William Byron
A professional driver who competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, William Byron began his career on the iRacing simulator during his teenage years. He began racing Legends at 15 years old before signing with JR Motorsports' late model program in 2014.
Eventually, Byron progressed to the Camping World Truck Series in Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 9 Toyota during the 2016 season, and he signed a multi-year agreement with Hendrick Motorsports to compete in the Xfinity Series in 2017. He made his Cup Series debut at the 2018 Daytona 500 and won for the first time at NASCAR's highest level at the 2020 Coke Zero Sugar 400.
A frequent finisher in the top 10, Byron has earned four wins in the Cup Series to go with his four Xfinity Series and eight Truck Series victories. He also won Rookie of the Year on all three series over a three-year stretch from 2016-18.
Byron currently drives the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in the Cup Series and the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports in the Truck Series.
William Byron led a Hendrick Motorsports sweep of the top three spots in Las Vegas while Chase Elliott recovered from surgery.
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Ryan Blaney and William Byron have issues winning races in which they take the pole.
William Byron raced extensively mid-week in 2022, and it translated into a strong Cup Series playoff run after a mixed regular season.
William Byron may have cost himself two sets of valuable stage points by qualifying 25th at Martinsville, where NASCAR will set its Championship 4 field.
The difference in penalties for Ty Gibbs and William Byron after a wild weekend at Texas Motor Speedway raised interesting questions.
Kevin Harvick is hoping for the same treatment William Byron received in his appeal. NASCAR already has lost several appeals of big penalties.
William Byron is back above the cut line after getting all his points back from an appeals panel.
William Byron's 2022 NASCAR Playoffs run is in serious jeopardy in multiple ways.
NASCAR may have gotten some penalties right, but it has bigger issues to worry about.
