Hendrick Motorsports finally managed to put a car in Victory Lane after having had just one win in the previous ten Cup Series races. The result came courtesy of William Byron, who managed speed and fuel brilliantly at Iowa Speedway on Sunday to secure his second victory of the year. Hendrick Motorsports President Jeff Andrews had some interesting thoughts post-race.
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He told the press that the lack of wins in the recent past wasn’t because of a loss of work and effort. He reiterated the high standards that Rick Hendrick sets for them every weekend and pointed out how they approached the race at Iowa with the season finale at Phoenix in mind, due to the similarities between the tracks.
Andrews said, “Obviously, you know, we have Phoenix in mind and some similarities here, right? And so, a lot of work went into Iowa to just try to understand if there was something there that would help us turn the corner a little bit towards Phoenix.”
He went on to applaud the team’s employees for all the good work they’ve been doing. The way the sport is today, it doesn’t take a lot for a car to go from the midfield pack to the front or vice-versa.
Andrews spoke about the same and stressed that they were focused on finishing first, second, and third in the regular season championship. “That’s another big one for us,” he quipped. “We want to win that and get that regular season championship, but that second and third also pays too.”
