William Byron sets “more crown jewel race wins” goal for 2025

Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron has shared his goals for the 2025 season after disappointing end to 2024.

William Byron sets “more crown jewel race wins” goal for 2025

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The 2024 NASCAR Cup season has been a year of mixed feelings for William Byron. He started the season strong with a win at Daytona 500, followed by two more wins within eight race weeks. But he failed to sustain the form, as it dropped of as the season progressed. Byron was able to bounce back at in the final half of playoffs with top-5 runs, but couldn’t secure much needed race wins.

William Byron recently recalled how the 2024 season played out for home and details his plans for the 2025 season. He has the opportunity to create history at Daytona, by winning back-to-back events, and sees it as an awesome prospect. The Chevy driver didn’t get the chance to really think about the potential record as he was determined to win the title the whole season.

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It’s pretty awesome. I mean, I think a lot of people asked me that throughout the spring and the summer, and I didn’t really know how to answer, because I was still trying to achieve the championship and everything like that, just week to week.

William Byron said via NASCAR.com.

For him and his team, there is the potential to be the first crew since Denny Hamlin in 2019-2020 to secure the Superspeedway record. Alongside a win at Florida beach, he is also looking forward to winning more crown-jewel races.

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So yeah, I’ve reflected on it a little bit more now, and it’s awesome for our team. It’s a huge accomplishment, and hopefully we can get more of those crown-jewel wins. That would be my goal.

William Byron added.

William Byron admits he has a lot of room to improve in 2025

In the same conversation, Byron also talked about how his team is approaching the upcoming fight for the championship next-season. He admitted that his team has work on some tracks, to secure more wins and lead more laps. Byron seems determined to make a difference next-season.

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We’ve got a lot of room to improve there. I thought our potential was a little bit better this year compared to last year, honestly, but yeah, we just need to keep working on those tracks and then just lead more laps, and I think there’s a few different ways you do that… So, I think that was really, really strong and hard to do, so just need to work on a couple of little things.

William Byron said.

With Hendrick Motorsports being championship-less in the last three years, they will be determined to go all out in 2025. All of their drivers were in top form last season, and they will be hoping to improve on that with Byron as one of the leaders.