William Byron is done for the night, one lap shy of completing 200 laps after he hat a cut left front tire, which sent him rocketing into the outside wall in the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500.
William Byron's one of many drivers in the #NASCARPlayoffs with issues tonight. pic.twitter.com/WF1D4jWXTK
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) September 6, 2021
Byron joins Kyle Busch and Michael McDowell as Playoff contenders who are already out of Sunday’s race.
In addition to Byron, Busch and McDowell, Alex Bowman, Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell and Martin Truex Jr. have all found trouble. Luckily for Bowman, Elliott, Bell and Truex, they’re still in the running.
