Larson emerged late within the race with the lead following the ultimate spherical of green-flag pit stops, however a warning for a spin by sequence returnee Ryan Newman left Larson and Chastain to battle side-by-side on the restart with 13 laps to go.
Hendrick Chevrolet driver Larson nudged Trackhouse counterpart Chastain up into the wall as behind Joey Logano hit Martin Truex Jr., which ended the stage one winner’s day and put the race again underneath warning.
On the following restart with six laps remaining, Chastain and Larson once more lined up alongside one another and this time it was Chastain who nudged Larson up the monitor, which wrecked each vehicles.
Byron inherited the lead from the melee after which had little bother holding off Kevin Harvick within the two-lap extra time for the seventh win of his profession and the 100th for Hendrick’s #24 Chevrolet.
An emotional Byron, whose grandfather handed away on Thursday, admitted afterwards that “we didn’t have the perfect third stage” after ending second to Truex within the opening stage.
His victory was additional particular coming one 12 months after he was nudged out of a probable win by Logano.
“We simply stored battling, and issues simply form of come again round,” he mentioned. “I positively didn’t count on this.”
Chase Elliott ended up third forward of Brad Keselowski. and Bubba Wallace, who rebounded from a foul pit cease earlier within the race to complete fifth.
Harrison Burton, Kyle Busch, Justin Haley, Ryan Blaney and Chris Buescher accomplished the highest 10.
Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing, Worldwide Specific / UPS Chevrolet Camaro
Picture by: Rusty Jarrett / NKP / Motorsport Images
Chastain had taken the Stage 2 win, working forward of Truex when the Joe Gibbs Racing driver’s closing lap spin put the race underneath warning.
However when racing resumed for Stage three, Larson exited the pits forward of Chastain and held the higher hand till their dramatic on-track clashes.
On the end Larson was labeled 20th, Chastain 29th.
