NEWTON, Iowa (AP) William Byron fought off fuel worries in the closing laps to win the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway.
Byron went the last 144 laps of the 350-lap race without a stop en route to his second victory of the season he won the Daytona 500 in February and 15th overall. He also took the season points lead from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott.
Byron lost gambles on fuel twice this season, at Michigan and Indianapolis, but held on with the help of a caution-filled final stage to win by 1.192 seconds over pole-sitter Chase Briscoe.
We needed one to go our way, said Byron, who led 141 laps.
Brad Keselowski, who came into the race needing a win to get into the playoffs, was third. Keselowski, who hasnt won since the May race at Darlington last season, won the first two stages for his first stage sweep since 2019.
Ryan Blaney, who won the inaugural Cup race at the 0.875-mile oval last season, finished fourth, Ryan Preece was fifth.
Bubba Wallace, Alex Bowman, Carson Hocevar, Joey Logano and Austin Dillon rounded out the top 10.
There were 12 caution flags. The first stage was caution-free, and the first yellow flag for any on-track incident didnt come out until Shane Van Gisbergens spin on Lap 169. From that point, the race became a cascade of caution flags as the cars began to stack up and drivers scrambled for position.
Briscoes bumps
Briscoe was involved in two late incidents.
Briscoe made contact with Erik Jones coming out of Turn 4 on lap 243, causing Jones to spin. Nine laps later, Briscoe bumped Tyler Reddick, who then hit Christopher Bell, causing Reddick and Bell to spin.
Wallace overcomes early problem
Wallace admitted Saturday that after winning last week at Indianapolis to secure a playoff spot, he would be able to relax over the last four races of the regular season.
This race wasnt relaxing he fell down by as much as two laps before finishing sixth.
John Hunter Nemechek made contact with Wallace on Lap 242, forcing the rear-end of Wallaces car to hit the wall near the start/finish line. Wallace headed to the pits after Jones spin to have a right-rear toe link repaired.
Up next
The series moves to Watkins Glen International in New York next Sunday. Chris Buescher is the defending race winner. Van Gisbergen has won three straight on road/street courses.
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美联社爱荷华州牛顿电 威廉·拜伦(William Byron)在周日的NASCAR杯系列赛爱荷华赛道站中,顶住最后几圈燃油不足的压力,最终夺得冠军。
拜伦(Byron)在这场350圈的比赛中,最后144圈未进站停靠,最终斩获本赛季第二场胜利(他曾在二月赢得**戴通纳500**赛事),这也是他职业生涯第15次夺冠。同时,他从亨德里克赛车运动(Hendrick Motorsports)队友蔡斯·埃利奥特(Chase Elliott)手中夺得了赛季积分榜领先位置。
本赛季拜伦(Byron)在密歇根站和印第安纳波利斯站两次因燃油策略失误失利,但凭借最后一阶段多次黄旗的助力,最终以1.192秒优势战胜杆位车手蔡斯·布里斯科(Chase Briscoe)夺冠。
“我们需要一个对我们有利的结果,”领先141圈的拜伦说道。
布拉德·凯瑟洛夫斯基(Brad Keselowski)本场比赛必须获胜才能晋级季后赛,最终获得第三名。这位自去年五月在达灵顿夺冠后便未尝胜绩的车手,此番包揽了前两个赛段的冠军,实现了自2019年以来的首次赛段横扫。
瑞安·布莱尼(Ryan Blaney)在上赛季0.875英里椭圆形赛道的首届杯赛中夺冠,本站以第四名完赛;瑞安·普里斯(Ryan Preece)位列第五。
巴巴·华莱士、亚历克斯·鲍曼、卡森·霍切瓦尔、乔伊·洛加诺和奥斯汀·狄龙跻身前十名。
本场比赛共出现12次黄旗。第一阶段比赛未出现任何事故,直到第169圈谢恩·范吉斯伯根(Shane Van Gisbergen)的赛车打滑,才首次因赛道事故亮起黄旗。此后局势急转直下,随着赛车开始密集堆叠,车手们展开激烈的位置争夺,赛道上接连出现多面黄旗。
布里斯科的坎坷
布里斯科在最后阶段卷入了两起事件。
在第243圈驶出4号弯时,布里斯科与埃里克·琼斯发生碰撞,导致琼斯失控打转。九圈后,布里斯科又撞上泰勒·雷迪克,雷迪克随即撞到克里斯托弗·贝尔,致使两人双双打转。
华莱士克服初期难题
华莱士周六承认,上周在印第安纳波利斯站夺冠锁定季后赛席位后,他得以在常规赛最后四场比赛中放松心态。
这场比赛并不轻松——他在最终获得第六名之前,曾落后多达两圈。
约翰·亨特·内梅切克在第242圈与华莱士发生碰撞,导致华莱士赛车尾部在起终点线附近撞上护墙。华莱士在琼斯打滑后进站维修右后轮束角连杆。
接下来
该系列赛将于下周日移师纽约的沃特金斯格伦国际赛道。卫冕冠军是克里斯·布舍尔。范吉斯伯根已在连续三场公路/街道赛道上夺冠。
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