William Byron celebrated his third win of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville yesterday in what was the 40th-anniv💎ersary race for his team Hendrick Motorsports.

Byron has also won t🌊he Daytona 500 and the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas this season in dominant displays.

It did not look like victory was going to come easy for Byron yesterday as he started from 18th place and would have a 🐻lot of work to do to fight at the front. However, the 26-year-ol🌌d picked off cars one at a time and put his #24 Chevrolet in a great spot towards the end of the race.

After 👍a bold strategy call by his Crew Chief, Rudy Fugle, Byron found himself at the front and pulling away until a late caution came out with three laps to go, leading to an overtime finish. Luckily Byron still had the pace deciding not to pit for fresh tyres a🌼nd pulled away to claim another win in the 2024 season.

After the race, Byron was stunned by what had just happened and was honoured to hav𝐆e claimed Hendrick Motorsports 40th-anniversary win, especially as he grew up a Hendricks fan:

“It is pret෴ty 𒀰awesome; it is pretty badass to win at Martinsville,” Byron told Fox Sports after the race.

“We have been struggling at the short ꦬtracks, but we kept inching up on it and I have a great team and they kept my head in it, and it stunk to do a restart there at the end like that, but ꦉit is the way it goes.”

Byron was asked about the bold strategy call by his team to be the first car anܫd driver on the lead lap to pit u♊nder green flag conditions:

“That was a great call, it did not get us the track position right away, but we had a little🔜 bit more heat in our tyres, ♊so I fired off a little bit faster than those guys and was able to get ahead of them, we had a great car in the third stage.”

The wi🐻n was even more special for Byron and t🦹he Hendrick Motorsports team due to it being their 40th anniversary as a team:

“So proud oꦦf everyone at Hendricks Motorsports,” Byron said on Victory Road.

“I grew up a big Hendrick fan 🐈to be here for the fortieth anniversary and everything that goes into this organisation, all the people, and I just want to thank Mr Hendrick and Linda, a📖nd everyone involved.”