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William Byron savors title shot after a masterful Martinsville: 'I found a way to flip that script'
William Byron said his course through the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs could have simply taken one of two forks. One path would have been to dwell on the outcome of the last two weeks and the pair of dissimilar incidents that had carved out a cavernous 36-point deficit for him in the
William Byron ran the race of his life to get into the Championship 4, Team Penske got shut out, and more from the weekend at Martinsville.
Byron claimed the pole with a lap of 98.185 mph. This is Byron’s third pole of the season and 16th of his Cup career. Ty Gibbs will start second after a lap of 98.175 mph. He was followed by playoff drivers Kyle Larson (98.038 mph), Joey Logano (98.002) and Denny Hamlin (97.876).