:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/XDE7NQRX4T7TAGGZIIEYELHTTY.jpg "NASCAR: Byron wins in Las Vegas; Hendrick Motorsports dominates")
LAS VEGAS (AP) — William Byron took the lead on the penultimate lap of overtime to win the NASCAR Cup Series race in Las Vegas on Sunday on a dominating day for Hendrick Motorsports.
The top three drivers all came from Hendrick, with Byron beating teammates Kyle Larson and Alex Bowman. Bowman won last year’s March race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Byron led 176 laps and won for the fifth time in six Cup seasons.
Larson looked poised for victory when Aric Almirola hit the wall in the fourth corner on lap 264, bringing out the second warning of the day.
Most of the leaders stopped a lap later, with only Martin Truex Jr. choosing to stay on track. Byron got back on track past Larson, then easily passed Truex on the restart.
Byron, who started in the front row with Joey Logano, swept through both stages in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for the first time in his career. Truex in 2017 and Kevin Harvick in 2018 also won both rounds in Las Vegas and went on to win.