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William Byron’s title hopes end in Bristol incident

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William Byron's 3rd DNF of the season comes at the most inopportune time, as his Round of 12 hopes dissolve following an on-track incident at Bristol Motor Speedway.

William Byron’s playoffs ended when he ran into the back of a car shortly before halfway in Saturday night’s Cup playoff race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

He finished 38th.

Byron was running 10th and in position to advance to the second round after Saturday’s elimination race before the incident.

Byron told NBCSN’s Marty Snider that Joey Gase’s car slowed on a straightaway and Byron ran into the back of Christopher Bell’s car.

“I literally had nowhere to go,” Byron said. “Just ridiculous that’s what takes us out.”

Byron said he was running behind Bell, who was behind Gase, on the high side. Byron said he had Aric Almirola on his inside and could not move down there.

Byron entered the race the first driver outside the final transfer spot to the second round. He entered the race trailing Clint Bowyer by three points.