NASCAR CUP SERIES: DAYTONA 500

February 16, 2025

William Byron

Frontstretch Quotes

An Interview with:

Q. William Byron's entire team is out here, your family just walked out. William, you were ninth with one lap to go. How did you come through the pack and avoid the chaos to make it two in a row at Daytona?

WILLIAM BYRON: Yeah, obviously some good fortune, but just trusted my instincts on the last lap there. I felt like they were getting squirrelly on the bottom and I was honestly going to go third lane regardless because I was probably sixth coming down the back.

Just obviously fortunate that it worked out in our favor. But just really proud of this team. Worked super hard all week and had an amazing car. Just had a really hard time with the fuel saving and kind of staying towards the front.

Crazy. I can't honestly believe that. But we're here. So proud of it.

Q. You won this last year, and you know what a big moment it was. Can you describe what this race does for a driver, especially like yourself, and now to get to do it a second time, what does this race mean?

WILLIAM BYRON: Yeah, it's obviously really special. It's an amazing race, and obviously a lot of crazy racing out there tonight and just a lot of pushing and shoving.

But just really proud of our team. I can't stress that enough. I'm just super thankful for this group and everything that they do in the off-season to get prepared. We plan on trying to win a lot of races this year, so we're not going to stop here. We're going to continue to push forward and try to get to Phoenix.