After a tough slump during the Summer, William Byron has returned to his usual form in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, as he looks to bring both himself and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team into the Championship 4 for a second consecutive year.
Sunday’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway marked the official start of the three-race semi-final round in the post-season, in which four drivers will advance (either by points or winning a race) to the winner-takes-all championship finale at Phoenix and November.
So naturally, now is the absolute perfect time to have momentum.
Byron mastered the ‘Round of 12’, scoring no finish worse than third in a three-race sequence that includes the unpredictable Talladega Superspeedway and a newly reconfigured Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL.
A fourth-place finish in Sunday’s event at Las Vegas is a solid start to the three-race round, especially considering Byron started the …