Hendrick Motorsports star William Byron has been out of the NASCAR Cup Series limelight of late. Ever since the #24 Chevrolet driver’s victory at Martinsville in April, Byron has been unable to contend for the win despite finishing inside the top 5 and top 10 fairly consistently.
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Sitting 66 points below the regular season championship leader and teammate Kyle Larson, the North Carolina native does not seem to be too worried about his prospects ahead of the final 10 races before the playoffs.
Byron recently elaborated on where the focus of his #24 crew at HMS lies and said, “I don’t think we’re really looking at that (regular season championship), we’re just looking at trying to run more consistently and better.”
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He further added how racing for victories and stage points could fare better for Byron as well as his team during the upcoming playoffs this season and compared it to how they performed last year.
“I just feel like trying to put together consistent runs and try to get ourselves in a position again to build points as we go because I feel like we’re maybe not scoring the stage points that we need to so that would be the emphasis.”
William Byron had six victories to his name last year. With 10 races to go this year, he has three to his name for now. It remains to be seen whether the #24 team’s focus can help them achieve a number closer to last year once again in 2024.
William Byron touches on Iowa Speedway’s repave ahead of NASCAR Cup Series debut at the track
Speaking on one of the most hotly contested topics of the weekend, the HMS driver also chimed in on the partial repave of Iowa Speedway and what that could mean for the NASCAR Cup race on Sunday.
He said, “It was really tough to widen the groove out there but yeah, I know I’m going to be in fourth gear. That’s about all I know. I just kind of have to see and adjust from there as is with any new racetrack.”
The inaugural Iowa Corn 350 goes live this Sunday at 7:00 pm ET with Byron’s teammate Kyle Larson leading the field away as the green flag drops.
