William Byron Makes an Under Confident 5-Word Admission About His Future, Minutes After Winning the Race

It seems that NASCAR has to fervently pray and sing in chorus the nursery rhyme, “Rain, rain go away, come again another day,” ahead of every race weekend. The only threat that NASCAR seems to be facing at the moment is nothing other than the hovering of the dark clouds above the racetrack and putting an early end to the race.

Carrying over the same threat from the past weekend, the Quaker State 400 faced the same hindrance that NASCAR faced in the inaugural race at Chicago. In both cases, the race was cut short due to heavy rainfall, which marred the expectations of the drivers and fans alike.

But even with the rain and the change in race distance being a challenge, it was William Byron who came out as a victor and snatched his fourth win of the season. But it seems that a win is yet to boost the confidence of the driver, as he makes early predictions for the race next weekend.

William Byron Discloses His Emotions as He Prepares for the Race in New Hampshire

Things had gone down south for the Hendrick Motorsports prodigy in the second stage of the race after sustaining a spin that pushed him a lap down. And to add to his woes, the driver had to pit his car to repair the damages that the car had received. The driver was already at his wit’s end, but it was the right execution of the strategies and their gamble on the changing weather that paid off. William Byron was able to seize his fourth win of the season, the highest number of victories by a single driver in the current season.

It is a known fact that victories often act as a booster for morale and rekindle confidence when it takes a hit. But apparently, Byron is trying to keep it low, as NASCAR looks forward to the race in New Hampshire next weekend. And his diffident attitude was evident in the post-race interview after snatching the fourth title.

A journalist asked the #24 driver, “Getting a win this late in the season, what kind of confidence does that give you going into New Hampshire, going into Pocono? New Hampshire, you’re still looking for your first top 10.”

To this, the driver retorted, “Yeah, New Hampshire is tough for us. It was great all the way until I got to the Cup Series, and I thought, I’m really good at this track, and then I got against all the Cup guys, and I’m like, no, I’m not very good here. I got a truck win early, and I think that kind of helped make me overconfident that I was really good there, and I think just inching up on little details here and there, and I thought we had a really good sim session at Loudon last week.”

In a tone of optimism, Byron also expressed, “I think we’re confident going in there. I’m sure the 19 [Martin Truex Jr] is going to be fast. I think there’s going to be a few other guys that were good at Gateway, the 11 [Denny Hamlin].”

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But before prepping up for the next race at New Hampshire, the Hendrick Motorsports prodigy can enjoy the taste of his fourth victory in the season. While his teammates have mixed results from the ongoing season, Byron has been riding the waves of victory and sits at the top of the points standing.

“I think it’s going to be tough, but yeah, that’s certainly one we circled on the calendar. We’ve done a lot of sim work for it. Hopefully, all that stuff pays off and we show up fast,” Byron concluded.

While the Quaker State 400 seemed to pose a hindrance to the driver as he had to start from the back of the track due to a pit road penalty, however, the driver overcame it and expressed after the victory to the media, “Everything we’ve done to this point is great, but if we suck from here on out, it’s not going to be fun[…] This looked like it was going to be a bad week, and we overcame it. It’s a good lesson to learn.”

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Being the top contender for being the winner of the regular season, William Byron has shown enough promises of being a fan favorite and claiming his first championship.