William Byron, Chevrolet Take 2024 Daytona 500 Victory
Chevrolet sweeps NASCAR season-opener at Daytona, taking wins throughout all three nationwide sequence
2024-02-21
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Enduring a rain-delayed begin and an intense late-race battle to the end, it was Group Chevy’s William Byron and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1 crew that earned the title because the 2024 Daytona 500 Champions. Byron’s victory marked Chevrolet’s second consecutive — and twenty sixth all-time — triumph within the “Nice American Race”.
“Congratulations to William Byron and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1 crew on their win within the 2024 Daytona 500,” mentioned Scott Bell, vp, World Chevrolet. “Successful NASCAR’s most iconic race is a purpose for Chevrolet every season, and we’re proud to have William convey dwelling our twenty sixth victory within the Nice American Race.”
The triumph marked Hendrick Motorsports’ return to victory lane within the Daytona 500 for the primary time in 9 years, with Bryon’s win taking the group to a record-tying 9 victories within the crown jewel occasion. Making the triumph much more particular, the win got here precisely 40 years since Hendrick Motorsports’ first-ever begin in NASCAR’s high division to mark a storybook starting to the group’s anniversary season.
NASCAR’s season-opening weekend began with Chevrolet reaching a milestone feat at Daytona Worldwide Speedway with Nick Sanchez and the No. 2 Rev Racing Silverado RST crew incomes the producer’s milestone one hundredth NASCAR victory on the famed 2.5-mile Florida Superspeedway in Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection race.
Along with Byron’s Daytona 500 victory, fellow Group Chevy driver Austin Hill parked his No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Camaro SS in victory lane for the NASCAR Xfinity Collection’ season-opener to cap off a weekend sweep for Chevrolet on the “World Middle of Racing”.
Chevrolet is now the one producer in NASCAR historical past to comb all three NASCAR nationwide sequence in a season-opening weekend at Daytona Worldwide Speedway greater than as soon as — additionally carrying out the feat in 2018.
“The victory added to an already particular weekend for Chevrolet at Daytona,” added Bell. “We’re honored to have Nick Sanchez, Austin Hill and William Byron add their names to an elite listing of drivers who’ve taken Chevrolet to 102 NASCAR wins at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.”
The 2024 season continues for all three NASCAR nationwide sequence at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend, kicking off with a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection and NASCAR Xfinity Collection doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 24, adopted by the NASCAR Cup Collection race on Sunday, Feb. 25.
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