William Byron’s 16th career NASCAR Cup Series victory might be his most impressive – and most important – of his eight-year career. Byron claimed at berth in the NASCAR Championship 4 with a victory in the season’s penultimate playoff race at ...

William Byron picked a good time for his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole at Martinsville Speedway, qualifying first for a race that he is treating as a must-win

Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi, two prominent NASCAR insiders, recently analyzed the career trajectory required to achieve 60 Cup Series victories.

Facing a must-win situation, William Byron earned a critical pole position at Martinsville Speedway. The Hendrick Motorsports driver lapped the half-mile short track in 19.286s, beating Ty Gibbs by just fractions — 0.002s — for pole.

With a Championship 4 spot on the line, William Byron put the bumper to Ryan Blaney to win at Martinsville Speedway in the third-round finale of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

Byron bested Blaney for the Martinsville win, ensuring two Hendrick drivers will face off against two JGR drivers in the finale

After Talladega chaos, William Byron must win at Martinsville to stay alive in the NASCAR Playoffs 2025 championship chase.

The good news for both is that aside from their previous victories in the desert (Larson's came in the 2021 Championship race), the duo have been solid throughout their careers at the 1-mile, dogleg oval. Larson is second (10.7) and Byron third (10.8) in terms of average finish among active drivers at Phoenix.