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Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at North Wilkesboro was historically bad for the winningest team in the sport's history.
For the first time since it became a four-time Cup Series operation in 2002, all four HMS Chevrolets were two or more laps down at the finish of a Cup race. None of them finished in the top 11.
William Byron was the highest-finishing Chevy in 12th. His No. 24 had decent speed throughout the night, but he was caught one lap down during green-flag pit stops when the caution came out on Lap 199.
The reason for that caution was an incident involving his teammate, Alex Bowman. Bowman tried to enter pit road but came down the track from the top lane, making heavy contact with Tyler Reddick and spinning to bring out the yellow flag.
Alex Bowman's mistake costly for himself, two teammates
It was a costly mistake for Bowman that also cost Byron and another HMS driver, Chase Elliott, who was also caught a lap down after a green-flag pit stop.
Elliott finished 17th as the first driver three laps down, while Bowman finished four laps down in 26th.
Kyle Larson had arguably the most eventful night of the four HMS drivers. He finished two laps down in 15th after making heavy contact on pit road with rookie Connor Zilisch early in the race. Larson had to carve his way back through the field, which proved a laborious task.
No Hendrick driver led laps on Sunday, and the company earned a total of only four stage points between the four drivers.
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