Austin Cindric spun and took out two-time Daytona 500 winner William Byron late in Sunday's NASCAR Atlanta race.
A multi-car collision during the final lap of overtime allowed Byron to come from ninth to win the 67th edition of the Daytona 500
William Byron won his second consecutive Daytona 500, dodging a last-lap wreck that collected several contenders. The Hendrick Motorsports driver became the first back-to-back winner of The Great American Race since Denny Hamlin in 2019-20 Austin Cindric was leading heading to the white flag,
Byron shot from ninth to first on the final lap after Denny Hamlin and Austin Cindric crashed racing for the win
A massive crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 allowed William Byron to sneak by for his second straight win in the Great American Race. Byron was outside the top five on the final lap but narrowly escaped a crash that took out race leaders Austin Cindric,
William Byron won his second straight Daytona 500 after a last-lap wreck took out race leader Denny Hamlin on the backstretch. Byron took over the lead when Hamlin went spinning after taking the lead from Austin Cindric on the backstretch on the final lap of a green-white-checker restart.
Austin Cindric gets into the wall after running out of room, spinning into William Byron as the drivers battle for second place at Atlanta.
Austin Cindric led in his Team Penske Ford before he and William Byron, the Daytona 500 winner last week, wrecked with three laps remaining, setting up the overtime.
Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, beating Kyle Larson and Carson Hocevar in overtime after the caution came out on the final lap. The race was sent into overtime after Austin Cindric and William Byron tangled on the backstretch with four laps to go.
Denny Hamlin appeared poised for victory as he battled Austin Cindric for the lead, but a late wreck dashed his hopes, leaving him to finish 24th while William Byron claimed his second consecutive Daytona 500 win.
Austin Cindric spun and took out two-time Daytona 500 winner William Byron late in Sunday's NASCAR Atlanta race.
Last Sunday in Atlanta, Kyle Larson made an aggressive move that ended up wrecking Austin Cindric and William Byron in a familiar way. Larson took a run to clear the No. 2 car and ended up causing his NASCAR rival and his Hendrick teammate to wreck as well.