William Byron might want to depend on a backup automotive on Sunday when he tries to turn into the primary driver to win the Daytona 500 in three consecutive years.
Byron’s most popular No. 24 Chevrolet took sufficient harm throughout qualifying Thursday to relegate him to a backup automotive for the Nice American Race.
The intense aspect for Byron? He drove a backup automotive in 2024 when he received the primary of his two Daytona titles.
“We have received this race with a backup automotive, so I am not tremendous frightened on that side,” Byron mentioned. “However it does suck that you simply put loads of work into the first and you do not get to race it.”
The Hendrick Motorsports driver is trying to realize a three-peat that Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Sterling Marlin and Denny Hamlin had possibilities at over time earlier than every fell brief in Yr 3.
Byron, 28, will begin thirty ninth within the 41-car pack.
