William Byron\u2019s dominant NASCAR Cup win Sunday at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International should remove any doubt he will be a serious contender for the 2023 championship.
and his No. 24 Chevrolet team have shown tremendous development over the last year-and-a-half, particularly with the addition of crew chief Rudy Fugle.
This time, however, Byron and his team responded with a powerful return to relevance, leading 66 of the 90 laps and beating“They definitely needed a pick me up,” Hendrick Motorsports Vice Chairmansaid of Byron’s team. “When you fall out of the lead of the regular season points and you know that you’re capable of winning more races and you don’t capitalize on that, then that gets frustrating.
“Then, it seemed like the car evolved, and we struggled to kind of adapt and evolve with it a little bit through the summer and in the fall, we showed up with a lot of speed again. I think in the fall last year saw a lot of potential.”The second most important take from Byron’s win Sunday comes from the track on which it came – a road course.
“I felt like we could build on that for the rest of the year, and I got excited for the road courses, and then we just went through a slump there with Sonoma and Chicago where it was just really tough for us, and we struggled.”
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