Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn’t perceive the technique of William Byron and the No. 24 group throughout the Darlington race earlier this month. On Dale Jr. Obtain, Earnhardt broke down how Byron misplaced the race after main for 243 laps.
“William is main the race, he’s acquired a fairly comfy lead over many of the discipline,” Earnhardt mentioned. …”William and his group are going to do some math to grasp that as the opposite groups quick pit or come to pit highway first, he is aware of, ‘Okay, I might be on the market X quantity of laps earlier than I must pit and are available again out on pit highway nonetheless in entrance of those guys.’
“Not solely is that taking place on the pit field, there’s a battle room again in Charlotte, Hendrick Motorsports, the place there’s a few dudes sitting round, six-12 folks and engineers, every kind of individuals with laptops and massive screens and calculating all of this data double-checking, verifying and sending that again to Rudy [Fugle] and his group on the pit field. …There was not a lack of knowledge and it wasn’t a guess, Rudy had the entire particulars.” Dale Earnhardt later added that Byron’s automobile “misplaced a bit tempo” because the race went on however was “nonetheless fairly dominant.”
William Byron reacts to dropping Darlington race
When the race was all mentioned and finished, William Byron completed fourth and Denny Hamlin gained the Darlington race. Hamlin took the lead after a inexperienced flag pit cease cycle with 50 laps remaining.
“It sucks,” Byron mentioned after the race, per NASCAR.com. “It’ll sting to be this shut, however on the identical time, it’s like, man, actually pleased with that effort by our entire group. It exhibits what we’re manufactured from and, hopefully, much more of that to return.”
“It’s a superb monitor for us,” Fugle mentioned. “We’re enthusiastic about coming right here. You recognize, it’s good to showcase how good of a automobile it’s, and it stinks to not win. I feel we take it as a optimistic. It sucks we didn’t win, however an awesome automobile. We’re doing all the proper issues and preparations, proper? Bristol has been powerful for us. So, most likely completely different objectives to begin with there. Acquired to be extra within the ballpark with a greater steadiness and see the place we find yourself.”
