DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — William Byron launched Hendrick Motorsports’ fortieth anniversary season by snapping the crew’s nine-year Daytona 500 dropping streak with a win Monday within the rain-delayed “Nice American Race.”
The final Hendrick driver to win the Daytona 500 was Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2014. The 26-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, is the sixth totally different driver to win the five hundred for Rick Hendrick, the winningest crew proprietor in NASCAR historical past who made his approach to victory lane on the precise fortieth anniversary of his first Cup win.
Byron was in second on a restart with 4 laps remaining within the No. 24 Chevrolet. He and Ross Chastain of Trackhouse Racing pushed backwards and forwards for the lead and it was Byron out entrance as a crash broke out behind him simply as he’d crossed below the white flag marking the ultimate lap of the race.
Byron gained below warning and was adopted by teammate Alex Bowman in a sweep for Chevrolet. Christopher Bell in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing completed third and was adopted by Chevys from Corey Lajoie of Spire Motorsports and AJ Allmendinger of Kaulig Racing.
Bubba Wallace was sixth in a Toyota for 23XI Racing and was adopted by John Hunter Nemechek in one other Toyota however for Legacy Motor Membership. Chase Briscoe was eighth in a Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing and adopted by Legacy driver Erik Jones and SHR teammate Noah Gragson.
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