NASCAR MEDIA CONFERENCE

September 29, 2024

William Byron

Pit Lane Interview

Q. William Byron comes home in the runner-up position. It looks like you were chasing down Ross Chastain. Just needed a little bit more. What would have made the difference there at the end?

WILLIAM BYRON: Yeah, just clean air. I feel like he got the restart he needed to, and I was in the second row just trying to clear those guys. Once I got clear of them, my balance was okay. Just a little bit tight, but just kind of inching up on him. I needed probably, you know, for it to be a longer run being in second.

Damn it, I wanted that one really bad. It just sucks, man. You're so close, and you know going to Talladega you know what that is. So just sucks, but proud of the effort.

Brought an awesome car. Proud of all my guys. They've been working their tails off. We've gotten a lot of BS over the summer from the outside and just I know how good this team is, and I know what we're capable of. So this is a great day to build on.

Thanks to Valvoline. Thanks to all our partners, Raptor, Axalta, Liberty. Looking forward to Talladega. We're usually good there, and we'll just see how that goes.

Q. You talk about what this team can do. You were the highest points earner today, won a stage, finished runner-up. Was this a statement to the field?

WILLIAM BYRON: It's just what we can do. We know how important these tracks are, and we're excited to keep building and keep putting weeks together like this. We got off a little bit at times during the race, but we were able to get it back. Just proud of that.

We have work to do, but proud of the effort today. It was really good.