William Byron rounded out the top 10 in the Super Start Batteries 400 Presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts at Kansas Speedway on Thursday.
The top-10 finish for Byron added 27 points to his season total. Byron is now No. 14 in the NASCAR Cup Series standings with 452 points.
Byron started in 15th position and led 27 laps in the race, holding the lead a total of three times. The third-year driver has picked up five top-five and 22 top-10 finishes in his career.
Over the course of his career at Kansas Speedway, Byron has put together one top-five finish and one top-10.
The Charlotte, North Carolina native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting at his career mark of 15.3 and completing the race eight places ahead of his 18.5 career average finish.
Byron’s 10th-place finish was against a field of 40 drivers. The race endured 11 cautions and 47 caution laps. There were 21 lead changes.
Denny Hamlin earned the win in the race, and Brad Keselowski finished second. Martin Truex Jr placed third, Kevin Harvick secured fourth, and Erik Jones grabbed the No. 5 spot.
After Kyle Busch won Stage 1, Keselowski drove the No. 2 car to the win in Stage 2.