William Byron, NASCAR Driver
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2019
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Episode 338
William Byron is in his second season as driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Byron earned Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in 2018, tallying four top-10 finishes and ranking 23rd in the standings. He is paired with seven-time championship crew chief Chad Knaus in 2019. Byron scored four wins in the Xfinity Series as a rookie in 2017 en route to the series championship, and his seven wins in the Gander Outdoors Trucks Series in 2016 set a NASCAR record by a first-year driver.
In 2019, he won the Dayton 500 pole position and has had 6 top-ten finishes as of this podcast release.
On this episode of the podcast, we talked to William in the middle of his 2019 Monster Energy racing season and learned about his journey of faith, staying connected to the Lord during a long season, what the lifestyle of a NASCAR driver is like during a long season and how he balances it all with college studies at Liberty.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
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| 1:29.7 | Today on the podcast, we welcome William Byron to the show, the 2018 Monster Energy |
| 1:35.7 | NASCAR Cup Series rookie of the year. |
| 1:39.1 | Now, William, just 21 years old, is one of only two drivers to win rookie of the year in the truck, |
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