William Byron needed some help from a late crash to get the win at Las Vegas on Sunday.
Byron came out of the pits first ahead of teammate Kyle Larson before a two-lap restart to end the race. The race was extended four laps to 271 after Aric Almirola hit the wall with four laps to go.Martin Truex Jr. stayed out and was the race leader before the final restart but had tires that were more than 40 laps old. Byron’s two fresh tires were enough to get past Truex on the first lap of the restart and pull away on the second.
Larson finished second and their Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman finished third. Truex fell from second to seventh on the last lap.
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