William Byron Unveils HMS’ Grand Plan For His Daytona 500 Winning Stead Amidst NY City Tour

Winning the Daytona 500 usually comes with a lot of pomp and celebration, but in today’s world, the hustle never stops. William Byron made history on Monday when he won the Great American Race for the first time in his young career, but instead of taking a day or two to celebrate his big achievement, the driver of the #24 is on media duty for NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports in New York City.

The 26-year-old was one of the best drivers last year in the Cup Series, winning six races and making it to Championship 4. However, he could not take the championship home, as Ryan Blaney was simply the best on the day. However, this year, the HMS star will be looking to go that extra step and win the title early on in his career, like a couple of his teammates.

Despite the Daytona win, why not a ‘ton of celebrations’ for William Byron?

NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass recently shared a video of the Hendrick Motorsports star, in which he revealed the 26-year-old’s plans for the next few days. In the video, William Byron said that he did enjoy a few drinks with the people in the tech bay after his historic win at Daytona but will be leaving for the media tour of New York the next day. It sure is hard work to be one of the biggest stars in the competition.

William Byron was seen proudly posing with the massive Daytona 500 trophy in the video at multiple locations. His win comes after a 10-year drought for Rick Hendrick’s team in the iconic motorsports event. The fact that the legendary #24 car won the race in the team’s 40th anniversary year really is a script that no one could have written any better.

“We didn’t do a ton of celebrating, just with my guys in the tech shed. It was fun to see the car in person and see it just kind of in its natural state before it gets put away for a year, so that was pretty cool. But I got here late last night on a couple of hours of sleep, so we’re rolling out,” Byron said in the video.

It has been an unusual rise to the top for William Byron. Unlike his competitors, the 26-year-old did not start with go-karts. His introduction to racing was iRacing. As a result, there was a sense of him not belonging with the best-in-stock car racing when he came into NASCAR as a full-time driver.

Hendrick Motorsports star reveals suffering from imposter syndrome

Those doubts have now been put to rest, as today the driver of the #24 is one of the best racers in NASCAR. His recent record has been impressive on another level. He revealed that he had imposter syndrome, which came from racing his hero and one of the greatest racers of all time, Jimmie Johnson.

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“I feel like I’ve always had a bit of imposter syndrome because I race against Jimmie Johnson, like this guy was my hero. Literally every Sunday I had his diecast cars in my room and just dreamed about what it would be like to be in his shoes, and now I get to race against him. It’s a pretty crazy emotion to go through, just getting into the Cup Series, just honestly being happy to be there, and then figuring out, ‘OK, well, what are my goals? What are the things I want to accomplish?’” he said, as per the Associated Press.

It will be interesting to see how the driver of the #24 car performs for the rest of the 2024 season. Will he win his first Cup Series title this year? Let us know what you think.

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