In the sport's infancy, NASCAR did not take a single step from the sands of Daytona Beach or the clay of the Carolinas to the biggest and fastest speedways on Earth. Once upon a time, before tracks like Daytona or Talladega could be conceived much less dreamed of,

William Byron took the pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway with a 28.774 second lap time in Saturday's qualifying session. Byron was able to defeat Ryan Preece,

Next up at Darlington is an Xfinity Series race Saturday afternoon and Sunday's Goodyear 400, which will be led to green by William Byron.