William Byron took advantage of late misfortunate befalling the dominant cars of Kyle Larson and Bubba Wallace to win the NASCAR Cup Series event at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday (Sept. 24).
Adam Cheek and Jared Haas break down the two chaotic weeks ahead at Talladega Superspeedway and the Charlotte ROVAL, what Larson and Kyle Busch can do to ensure spots in the Round of 8 after crashes at Texas, and more.
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Adam Cheek joined Frontstretch as a contributing writer in January 2019. A 2020 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, he covered sports there and later spent a year and a half as a sports host on 910 the Fan in Richmond, VA. He's freelanced for Richmond Magazine and the Richmond Times-Dispatch and also hosts the Adam Cheek's Sports Week podcast. Adam has followed racing since the age of three, inheriting the passion from his grandfather, who raced in amateur events up and down the East Coast in the 1950s.
One of them has to win the race. Simple as that.
Larson doesn’t have to win a race.