds
Average Speed: 123.569 mph
Margin of Victory : 01.863 seconds
Cautions: 11
Caution Laps: 55
Lead Changes: 22
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 25 (69%)

William Byron takes the checkered flag — Fort Worth, Texas - September 24th, 2023: William Byron, driver of the #24 Liberty University Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Photo by Jonathan Bachman | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	18	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	47	40	7	5	267	6	1	4	0	Running
2	5	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	38	35	3	0	267	1	1	0	8	Running
3	1	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	37	34	3	0	267	111	5	10	9	Running
4	9	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	41	33	8	0	267	0	0	3	0	Running
5	10	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	42	32	10	0	267	0	0	9	3	Running
6	22	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	31	31	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
7	3	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	34	30	4	0	267	0	0	0	7	Running
8	8	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	30	29	1	0	267	0	0	0	10	Running
9	24	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
10	31	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	30	27	3	0	267	0	0	8	0	Running
11	29	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	36	26	10	0	267	1	1	6	6	Running
12	14	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	267	1	1	0	0	Running
13	28	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
14	2	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	38	23	15	0	267	2	1	2	5	Running
15	17	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	28	22	6	0	267	0	0	5	0	Running
16	19	42	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
17	16	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	20	20	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
18	21	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	19	19	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
19	26	77	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	267	3	1	0	0	Running
20	30	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	17	17	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
21	20	22	Joey Logano	Ford	16	16	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
22	34	78	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
23	25	41	Ryan Preece	Ford	14	14	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
24	33	38	Zane Smith	Ford	0	0	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
25	15	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	22	12	10	1	267	36	1	1	0	Running
26	27	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	262	0	0	0	0	Running
27	32	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	10	10	0	0	261	1	1	0	0	Accident
28	23	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	20	9	11	0	258	0	0	7	4	Accident
29	6	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	255	1	1	0	0	Accident
30	12	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	16	7	9	0	255	3	3	0	2	Accident
31	11	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	16	6	10	1	248	99	4	0	1	DVP
32	35	15	JJ Yeley	Ford	0	0	0	0	241	2	2	0	0	Accident
33	4	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	4	4	0	0	77	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	7	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	73	0	0	0	0	DVP
35	36	51	Todd Gilliland	Ford	2	2	0	0	52	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	13	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
BJ McLeod	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Austin Dillon	Unspecified Loss of wheel - 2 Laps - Garage	Other - See Notes	41	0	Green/Yellow
Aric Almirola	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	49	53	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	49	53	Yellow
Joey Logano	Unspecified Unapproved Equipment	Tail End	50	53	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Unspecified Loss of wheel - 2 Laps - Garage	Other - See Notes	53	0	Green/Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	57	58	Yellow
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	75	0	Yellow
Ty Gibbs	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	77	0	Yellow
Martin Truex Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	81	86	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	111	118	Yellow
Zane Smith	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	115	118	Yellow
Justin Haley	Equipment Interference	Tail End	168	171	Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	208	214	Green/Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	211	214	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	243	0	Yellow
Kyle Larson	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	249	0	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	256	0	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	256	261	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	258	261	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Texas Motor Speedway
AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400
Race Winner: William Byron
Age: 25
Team : No. 24 - Liberty University Chevrolet
Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
William Byron won the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400, his 10th victory in 210 Cup Series races and sixth this year. This is his sixth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is Hendrick Motorsports' 300th Cup Series victory - the most victories by an team in the Cup Series.
This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in nine races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Ross Chastain (second) posted his first top-10 finish in seven races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2023.
Bubba Wallace (third) posted his second top-10 finish in nine races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Ty Gibbs (33rd) was the highest finishing rookie.

Race Recap

William Byron Claims Victory at Texas Motor Speedway; Secures Hendrick Motorsports’ 300th Cup Series Win

September 24th, 2023

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron took the lead on a restart with six laps remaining and held off the field to claim Sunday’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 victory on a steamy-hot highly-dramatic afternoon of NASCAR Cup Series Playoff action at Texas Motor Speedway.

It marks a historic 300th victory for the championship Hendrick Motorsports organization – the most in NASCAR history for a NASCAR Cup Series team – and is the series-best, personal-high single-season sixth victory of the year for the 25-year-old Charlotte native Byron. He came from third place on the final restart to ultimately drive away from the field and take a 1.863-second victory ahead of Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain to claim an automatic berth in the Playoffs’ Round of 8 which starts in three weeks.

Those final six laps out front were the only laps Byron led all day. He turned in a fabulous final re-start in the race to pull ahead of 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace, who was out front on that start after leading a race-high, career-best 111 laps in his No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota. Wallace finished third, ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin. All five drivers among the 2023 Playoff contingent.

“I finally got a good re-start at the end, and number 300 for Hendrick Motorsports, but [teammate] Kyle [Larson] really deserved this one, I’ve got to say, those guys were really fast all day and I hate it for them in the end,’’ Byron said, noting his teammate Larson’s crash while leading with 20 laps remaining.

“But man, it was awesome getting this car to the front. My car loved clean air. We just fought through traffic all day. My Liberty University Chevrolet was just tight back in traffic but had good pace. … it was a grind-it-out day and our team was there at the end and I’m really proud of this one as hot as it was, it was tough. We’ll take it and go on to the next round.”

As for the historic 300th win for his team, Byron grinned, “I don’t’ know if I can even put it into words, I was such a Hendrick Motorsports fan growing up as a kid, watching Jimmie Johnson and became really fond of Jeff Gordon as I got to know him. Just thankful for all the men and women back at Hendrick Motorsports. … just appreciate all Rick Hendrick has done for me. This is awesome. We’re really going to enjoy this one.’’

Wallace, who turned in a career day in his first career Playoff stint, was obviously disappointed in the final outcome. He started from pole position and his triple-digit laps out front were a personal best.

“Just choked,’’ Wallace said. “My worst re-start (of the day). Hate it for my team, hate it for [sponsor] McDonald’s. We deserved to be in victory lane but nothing’s ever guaranteed, you have to go out and fight for it and not give it away and that’s what I did.

“We struggled a little in traffic but kept our heads in the game, made great strategy calls all day and had track position. So good points day.’’

Larson had been out front for 34 laps and was racing alongside Wallace when his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet got loose with 17 laps remaining and flushed into the outside wall. He looked strong all day leading 99 laps himself as Wallace’s strongest competitor for most of the afternoon.

“We just went in there side-by-side and I lost it,’’ said the 2021 series champion Larson, who finished 31st. “Pretty bummed, but happy for William and Mr. H. (Hendrick) Three hundred Cup series wins is incredible and a great night overall for our organization.’’

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick, Roush Fenway Keselowski driver Brad Keselowski. – also a Playoff driver, Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suárez, JTG Daugherty Racing’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and SHR’s Chase Briscoe rounded out the top 10.

There were 11 caution periods on the day and multiple issues for the 12 Playoff drivers competing in this three-round series of races to decide which eight will advance to the next round. Byron’s victory is an automatic ticket. Several other Playoff drivers had impactful days – for the good and bad – as well.

Among the other Playoff competitors, RFK’s Chris Buescher finished 14th and JGR’s Martin Truex Jr. – the regular season champion – finished 17th. Defending race winner Tyler Reddick – Wallace’s 23XI Racing teammate – was 25th.

Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney (28th), Hendrick’s Larson (31st) and Richard Childress Racing’s Kyle Busch (34th) all suffered DNFs – all involved in incidents.

It was indicative of the afternoon with 10 Playoff drivers experiencing some sort of setback – from crashes, to pit road penalties to pit road issues.

Bell had jack issues early. Hamlin had a pit road door-to-door collision with his JGR rookie teammate Ty Gibbs but was able to continue, while Gibbs’ Toyota suffered enough damage he had to retire early.

Busch’s No. 8 RCR Chevrolet slammed into the outside wall only a couple laps after the two-time series champion had radioed to his team that he thought he had a front tire going down. He stayed out on track and ultimately suffered a rear tire failure on Lap 74, that slammed his Chevrolet hard into the wall. Busch drove it backwards all the way around the track and onto pit road, but the RCR team was unable to repair it.

“I was going to come to pit road and I second-guessed it and said, ‘I don’t think so, something’s wrong, something’s not right but it’s not a flat,’’’ Busch said. “Then all on its own, it just turned to the bottom of the race track in Turn 1, just swapped ends on me.

“Hate it for everybody. For sure I thought our car was top five today.”

With the victory, Byron earned the automatic ticket to the next round. Hamlin now leads the points standings by 37 points on the ninth place elimination line. Buescher (plus-22), Bell (plus-20), Truex (plus-19), Chastain (plus-12), Keselowski (plus-8) and Larson (plus-2) round out the top eight.

Wallace is the first driver below the elimination line – two points behind Larson. Reddick is three points off the elimination line, followed by Blaney (-11) and Busch (-17) heading to the always unpredictable Talladega Superspeedway next week for the YallaWood 500 (2 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Chase Elliott is the defending race winner.