William Byron won his third NASCAR Xfinity race of the season on Saturday afternoon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The No. 9 battled a wheel vibration for roughly the last 20 laps but was able to hold off 2011 Brickyard winner Paul Menard and 2016 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship runner-up Joey Logano for his first victory in his first race at the track.
Byron, 19, is the youngest driver to win at Indy. He won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship in 2015 in addition to winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year award in 2016. With the win, the No. 9 driver is well on his way to a potential Xfinity Series championship this season.
The youngest driver to ever win at historic @IMS, @WilliamByron!#XFINITYSeries #NamesAreMadeHere pic.twitter.com/eDDbeqFUHC
— XFINITY Racing (@XFINITYRacing) July 22, 2017
Byron took Stage 1 over Kyle Busch. Pole-starter and NASCAR Xfinity Series points leader Elliott Sadler won Stage 2 under caution after Justin Allgaier brought out the yellow. Allgaier appeared on his way to winning the stage, but a disastrous pit stop cost him playoff points and a finish at Indy.
"This is unacceptable from a race car driver at this level."
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) July 22, 2017
Another mistake for @J_Allgaier eliminates him from contention at @IMS. pic.twitter.com/e7ch6EjkfS
Erik Jones took himself out of contention with a costly uncontrolled tire violation with 18 laps to go. Jones was in second place when he was forced to serve the pass-through penalty. At the very least, Jones accumulated valuable practice laps for Sunday's Brickyard 400.
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- William Byron
- Paul Menard
- Joey Logano
- Elliott Sadler
- Cole Custer
- Ryan Reed
- Brennan Poole
- Daniel Hemric
- Brandon Jones
- Ty Dillon
- Matt Tifft
- Kyle Busch
- Brendan Gaughan
- Ryan Sieg
- JJ Yeley
- Ross Chastain
- Blake Koch
- Ben Kennedy
- Jeb Burton
- Dakoda Armstrong
- Garrett SMithley
- Harrison Rhodes
- Erik Jones
- Ray Black II
- Michael Annett
- Tommy Joe Martins
- Mario Gosselin
- Spencer Gallagher
- David Starr
- Joey Gase
- Jeremy Clements
- Chad Finchum
- BJ McLeod
- Mike Harmon
- Justin Allgaier
- Timmy Hill
- Tyler Reddick
- Reed Sorenson
- Morgan Shepherd
- Jeff Green
2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Standings
POSITION | DRIVER | CAR # | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS |
1. | Elliott Sadler | 1 | 665 | LEADER | 0 |
2. | William Byron | 9 | 625 | 40 | 3 |
3. | Justin Allgaier | 7 | 532 | 133 | 1 |
4. | Brennan Poole | 48 | 473 | 192 | 0 |
5. | Daniel Hemric | 21 | 458 | 207 | 0 |
6. | Cole Custer | 00 | 435 | 230 | 0 |
7. | Matt Tifft | 19 | 414 | 251 | 0 |
8. | Ryan Reed | 16 | 408 | 257 | 1 |
9. | Dakoda Armstrong | 28 | 368 | 297 | 0 |
10. | Michael Annett | 5 | 367 | 298 | 0 |
How to watch the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400
Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Date: Sunday, July 23
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
Length: 160 laps/400 miles
Stage 1: Ends on lap 50
Stage 2: Ends on lap 100
Final Stage: Scheduled for lap 160
TV: NBC
Live stream: NBC Sports App
