William Byron wins 2024 Daytona 500
- William Byron ended Hendrick Motorsports' nine-year Daytona 500 losing streak by winning the race on Monday, tying the team with Petty Enterprises for the most NASCAR wins.
- Byron's victory marked a significant milestone for Hendrick Motorsports and the driver reflected on his journey, stating, "I’m just a kid from racing on computers and winning the Daytona 500, I can’t believe it."
- The race, which ran a day later due to rain, featured star power and ended cleanly with Byron leading the pack for all 200 laps.
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NASCAR explains timing of race-ending caution in Daytona 500
Hendrick Motorsport driver Byron made a timely charge to the front of the field following the final round of green flag pit stops.After a massive late wreck, Byron bolted to the lead on a restart with four of the 200 laps remaining. Approaching the white flag to signal one lap remaining, Byron moved to block the oncoming charge of Ross Chastain's Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, who then clipped the ...Keep reading
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The HeraldWilliam Byron delivered Hendrick Motorsports an elusive victory. It’s not new to them.
For the first time since 2014, a Hendrick Motorsports driver took the checkered flag at the Daytona 500. William Byron and Alex Bowman finished first and second.
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William Byron launches Hendrick Motorsports' 40th anniversary season with win in Daytona 500
The goal was obvious to William Byron: put the No. 24 Chevrolet in victory lane in the 2024 Daytona 500 to launch Hendrick Motorsports' 40th anniversary season.Mission accomplished, even if Byron had to complete an agonizing final lap under caution around Daytona International Speedway, awaiting the winner to be declared.Did we win it? Did we win it? Byron kept asking over his radio.The emotion he heard over his radio from crew chief Rudy Fugle …
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