William Byron understands the opportunity he has to win a NASCAR championship. He also knows that win or lose he's a young driver who can only grow in his career through this experience.
And perhaps fleeting. The Hendrick Motorsports driver only has to look in the garage to see a couple of highly regarded teammates in 2020 series champ Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman who didn’t make the playoff field due to injuries and missed races earlier in the year.
It certainly won’t be an easy path for Byron. Truex, the 2017 series champion, has won three times this season and has had success at Darlington, where he won the Southern 500 in 2016 and the spring race in 2021. The winner here, if they’re a playoff driver, advances into the second round of 12. The opening round continues next week at Kansas and finishes at Bristol.
Hamlin is tied with Kevin Harvick with 17 playoff appearances, most in NASCAR history, but has not been able to come away with the trophy. Hamlin has won twice this season and is seeded third.Buescher could be thewill be racing
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