NASCAR Cup Atlanta results: Byron wins
Atlanta Motor (super)speedway put on a wild show Sunday with William Byron emerging victorious.
Byron became the fifth different race winner in five races so far this season joining two of his Hendrick Motorsports teammates in the winner's column.
The race, which lasted over four hours, was slowed by 11 cautions.
There was an AMS record of 20 different leaders and 46 lead changes.
Although Christopher Bell crossed the line second, he was penalized for passing below the line on the final lap. Ross Chastain was promoted to P2 for his third consecutive podium result.
This is Byron's third career NCS victory.
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Laps Led | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |  William Byron |
Chevrolet | 325 | 3:57'13.762 | 111 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Ross Chastain |
Chevrolet | 325 | 3:57'13.907 | 0.145 | 0.145 | 42 | |
| 3 | 45 | Kurt Busch |
Toyota | 325 | 3:57'14.005 | 0.243 | 0.098 | 4 | |
| 4 | 99 |  Daniel Suarez |
Chevrolet | 325 | 3:57'14.017 | 0.255 | 0.012 | 13 | |
| 5 | 7 | Corey Lajoie |
Chevrolet | 325 | 3:57'14.300 | 0.538 | 0.283 | ||
| 6 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
Chevrolet | 325 | 3:57'14.334 | 0.572 | 0.034 | 29 | |
| 7 | 17 | Chris Buescher |
Ford | 325 | 3:57'14.421 | 0.659 | 0.087 | ||
| 8 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. |
Toyota | 325 | 3:57'14.511 | 0.749 | 0.090 | 5 | |
| 9 | 22 | Joey Logano |
Ford | 325 | 3:57'14.525 | 0.763 | 0.014 | 12 | |
| 10 | 48 | Alex Bowman |
Chevrolet | 325 | 3:57'14.561 | 0.799 | 0.036 | ||
| 11 | 31 | Justin Haley |
Chevrolet | 325 | 3:57'14.597 | 0.835 | 0.036 | 1 | |
| 12 | 6 | Brad Keselowski |
Ford | 325 | 3:57'14.715 | 0.953 | 0.118 | ||
| 13 | 23 | Bubba Wallace |
Toyota | 325 | 3:57'14.738 | 0.976 | 0.023 | 3 | |
| 14 | 43 | Erik Jones |
Chevrolet | 325 | 3:57'14.880 | 1.118 | 0.142 | ||
| 15 | 14 | Chase Briscoe |
Ford | 325 | 3:57'15.927 | 2.165 | 1.047 | 5 | |
| 16 | 77 | Josh Bilicki |
Chevrolet | 325 | 3:57'16.069 | 2.307 | 0.142 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
Ford | 325 | 3:57'25.142 | 11.380 | 9.073 | 15 | |
| 18 | 15 | David Ragan |
Ford | 325 | 3:57'31.816 | 18.054 | 6.674 | ||
| 19 | 78 | B.J. McLeod |
Ford | 325 | 3:57'32.239 | 18.477 | 0.423 | 2 | |
| 20 | 44 | Greg Biffle |
Chevrolet | 325 | 3:57'33.392 | 19.630 | 1.153 | ||
| 21 | 4 | Kevin Harvick |
Ford | 325 | 3:57'34.791 | 21.029 | 1.399 | 11 | |
| 22 | 10 | Aric Almirola |
Ford | 325 | 3:57'35.629 | 21.867 | 0.838 | 6 | |
| 23 | 20 | Christopher Bell |
Toyota | 325 | 3:57'35.630 | 21.868 | 0.001 | 16 | |
| 24 | 34 | Michael McDowell |
Ford | 321 | 3:57'34.302 | 4 Laps | 4 Laps | ||
| 25 | 21 | Harrison Burton |
Ford | 321 | 3:57'38.564 | 4 Laps | 4.262 | ||
| 26 | 51 | Cody Ware |
Ford | 300 | 3:34'16.318 | 25 Laps | 21 Laps | ||
| 27 | 38 | Todd Gilliland |
Ford | 297 | 3:43'58.336 | 28 Laps | 3 Laps | ||
| 28 | 8 | Tyler Reddick |
Chevrolet | 245 | 3:04'06.845 | 80 Laps | 52 Laps | 5 | |
| 29 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
Toyota | 212 | 2:42'50.300 | 113 Laps | 33 Laps | 1 | |
| 30 | 5 | Kyle Larson |
Chevrolet | 212 | 2:44'43.438 | 113 Laps | 1'53.138 | 1 | |
| 31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Chevrolet | 200 | 2:23'37.590 | 125 Laps | 12 Laps | 22 | |
| 32 | 2 | Austin Cindric |
Ford | 200 | 2:23'38.560 | 125 Laps | 0.970 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Kyle Busch |
Toyota | 171 | 2:13'34.788 | 154 Laps | 29 Laps | 21 | |
| 34 | 41 | Cole Custer |
Ford | 150 | 1:55'11.393 | 175 Laps | 21 Laps | ||
| 35 | 3 | Austin Dillon |
Chevrolet | 101 | 1:10'00.109 | 224 Laps | 49 Laps | ||
| 36 | 42 | Ty Dillon |
Chevrolet | 101 | 1:10'06.396 | 224 Laps | 6.287 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Noah Gragson |
Chevrolet | 23 | 11'47.096 | 302 Laps | 78 Laps |
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