NASCAR Cup Series results: William Byron wins at Darlington

DARLINGTON, S.C. — William Byron scored his seventh NASCAR Cup Series victory in Sunday’s race at Darlington Raceway.

Byron inherited the lead as several other drivers crashed while trying to take or keep the lead. That drama produced a series of cautions and restarts over the closing miles and pushed the race into overtime.

Following Byron at the finish were Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski and Bubba Wallace.

DARLINGTON, S.C. — William Byron emerged from the smoke and thunder of the final laps and overtime and won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series  race at Darlington Raceway.

Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson crashed while racing for the lead on a restart with six laps to go, leaving the lead to Byron.

Byron started the overtime restart in front of Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski and Harrison Burton.

As the green flag flew for the final time, Byron surged ahead of Harvick, led the final two laps and won relatively easily.

Nothing was easy about the final segment of the race, however, as a series of front-pack accidents jumbled the run order.

“Definitely didn’t expect this,” Byron told Fox Sports. “But just thankful for a great team, and yeah, just things have a way of working out, and come back here to Darlington and have it go exactly the other way.”

Joey Logano bumped Byron from the lead to win this race last year.

On a restart with 13 laps to go, third-place Joey Logano and fourth-place Martin Truex Jr. crashed, starting a multi-car incident and causing another caution. Chastain and Larson were side-by-side for the lead, and Chastain was pushed into the wall by Larson at almost the same time Truex lost control of his car.

Having watched the wild racing at the front over the final miles, Byron said he