Hendrick Motorsports driver finished just 13th—barely good enough—to outpoint Denny Hamlin
William Byron joins Ryan Blaney as the rookies in the championship round. Christopher Bell was a Championship 4 qualifier last year.Kyle Larson won the title in 2021.When William Byron walked into Martinsville Speedway’s infield media center after qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500, he knew things weren’t good for his Hendrick Motorsports team. The car just didn’t feel right. Its balance was wrong. Byron’s gut feeling proved true.
He finished in that position and squeaked into the title round by eight points. “My crew chief Rudy knew what button to push to keep me in the game,” an exhausted Byron said as he sat on the track’s pit wall. “It was kind of hell in a bottle. I’ve never been so mad in a race car. I’ve never wanted to get out so much. I’ve never been so frustrated at the car. I just had no grip. We trusted our sim a lot and it didn’t work.” Byron admitted that he was “falling out physically” during the race.
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