Post-Atlanta William Byron Fan Facts

William Byron overcame adversity from a penalty on pit road and a spin off the front stretch to win his second race at the new(ish) Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Credit: HAMPTON, GEORGIA - JULY 09: William Byron, driver of the #24 Axalta Chevrolet, celebrates with Jeff Gordon, Vice Chairman of Hendrick Motorsports (L) and William Byron, driver of the #24 Axalta Chevrolet, (R) in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway on July 09, 2023 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Here are some of the fun facts for William Byron fans to go around bragging with.

• William Byron breaks a 4-way tie to take the reigns as the winningest driver of the NEXT GEN era
• 6 of William Byron's 8 career Cup wins come with the new car
• This is the first time Byron has broken 4 race wins in a season
• William Byron has now won Atlanta twice since its reconstruction 
• William Byron sits atop the Playoff Standings with 4 wins and 7 Stage wins
• William Byron leads the Series with 22 Playoff Points (Busch has 17)
  
• William Byron's 7 Stage wins are the most in the series, Ross Chastain has 5
• ​William Byron has a Cup Series-leading 742 laps led in 2023... 150 more than Larson
• William Byron has a Cup Series-leading 185 Stage Points in 2023... 37 more than Chastain
• William Byron has 8 career NASCAR Cup Series Victories
• Atlanta marks Byron's 5th National Series Victory of the Year
• Atlanta marks Byron's 20th career National Series Victory
• William Byron is the 2nd winningest driver in the Hendrick Motorsports 24 Car with 8 vs Gordon's 93 and Elliott's 0
• William Byron is the only other driver to have ever won with the No. 24 in Cup
• William Byron is the Highest performing Hendrick Motorsports Driver since the addition of the NEXT GEN car

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By: Tom Luttermoser