Ryan Blaney and William Byron earned the final two berths in the NASCAR Championship Race. While Blaney surged to victory, Byron endured controversy.

The penultimate NASCAR race of the season ended in controversy after Ryan Blaney picked up the victory at Martinsville Speedway to clinch a spot in the Championship Four.

In the decision to penalize Bell, NASCAR’s Senior Vice President of Competition Elton Sawyer used the ruling put in place after Chastain’s famous Hail Melon at Martinsville to make the Championship 4 two years ago as the reasoning for handing out a penalty to the No. 20 team.