William Byron penalized for failing pre-race tech 3 times
After his car failed pre-race tech inspection three times at Indianapolis, William Byron will have to serve multiple penalties.
Byron won’t get to turn a qualifying lap and will start 39th. Then, at the start of the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday, he will have to pass through pit road under green.
Byron will still get to practice Saturday. However, his team will be absent a crew member for the rest of the weekend.
Since 2014, a driver has started 26th or worse and won only eight times – including Chris Buescher at Richmond two weeks ago.
A driver hasn’t won from as far back as 39th since Bobby Labonte in the penultimate race of 2001 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Byron’s worst starts in 2023 have been 32nd in Fontana, 26th at Sonoma and 22nd in Chicago – the latter two also being road course races. In those races, he finished 25th, 14th and 13th, respectively.
The Verizon 200 at The Brickyard goes green just after 2:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. MT (Broadcast: NBC [with some exceptions], SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
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The 2001 Atlanta race was the penultimate race that season. New Hampshire was the finale.