William Byron wins at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway before Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race in Darlington

Mike Organ, Nashville Tennessean
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William Byron won the North/South Super Late Model Challenge Saturday night at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

The win came three days after Byron signed a three-year extension with Hendrick Motorsports.

Byron, 24, turned his attention after the race Saturday to the NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400, which is Sunday in Darlington, North Carolina.

"It's awesome to win out here; it's kind of a place I've struggled with in the past," Byron told Darian Gilliam. "To come here and be able to get a win is awesome. The car was obviously really good. We struggled on the restart there, but we were able to overcome that after that. So it was a lot of fun."

Byron said the victory made him look forward even more to Sunday's race because of how well his car ran.

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It was Byron's third short-track victory this season.

Byron has two NASCAR Cup Series wins this season and four in his career. He made the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs for the third straight year in 2021.

Hendrick Motorsports signed Byron in 2016 when he was 18. He moved to the NASCAR Cup Series level after winning the Xfinity Series championship in 2017.

Smith wins Music City 200 again

Sammy Smith repeated as the Music City 200 winner Saturday night in the ARCA Menards Series East Division at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
Sammy Smith repeated as the Music City 200 winner Saturday night in the ARCA Menards Series East Division at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

Sammy Smith repeated at the Music City 200 champion Saturday night at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

It was the third ARCA Menards Series East Division win this season for Smith, who drove the No. 18 TMC Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports. The 17-year-old Johnston, Iowa native won the first two races of the season at New Smyrna Speedway (Florida) and Pensacola (Florida).

Jake Finch, who was on the pole, finished second, Taylor Gray was third, Mason Mingus from Nashville was fourth and Leland Honeyman was fifth.

The win allowed Smith to increase his lead in the ARCA Menards East Series standings to nine points ahead of Gray, 17, who is from Artesia, New Mexico..

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