Despite losing to Ryan Blaney in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series championship, William Byron has sealed his career-best fate in the 2023 calendar. The boy who started racing at the mere age of 13 is now a dominant force in the realm of motorsports. However, his journey, unlike other racers, started from iRacing rather than go-karts.

In 2015, his entry into the motorsports world drew skepticism from the community owing to his reliance on virtual experience only. However, Byron shocked the fans with his capability to dominate the tracks on several occasions, and his latest career stats revelation has left the fans awestruck.

William Byron seals his historic fate despite a championship loss

With 6 wins, 15 top-5s, and 21 top-10s, Byron’s 2023 NASCAR Cup Series year is undoubtedly his best to date. Nevertheless, his promising results fell short of the championship, as Ryan Blaney’s two-point lead over the Hendrick Motorsports driver’s 5033 points got him the championship.

Despite missing out on the championship by just two points, William Byron’s impeccable performance in the Cup Series paved the way for his unprecedented feat in motorsports. Not one, not two, but the #24 Chevrolet driver has bagged career-best stats in a whopping seven categories.

Apart from his 6 wins, 15 top-5s, and 21 top-10s, Byron led a staggering 1016 laps, finished P3 in the Cup Series standings, had an average finish of P11, and had a whopping 30 lead lap finishes. But what’s more interesting about Bryon’s accomplishments is that he swiftly outperformed Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney‘s 3 wins, 8 top-5s, 18 top-10s, 562 laps led, and an average finish of 14.

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Despite losing out on the highly-coveted title, Byron’s extraordinary display didn’t fail to astonish the NASCAR fanbase, owing to his overpowering triumphs against the Cup Series champion’s stats.

Fans express their disbelief over Byron’s stats

With facts at their disposal, many fans weren’t ready to digest the fact that Ryan Blaney is the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series champion and not William Byron. One fan vouched for Byron’s championship took a jibe at NASCAR for doing him wrong, and commented, “He Should Have Won The Championship, But NASCAR Helped Out The Fords.” “The real champion 🥱,” added another fan who shared a mutual belief.

This fan took a jibe at the championship system as he believed it cost the Cup Series title to William Byron, following which he commented, “Only lacking a championship because we have this “one race championship” where your body of work during the entire length of the season doesn’t matter at all. The only thing what matters is whoever finishes ahead of the other three eligible drivers is a champion.”

Another fan applauded Byron’s impressive performance and how he made his car and team proud and wrote, “Did the 24 proud.“

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William Byron’s 2023 performance is an exemplary display of his increasing dominance year-by-year, as the iRacing prodigy outperformed the drivers with deeper roots in the sport than him. Do you think Bryon would secure his place among the Cup Series champions?