William Byron moves to 61st on Cup Series wins list
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — William Byron’s victory in the 2024 Daytona 500 broke a five-way tie on the NASCAR Cup Series wins list to move the Hendrick Motorsports driver to 61st overall.
Byron’s win in the season-opening race is his first in the Daytona 500 and the 11th victory of his career, coming in his seventh full-time season.
“I never thought we were going to win,” Byron said of his race day. “I never thought that far ahead. I just thought, man, maybe we’ll finish on the lead lap.
“We’ve never done that. It was honestly just starting small and the process and the things it takes to win.”
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Byron broke a tie with Donnie Allison, Ryan Blaney, Clint Bowyer and Sterling Marlin.
Ahead of Byron on the wins list includes Dick Rathmann (13 wins), Tim Richmond (13), Dick Hutcherson (14), LeeRoy Yarbrough (14), and Ernie Irvan (15).
The next race for the Cup Series is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 25 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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