NASCAR Cup Series: William Byron wins at Watkins Glen, full standings explored

While the #9 crew at Hendrick Motorsports suffered from a terminal mistake in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen, William Byron and the #24 crew showed everyone else how to visit the victory lane come Sunday.

Managing to hold off Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin, who started the race on the pole, the driver of the #24 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 dominated the latter stages of the second-last regular season race.

After taking the stage 2 victory, William Byron managed to beat second-place man Hamlin by over three seconds at the end of the 90-lap race. Taking the first win of his Cup Series career at a road course, the 25-year-old driver gave Hendrick Motorsports their fifth consecutive win at the track located at the southern tip of Seneca Lake.

Managing to bring the #24 Chevrolet into Victory Lane after Jeff Gordon achieved the same in a car with the same number, Byron managed to punch in his fifth win of the 2023 Cup Series season as well.

This year has been the Charlotte, North Carolina native's best so far in his career, where he has managed to step up to the competition by established champions such as Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott in the same machinery.

Both Elliott and Larson had terrible races and not much to report back as the #9 driver ran out of fuel, dealing another blow to his playoff aspirations. The #5 driver on the other hand was seen spinning on as the checkered flag waved on the last corner of the track, after making contact with another car. Alex Bowman finished in P23, making him the second-best finishing Hendrick Motorsports car of the day.

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Full Results for Go Bowling at The Glen as William Byron takes P1 at the NASCAR Cup Series race

With Hendrick Motorsports' #24 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 driver logging in his fifth win of the 2023 season, here is a look at how the rest of the field finished behind William Byron:

1. #24 William Byron
2. #11 Denny Hamlin
3. #20 Christopher Bell
4. #16 AJ Allmendinger
5. #54 Ty Gibbs
6. #19 Martin Truex Jr.
7. #17 Chris Buescher
8. #45 Tyler Reddick
9. #12 Ryan Blaney
10. #22 Joey Logano
11. #38 Todd Gilliland
12. #23 Bubba Wallace
13. #47 Rocky Stenhouse Jr.
14. #8 Kyle Busch
15. #6 Brad Keselowski
16. #2 Austin Cindric
17. #41 Ryan Preece
18. #1 Ross Chastain
19. #42 Mike Rockenfeller
20. #7 Corey LaJoie
21. #4 Kevin Harvick
22. #99 Daniel Suarez
23. #48 Alex Bowman
24. #31 Justin Haley
25. #15 Andy Lally
26. #5 Kyle Larson
27. #78 Josh Bilicki
28. #51 Cole Custer
29. #43 Erik Jones
30. #10 Aric Almirola
31. #3 Austin Dillon
32. #9 Chase Elliott
33. #21 Harrison Burton
34. #77 Ty Dillon
35. #14 Chase Briscoe
36. #34 Michael McDowell

NASCAR heads to Daytona International Speedway next weekend for the final race of the 2023 regular season.