William Byron outlines blunt NASCAR reality after | Sports News

It seems as if Byron is open to change, because the 27-year-old conceded that he’s removed from the best driver on the grid at discovering the best stability between fuel financial savings and drafting strategy. “Everyone’s gotten so good at it that I feel like I’m usually in the back, and then I cycle forward,” he added. “I feel like I would like to be able to make more moves personally because that would separate some.”

Despite having a aggressive car for a lot of the race, Byron felt as if a potential victory slipped out of his palms within the closing laps. “I feel like where I lost the race was just with 5-6 to go when I lost control of the front row and we just got off center down the backstretch and lost momentum,” he mentioned. “Actually, three guys on the bottom cleared us, and [Ryan] Preece was able to get in front of me.

“You’re just not really able to make a move to the top with this package. If I leave Ryan through the tri-oval, I feel like we’re just dragging that lane back, and maybe I finish second, but we’re not gonna win.”

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Upon realizing that he’d should accept a top-five end, Byron set his sights on serving to propel Preece to a win. “We had the No. 48 (Alex Bowman) behind us and he was doing a good job pushing. It just seemed like we couldn’t get enough help from the third guy in line and that’s what it takes,” he added.

“For whatever reason, the top lane just couldn’t get the runs off the corner at the right time to get connected. We’d get connected too late and then get a little bit squirrely and lose our momentum. I wish just that one time, we could have connected a little better to stay even with the bottom lane, but we were working really hard to do that with the No. 2. It just seemed like it took a lot of effort for us to maintain the track position on the front row. Live and learn.”