Although Liberty University has stood shoulder to shoulder with William Byron longer than most partners in the garage, that once-unshakable alliance is clearly tightening its belt.
As William Byron continues to chase his elusive first NASCAR Cup Series championship, he'll officially have a longtime partner returning for another year of sponsorship.
No more weird green color for Raptor Coatings and William Byron on the No. 24 car. Hendrick Motorsports released a new scheme today. The 2026 season will feature a new, but familiar look for Byron.
William Byron’s rise through the NASCAR ranks has been considered an outlier story in a sport built on generational garages and dirt-track apprenticeships.
William Byron made it to the Championship 4 third year in a row in 2025, but could only manage to finish P4 this season. He had to settle for fourth despite posting back-to-back P3 finishes in the last two seasons.
For decades, NASCAR has been a battlefield of innovation, a place where teams once bent metal and rules in equal measure to gain a Sunday edge. But in the Next Gen era, that creative freedom had hit a wall.
William Byron has been in the headlines for more than just his racing lately, though not necessarily for reasons involving horsepower or pit strategy.
NASCAR and Goodyear have officially begun preparations for the 2026 Cup Series season. A tire test that is to be conducted over Wednesday and Thursday this week at the Bristol Motor Speedway will aim to figure out methods to improve the short track racing product by testing different tire compounds and combinations.
Denny Hamlin was unable to emerge victorious in the championship finale at Phoenix against Kyle Larson. In the final stages of the race, a botched pit stop call and an untimely caution proved to be problematic for Hamlin.
Denny Hamlin had what would have been his first ever NASCAR Cup Series Championship just barely slip through his fingers on Sunday, and William Byron apologized for the role he played in Hamlin coming up short.
Ryan Blaney won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, and Kyle Larson brought home the 2025 Cup Series championship.
For the third year in a row, William Byron made the Championship 4 but did not win the NASCAR Cup Series championship.
Ryan Blaney won Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, but it was Kyle Larson who took home the 2025 Cup Series championship in overtime.
Here are three takeaways from the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race.
On the last day before the finale race at Phoenix Raceway, the garage might be alive with precision and purpose, but the drivers themselves are taking a different approach.
On Sunday, the stars of the NASCAR Cup Series head to the Arizona desert to cap off the 2025 season in the Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway.
The stage is set for the ultimate championship finale at Phoenix. Kyle Larson barely made the cut and is the only driver with a Cup Series championship in the past.
With 35 races in the books and four more drivers ousted from the playoff field following the Round of 8 cutoff race at Martinsville, the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 is set for battle.
In the midst of a relative slump for driver Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team, crew chief Cliff Daniels decided that reading was going to be the team's summer bonding activity of choice.
The two-time Daytona 500 champion needed a win at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday to advance to the Championship 4.
William Byron clinched a spot among the Championship 4 on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, and he did so in a very impressive way. Byron seized the lead from Ryan Blaney with 43 laps to go and held on to win with both drivers facing must-win situations.
William Byron drove the best race of his NASCAR career when he needed to the most.
Here are three takeaways from the penultimate race of the NASCAR Cup Series season.
MARTINSVILLE, Va.--Talk about perfect timing. William Byron, one of four drivers realistically needing a victory at Martinsville Speedway to advance to the Championship 4 race in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, picked the ideal moment to win his first pole position at the historic short track.
You can feel it across the speedway when a driver hits a hot streak. There’s a certain swagger, a confidence that radiates from the car, the crew, and the driver himself.
Highlights William Byron eyes Las Vegas as his best shot to secure a Championship 4 berth. Despite winning the regular season championship, the Hendrick driver has underperformed in the playoffs.
William Byron emerged as the favorite for the 2025 Cup title after winning the regular season. The HMS driver did not manage to bring the momentum into the Playoffs, with a string of disappointing runs.
Rudy Fugle, William Byron's crew chief, was ejected by NASCAR for an inspection violation Friday, leaving the team without its crew leader for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 in Dayton, Fla.
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