William Byron remains hopeful of Jimmie Johnson and his chances in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. The playoff race for the Cup Series has now reached the business end.
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William Byron holds the final playoff spot dive into the last three races of this season. Just behind Byron and in a spot off the playoff race is Johnson. The battle resumes during the upcoming doubleheader weekend at the Dover International Weekend.
Byron said that Dover is the best racetrack and hopes both he and Johnson can have two good races there. He expressed that it is an odd situation that the teammates are in.
‘Biggest Jimmie fan’ William Byron acknowledges battle
“You’d like to be in a different position than that, but that’s ultimately what’s happened and the position that we’re in,” Byron said in a recent interview.
“I think for us as a team, selfishly as the 24 team, we want to do as well as possible and get ourselves into the playoffs so we have something to race for in the last 10 races and really have an opportunity to advance through the rounds like we did last year,” he added.
Byron also called himself the ‘biggest Jimmie Johnson fan’. “Yeah, it’s tough. I’m the biggest Jimmie fan I feel like out there. I hope that we both can make it somehow. I know this is his best racetrack coming up, so we’re definitely keeping an eye on that,” Byron further added.
Records at Dover; praise for Byron from Johnson
The 22-year-old Byron will be wary of the seven-time Cup Series champion’s record at the Dover Speedway. Johnson has 11 career wins on the track, the most by a driver at the track in the Cup Series.
On the contrary, he has no wins at the track since 2017, which was also his last Cup Series win. Johnson also has just two Top-10 finishes in his last four races there. William Byron has one Top-10 finish at Dover in four attempts.
The youngster Byron also received high praise from Johnson, he said, “William is a great student and really has increased his game at Dover. I don’t think it’s going to be easy to get points on him or a lot of points on him.“
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