Back in 2013, William Byron could be found on most Saturday nights on his computer, racing drivers of various skill levels on the iRacing racing simulator. Only a few Legends Car races were the extent of Byron’s racing expertise at that point in his young life. Fast forward two years and Byron, 17, just […]
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Five of the six NASCAR K&N Pro Series race winners in 2015 are 21 years old or younger. The championship points leaders in both the East and West are 17 and 16, respectively. And a 17-year-old just became the highest-finishing female in the 61-year history of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. […]
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MOORESVILLE, N.C. – LFR Chassis will be adding William Byron to its Super Late Model team for the 2015 season. Byron will be racing in select events for LFR Chassis, beginning with the May 9 CARS Tour race at Hickory Motor Speedway. “William is a proven winner and I’m excited to have someone of his […]
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There were a lot of similarities between the drivers of the two dominant cars in Saturday’s PittLite 125 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The one difference between Kyle Benjamin and William Byron, though, put Benjamin in victory lane in “Thunder Valley.” The two 17-year-old drivers, who both cut their […]
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To friends, clients, business associates, and personal connections, Tune in TONIGHT, April 7 NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) at 6:30 PM EST to watch William’s second NASCAR K&N race from last Saturday night – something really special and exciting happens. If you can’t watch it, TiVo it! NBCSN: Dish Network – Ch. 150 DIRECTV – Ch. 220 Time […]
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William Byron credited a season’s worth of studying tire conservation as the key to visiting Victory Lane for the first time in his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career Saturday night at Greenville-Pickens. In a field of some of the best conservation racers in the business, Byron managed to lead every lap and claim a convincing […]
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In just two and a half years competing as a race car driver, William Byron has made a name for himself by displaying a strong ability to adapt. No matter the type of race car or type of race track, Byron has caught on quickly and had success. On Sunday, March 15 at the Southern […]
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: Kevin Ramsell is the Director of Business/Midwest Editor of Speed51.com. The views which are expressed in the following column are his own and not necessarily the views of Speed51.com and/or its partners) Last weekend at the Pete Orr Memorial 100 at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, another chapter was […]
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It only seemed fitting that the final Pete Orr Memorial went to someone who had ties to the man himself. Orr was a standout Late Model driver who battled cancer until his death in 2002. For 14 years the Super Late Model community would gather and race in his honor. 2015 was the final running […]
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Charlotte, N.C. – Charlotte native William Byron will drive full time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Division for HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks and continue driving the No. 9 Late Model for JR Motorsports (JRM) with sponsorship backing from Liberty University in 2015. Liberty University, the largest, non-profit Christian University in the country, […]
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