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William Bryon outdueled Ryan Blaney on a late-race restart at Martinsville to take the checkered flag and advance to the NASCAR Championship 4.
William Byron won his way into the NASCAR Cup Series championship round with a Sunday victory at Martinsville.
The Mitchell, Indiana, native leads late in the NASCAR Cup season finale but can't secure the season championship.
NASCAR ran a full season points format through 2003. The sport moved to a playoff format for the first time in 2004. It was made up of the final 10 races of the season, with the top 10 drivers in the point standings at the end of the regular season.
Byron finished 36th of 38 drivers. Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe join Hamlin in the top four of the NASCAR Cup Series playoff standings, following Sunday's race. Briscoe has a 15-point cushion over fifth-ranked William Byron. Hamlin ...
As a result, he ranks third in the standings, 37 points above the cutline and one point ... And Elliott was wrapped up in the first crash of the day, dropping him to a dead-last 40th. 3. NASCAR schedule update: Martinsville, then Phoenix OK, back to ...