Ryan Blaney joins championship race field after win at Martinsville

Ryan Blaney will race for his first Cup championship after qualifying for NASCAR’s title-deciding finale with a Sunday win at Martinsville Speedway. William Byron, who led the Cup Series with six wins this season, earned the fourth and final slot in the championship with a 13th-place finish and eliminated Denny Hamlin by eight points. Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell had already clinched the first two spots in the championship race in Phoenix this Sunday.