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William Byron dominó en COTA
Hendrick Motorsports retomó la senda del éxito en la primera carrera de la temporada 2024 de NASCAR Cup Series en circuito mixto.
William Byron (Chevrolet), ganador de las 500 Millas de Daytona, ahora triunfó en Austin, Texas, en una carrera que tuvo un cierre ajustado con Christopher Bell (Toyota) en la búsqueda de la gloria. La distancia era más cómoda pero en el final, Bell se acercó mucho y no quedó nada lejos de vencer.
Para Byron significó su 12ª victoria en Cup Series, y la 28ª de Hendrick en trazados no ovales. El próximo domingo será la séptima del año, en Richmond.
NASCAR Cup Series, Final, Fecha 6, Austin:
| POS | DRIVER | CAR | MANUFACTURER | LAPS | START | LED | PTS | BONUS | PENALTY |
| 1 | William Byron | 24 | Chevrolet | 68 | 1 | 42 | 47 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 20 | Toyota | 68 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Ty Gibbs | 54 | Toyota | 68 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Alex Bowman | 48 | Chevrolet | 68 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 45 | Toyota | 68 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | AJ Allmendinger | 13 | Chevrolet | 68 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ross Chastain | 1 | Chevrolet | 68 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Chris Buescher | 17 | Ford | 68 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kyle Busch | 8 | Chevrolet | 68 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 | Toyota | 68 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | Joey Logano | 22 | Ford | 68 | 35 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Ryan Blaney | 12 | Ford | 68 | 28 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | Chase Briscoe | 14 | Ford | 68 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 68 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | Bubba Wallace | 23 | Toyota | 68 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Chase Elliott | 9 | Chevrolet | 68 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Kyle Larson | 5 | Chevrolet | 68 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Austin Cindric | 2 | Ford | 68 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | Zane Smith | 71 | Chevrolet | 68 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Shane van Gisbergen | 16 | Chevrolet | 68 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | John Hunter Nemechek | 42 | Toyota | 68 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Carson Hocevar | 77 | Chevrolet | 68 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Ryan Preece | 41 | Ford | 68 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | Corey LaJoie | 7 | Chevrolet | 68 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Austin Dillon | 3 | Chevrolet | 68 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Todd Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 68 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | Kaz Grala | 15 | Ford | 68 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 47 | Chevrolet | 68 | 30 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | Kamui Kobayashi | 50 | Toyota | 68 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Harrison Burton | 21 | Ford | 68 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Daniel Suarez | 99 | Chevrolet | 68 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 |
| 32 | Erik Jones | 43 | Toyota | 68 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | Ford | 68 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | Noah Gragson | 10 | Ford | 67 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Josh Berry | 4 | Ford | 67 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Timmy Hill | 66 | Ford | 66 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Daniel Hemric | 31 | Chevrolet | 66 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Michael McDowell | 34 | Ford | 51 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 39 | Justin Haley | 51 | Ford | 68 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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