William Byron

He has three stage wins and 13 playoff points accumulated â?? the third-most by any driver. Byron is currently ninth in the driver point standings, locked into the Cup Series playoffs for a fourth consecutive season. He has nine NASCAR national series starts at Michigan under his belt. Of those nine races, seven came at the Cup level where he has a track-best starting position of third (August 2019) and a track-best finish of second coming last year. In the last four races at the Brooklyn, Michigan, track, Byron has an average finish of 9.0 â?? seventh-best of active drivers. The Charlotte, North Carolina, native also has one NASCAR Xfinity Series start at the 2-mile D-shaped oval, where he qualified fourth and ended the race in the runner-up position. He also has one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start, where he started third and finished fourth with crew chief Rudy Fugle on top of the box.

He started 23rd on the grid and completed 79 laps of the 86 run before exiting the race (Accident). He is currently 9th in the standings, 235 points behind leader Chase Elliott.

RACER was told a generator was the cause of the fire, which was observed outside the racetrack. William Byron’s No. 24 Chevrolet was not damaged by the blaze, but the team will work out of the backup hauler. NASCAR is allowing the team to put the car in the garage tonight and also swap out the necessary equipment from the primary hauler.-Racer

While this is only the second time that the Cup Series has competed on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Byron has made history at IMS before. Taking it back to 2017, Byron made his first trip to the Indy oval in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. While battling for a championship he would earn, Byron became the youngest driver to win a major race at the historic 2.5-mile oval at 19 years, 7 months and 23 days.