Is William Byron the Clear #1 At Hendrick?
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2024
- William Byron straight up beat the field on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway in route to his 3rd victory is the so far 8 race season. This should not surprise many as Byron has been showing off how elite he has become over the last three or so years. So I want to pose one question about Byron and his stance at Hendrick Motorsports? Is William Byron the clear #1 at Hendrick?
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Which driver do you see as Hendrick’s #1 guy?
Byron
William byron 😊
2023-Now WillyB-WilliamByyron (That’s how I say William Byron sometimes)
Chase Elliott
Kyle Larson
I mean, Byron has the most wins in the Next-gen era so far, but I say him and Larson are tied right now.
Right now he is 😊
Byron has more wins, but Larson has led more laps. A lot of that has to do with Larson’s “checkers or wreckers” last year, which Byron benefitted from a ton last year. Darlington and Texas are the 2 races that I can think of where Larson had the dominant car, and then wrecked and Byron kinda backed into the win
I came here to bring this up.
William Byron is going to be a modern day Jeff Gordon, carrying on the 24's legacy well. The dude works really hard and is really talented. He's gonna be a dominating force the next 10 years at least but more likely the next 15-20 years.
More or less yeah kinda unless Chase Eliott and Kyle Larson start showing up more. Everyone said from 2016-2022 Chase Eliott was the next Jeff Gordon and then from 2021-currently everyone said Kyle Larson is the new Jeff Gordon and I guarantee you within the time span from now to the next couple years William Byron will be the new Jeff Gordon
There is no modern day Jeff Gordon besides Jeff Gordon.
@@fish3539I started watching NASCAR again cause the 24 was competitive. You might hear it a bit more with it being the same number
As a Byron fan it’s awesome how far he’s come along but I think it’s better to say that Hendrick has an excellent 1-2 punch in Byron and Larson both capable of winning multiple races a year and championships.
We have our current Next-Gen King right now with Byron.
If you take out some of the awful luck Byron had in 2021 and Larson had in 2023, they both would have been pretty much head to head for both championships. There was at least 4 or 5 races in 2021 that Byron got screwed out on, mainly because his pit crew was awful at the time, and roughly 4 or so that Larson missed out on (more so due to his own actions rather than anything else).
Naw, it was bad luck and other drivers screwing Larson last year that lacked wins.
The 24 car is back and I am here for it!
I still feel like it should have been retired in 2015 in respect of a legend
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.maybe the font but retiring numbers because someone did very well in it isn’t a good idea cause we could run out of numbers
@@ByronRacing24honestly that's not a bad idea given the endless amount of fonts and designs out there
@@xavierjuno4572 yeah
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.NASCAR doesn’t retire numbers.
I will say Byron is showing me something right now. He’s better than I thought he would be. But right now I’m still saying Larson is the man at hendrick. Byron can’t be yet Larson has a championship. Byron does not. You can argue between Byron and Chase who’s #2 right now just based on the last year and a half
Yeah I think Larson is number 1 and Byron is number 2 but its likely by the end of the decade they will be competing for the top spot
Larson will still be #1 by 2032 with Hendrick, no contest. He's one of only 3 legit champions of the stage racing era (along with MTJ and KFB) Byron just got lucky these past few races. Elliott really needs to get his $#!+ together because the entitled behavior he's showing is not gonna do him any favors (like what happened at Charlotte last year)
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.Byron would’ve won the 2023 championship in literally every single format except this new one. Championships don’t matter anymore at all
Deciding on who is better based on championships in modern NASCAR is beyond dumb. Just look at Ryan Blaney. Won the championship last year during his worst overall season since joining Penske in 2018 while also barely even making the playoffs during his career best statistical season in 2022.
@swfan4195 facts bro
Bowman has been the most underperforming one since mid 2022. I feel there’s a slight chance Mayer drives the 48 next year if Bowman doesn’t improve a bit.
I could be wrong but I think Bowman’s contract ends after 2025 or 26
Woah Bowman’s top10 in points
He had to get a pass for 2022 and 2023 because he dealt with injuries in both seasons
These takes are always so bad.
Mid 2022, so basically you want to take the year he was injured? The year in which he was leading in points until that injury happened?
@@inFenity yes injuries always affect a driver
It derailed Denny Hamlin’s 2013 Season
Dale Jr never put a consistent season together after 2015
Chase Elliott fell off a cliff last year because he broke his legs
Well the performances Elliot Larson and maybe even Elliot are putting up are overshadowing Bowman’s consistency. He’s still 10 th in points
Been following him since he came up from xfinity. His driving style is lowkey underrated and doesn’t get enough credit for how good he is
I mean he was always more consistent in comparison to some of his teammates, so really all he needed was the experience to back it up
To me, as it stands, Byron Hamlin Larson and bell are clearly the top four in the series. Some other guys are close but out, but those 4 have separated themselves as the guys who can win anywhere anytime
Agree. I know some people will crap on Bell due to his consistency and start of the season but he's very good. He will be a champion.
@@Ka_GgI mean most people crapped on Blaney for being the worst at Penske and look where he is now after 2018
@@xavierjuno4572 yeah Blaney is surprising to me.
Byron is close but I think if Larson had the consistency last year, I feel he’d be leading the wins in the next gen era considering Larson bottled like 4 races last year that all went into Byron’s lap. Larson is also winning almost just as much as well as leading the points right now. Larson is also the champion out of the 2 so I’d say he still takes it.
Larson by talent alone. He drove crappy cars to wins. He is a legit champion as well (Winston and Chase format confirms his 2021 trophy as valid). Byron's only up there because of top-notch equipment and dumb luck, which came to play at Martinsville. He just got lucky
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. well I disagree that Byron’s success is all luck and equipment, but I do think a good 5 of his next gen wins were either luck or a result of the next gen car’s issues. Even the video couldn’t help but point out wins like Daytona this year, Atlanta last year, and such. I’d argue both Darlington, and Texas last also somewhat fell into his lap, mostly from Larson screwing up.
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. great point. Just imagine how dominant Larson would be if he had Byron’s luck
@@dumbutt4999 I think Byron makes some of his luck. Larson is more talented but he makes more mistakes. Byron just doesn’t make the mistakes Larson does.
@@ryansickles3804Fully agree. Larson knows how to find speed. Byron knows how to drive flawlessly.
This car fits his style. Big tires, big breaks, low horsepower and easier to drive then the previous cars. It's not a jab, this just fits what him.
Add more horsepower and small tires it will fit someone else.
Alll these guys are great
That's what I think. These cars (imo) are too perfect, but that fits him. He's a very smooth driver. He makes very few mistakes
In a perfect car, you want Byron in it. In a less than perfect car Larson is the guy.
Correlation doesn’t equal causation. Just because that’s the car style that exists for his breakout doesn’t mean it’s his style. If you go back to 2021, he was a single properly black flagged Chase Elliott and debris caution avoided away from winning the Roval to make the round of 8 where he would’ve easily pointed his way into the Final 4 based on his Kansas/Texas/Martinsville performances that year. That’s with the Gen6 car with smaller tires & brakes and more HP. Also if you look at his 1.5 miler performance he only ever had one win with the 550 HP Gen6 package he ran vs. the 2 he’s already gotten with the 670 HP NextGen package.
Obviously i dont see him passing any of jeff gordons records but i keeo saying this every time he wins: he is the next jeff gordon
Hes gonna win at LEAST 2 championships and at least 50 races imo hes just too good of a driver
There is only 1 Jeff Gordon, and he's retired. Byron can never match him in greatness. With this gimmicky playoffs system, he'll probably get 2 trophies MAX. And maybe 40 wins at the very least. But most of his recent wins were just dumb luck
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. nah I've seen too much from him and him winning too much for that not to be the case he's at least winning 1 or 2 but he has so much potential at such a young age to dominate and win like this
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. Being the best at the end of the race isn't "dumb luck" lmao. Literally every single win in his career is from being the best at the end of the race. The ONLY race that can be classified as luck in any way is Darlington last year and that's solely because the two best guys all race wrecked each other. What was Byron supposed to do after that? Just call it there? It was his race to lose at that point... People seem to forget that Byron lost out on like 4 wins throughout 2021 and a couple in 2022 because his pit crew was abhorrent at the time.
Keep in mind he started racing actual cars 10 years ago, won 7 races in his first nascar season and should’ve won a championship. Moved up and won 4 races and a championship. He struggled to start in cup, but he is an insanely fast learner and is now showing the garage he is at the top. He’s not coming down
@@coleniebur9049 exactly
Anyone who’s followed him since the truck series isn’t surprised at all at his success in Cup. And as you said, he’s only getting better.
Gordon needed a heir and Byron was his vision for the #24 car's future
Funny enough, that's not true. He wanted Larson to replace him earlier than HMS got him. But he was with Ganassi
@@invudvahYk with how much if a talent Larson is, I can see that
@@invudvahLarson in the #88 for 2018 would've been the example
@Dupontman627 Elliot had the 24 first then wanted his dad's #9. Took the team and just changed numbers. So really I'm a round about way, Byron is Jimmie's heir just happens to have the 24
@@invudvah Then who's Bowman following? Dale Jr?
I knew he is good but until I saw your numbers I didn't know he is that good. Wow
To have the success that Byron has had over the last 2.5ish years you need to have luck
You need to have the car, the crew, the crew chief. You also need the talent. Because, even with all of that, it ain’t putting you anywhere unless you have talent.
Byron has everything he needs to be the winningest driver of the decade, and to be a multi-time champ
Honestly another thing that puts him over the other Hendrick drivers is the fact that he's been more consistent than the rest of them
Been a longggg time coming it feels like. So worth it sticking with him.
Reminds me of hms in 07. Jeff and jimmie (larson/ willy b) carrying hms, kb (elliott) was the 3rd still winning and mears (bowman) being the underperformer. (Yes different circumstances but still)
Funny thing is that Bowman is really only underperforming when compared to the other 3 because they are so much better than he is in general. He is still top 10 in points (12th in the playoff grid as he has more points than winners Bell and Suarez) and doing really well this season. Not as good as he was last year before his injury, but still doing well.
His injury really crippled him there. Also, the only one who can reach levels of Jeff and Jimmie in 07 is Larson. Elliott if he put his mind to it. Byron is just a lucky dog at this point
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. again, being the best at the end of the race isn't just being "lucky" lmao
@@jacobevenson8702I've said this in a different video, but we shouldn't dicredit drivers who win simply because they avoid mistakes and DNF's
As a nascar fan first and a Willy B fan second… i have not been willing to conclude that Byron is the top dog at Hendrick (which at this point, that title is synonymous with ‘top dog in nascar’), but i do appreciate this video and it’s kinda making me reconsider a little. I’ve always thought Larson was the guy, but now knowing that I’m not the only one paying attention to the numbers, it very possibly might be Byron.
Larson and Elliott both have a title and regular season title I believe (although I forget if Kyle or Denny got it in 2021)
Until Byron has either, I wouldn't put him above them.
Byron would’ve won the regular season title without the points penalty last year and if you extend the period to full season cumulative points he did score more than anyone else last year even with the penalty intact.
@@MLGProSwag69 So if we take away the punishment for cheating he's on top. Now if that isn't proof byron clears Jimmy and Dale Sr I don't know what is
As an Elliot fan it's hard to admit but it's true. I hope chase gets his mojo back and takes his top spot back.
The favoritism in Hendrick needs to stop first for that to happen
HMS 400 with zero passing was oh so great of a race
By wins: William Byron
Consistency: Kyle Larson
If the season ended today, the championship would go to Kyle Larson
If the Winston points system were used, Kyle Larson would have brought the Chase in 2022 for getting the championship 5 races before the season ended
All I want to say is, I NEED this in diecast!
How appropriate Hendrick Motorsports has the honor of being The First Organization to ever score a 1-2-3 Finish at Martinsville Considering All their success at The Paper Clip which Included The Very First Win at the hands of Geoff Bodine which ultimately set the foundation for The Organization they are today
It should have been Larson who won it, to come full circle completely. It started with the 5, it ended with the 5
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.Jeff Gordon was the one who rose Hendricks to the very top, so I think it’s fitting the 24 won it, but you make a good point.
@@JoshuaBolisayTrue, before Gordon came to team, Hendrick was basically what RCR is today, contenders for sure, but no where near championship caliber
As a Byron fan, I appreciate you giving him his flowers as he has deserved. He has proven a lot of people wrong, and I think he is clearly the best driver in cup right now.
In the best case scenario he keeps improving and doesn’t slow down and they don’t switch cars on him he’s young enough to be able to win 100 races before he’s done
@@SpiderPigRexnot a chance 7 years in cup now 13 wins he ain't getting to a 100 you're on Crack or something dude
@@bjshook2767 took 6 years to get 13 yeah but in the three years he has 11 of those and he’s probably gonna end up with another 6 win season until he starts falling off he’s on pace to win 5+ every year with his age he’s young enough to still have a chance to win 100 races
@@bjshook2767 he’s setting a pace that we haven’t seen since Johnson in terms of winning until something changes which it won’t until they switch to Gen 8 he’s going to keep winning and winning and winning and he will be on pace to reach 100 wins unless hendrick Motorsports magically starts to suck
@@SpiderPigRex 6 to get 10 this is 7th year he won't have a 5 to 6 win year every year he has probably 15 years at most left and he will have a fall off in 5 years or so. Look at history he has lucked into 5 wins in last 2 years
Martinsville is undoubtedly Hendricks track, so many highs and lows for the team there. While the Spring race yesterday was the 40th anniversary for the teams first win as well as the first cup series win for their first driver being Geoff Bodine, the Fall race later this year will mark the 20th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that claimed the life of young Ricky Hendrick among others close to the family and team.
Man hard to believe Martinsville is so intertwined with this team
Larson>Byron>>>Elliott>>>>>>>>>>Bowman
Why is Elliott popular he sucks
And Larson is better in my opinion
Yea
Sad hack noises 😢
As a Bowman fan I am now angry at you
What I really like about Byron is that he's accomplished all this without alienating most of the garage like Logano or constantly running his mouth like Hamlin. The guy just shows up, races clean and wins.
Not even close Byron is the clear #1 right now. That could change with 3/4 of the season still to go. All 4 drivers have had speed this year unlike last year. 24 wins the championship in 2024.
Byron has the most wins but Larson has been the most consistent.
If the season ended today, the championship would go to Kyle Larson
Don’t get me wrong I think he’s more than capable of winning a championship this year, but one could make the argument that he’s actually been the worst Hendrick driver since the making of this video lol
I’ll admit as a Gordon die hard, I stopped watching after he retired. Elliott just wasn’t it for me and Byron got off to a super slow start and it sucked seeing the 24 not doing well. But this guy has me cheering at the tv again during nascar. It’s so cool to see the 24 winning at my 2 favorite tracks. Daytona and martinsville. I wish they didn’t destroy autoclub though. That was my all time favorite track. Just something about the 6 and 7 wide racing with the old cars.
I sure wish C. Bell or T. Gibbs would heat up like that at JGR...
It's Gibbs 2nd season....
Bell was in the final 4 last year. Yeah he's had a rough start this year but is very good on his own.
@Ka_Gg Ty Gibbs fans are confusing 😅 now not necessarily you specifically..but the same people that say Gibbs is young and we should cut him some slack for that (which I agree) are the same the people who were telling me gibbs was going to win multiple races this season lol
@@MatthewColsten I still think gibbs will win one race and it wouldn't surprise me if he wins 2. Doesn't mean he still isn't learning though.
I'm not a Gibbs fan though. I'm just willing to look at a situation realistically. Very few drivers nowadays start dominating in their second season. But, compared to last season (where he ran well, but struggled to get the good finish), he is only one top 5 away from last years total. Has led 50% more laps and a 10.3 average finish.
Hell, the kid is 7th in points. Like most young drivers, he still has to find a way to to finish races. Again he's only 22. He isn't going to be able to dominate. He has a lot to learn. By cutting him some slack, I think most people are referring to him being young and needing experience.
Idk if he will ever be top tier, but he has talent.
People seem to forget that during his CGR days, Larson had to give 110% each week because he was being held back by 2nd tier equipment just to even compete for wins. After that legendary battle with Jeff Gordon at Chicagoland, people were really talking about him. As Gordon was inching closer to retirement, people said that Larson should take over Gordon's ride and see what he can do. But unfortunately, he wasn't as lucky. He was stuck with CGR. Still, he managed to win 6 races with the organization. The moment he joined HMS, he became the winningest driver of the decade so far. Byron on the other hand was lucky he got into HMS as Kahne retired. Now you tell me who is better. A guy that can take a tractor to glory, or a guy that has everything fall right in his place.
Byron’s pretty much won a lot in just about anything he’s raced a full season in. So it wasn’t surprising to me he’d be successful.
He's getting better I would say. I don't know, to say he's #1, they all have different driving styles and to be honest, each driver has had either a good season, decent season or just a horrible season.
Ive loved byron since he was in the trucks im so happy hes doing great niw
I think we're seeing Byron rising to dominance in this next gen era. We saw this with Gordon through the Gen 4 and cooled down in the COT era, Jimmie rose to the top in the COT era and then we saw Elliot being the top at Hendrick with the Gen6 (after his slow start to his hype).
HMS always finds a way to be the most dominate team in Cup. They also have had generational talent at or near their peak in each new car. I think we're seeing that with Byron. Larson is right there as well.
This may be the best 4 drivers Hendrick has ever had, imo. Second would be the Jeff, Jimmie, Kayne and Jr era.
As a Byron fan I thought he would be pretty good not on Larson or Elliott’s level but pretty good
But not THIS GOOD
Nobody did. I expected him to be a "meh" driver. Maybe....maybe win 2 a year. Boy was I wrong.
@@Ka_Gg I expected him to be the Greg Biffle type of driver like he was at Roush to Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards
Get 20-25 wins
Have a shot or two at the title
Be the third guy at Hendrick
I'm still more impressed by Larson, personally, but it is close.
Although, my view might not matter, as this is the first season I've watched in a while.
Doesn't change the fact that in a Hendrick free-for-all I'm rooting for Bowman.
Especially for him to win TexARSE and finally demolish that track
Sunday proved that the #24 is not just Hendrick’s best team, but the team to beat in Cup. And after coming up short last year, 2024 is looking like Byron’s revenge tour.
Not if the gimmicks have to say anything about it
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.Honestly with the Cinderella run Blaney had in the playoffs, I could see Byron doing something similar in the playoffs
Byron is the best in the sport currently
It’s funny I was just thinking about this the other day. So chase took the 24 team and car which is now the 9. The 48 was taken over by Larson now the 5. Bowman is the 88 now the 48. So Byron is essential the 4th team. But I think the days of Hendrick being the 24/48 shop is over. I think all their cars are equal and they don’t have a #1 team etc. as far as current best driver by wins is Byron. Love watching Hendrick drivers win nowadays since Gordon retired
Well I think if you take the three wins this year he won on a super speedway, a road course, and a short track. Thats impressive
Byron started as a sim racer & a damn good one at that and the next gen cars respond better (from what i understand) to driver inputs and they're built more like a Trans-Am racecar than anything, so the cars are more refined than ever now. I think thats where his dominance in the next gen comes from, seeing how he has the most wins in the gen 7 car than anyone else. These cars are alot more balanced & predictable and more similar to say a low downforce gt car, so I feel that his sim racing roots play a big roll in that.
None of this means that i dont believe in his raw skill as a driver. In fact, I feel the opposite. He has the perfect balance of skill, adaptablity, and talent to work the most out of the next gen compared to the current field and he'll only continue to get better with experience, and soon i wont be even the slightest bit surprised if William Byron becomes a house hold name in nascar and maybe even outside of it in the coming years.
Honestly this makes sense to me
People really think chase is gonna leave the best organization while having the best career average finish among active full time cup drivers is just hilarious to me at this point there is more to racing than just winning people chase has been very consistent this year having come top 19 in every race with 6 top 15s and is 6th in points currently but yeah chase should leave the organization he has had the most consistency at
Nascar fan logic
Consistency is key in racing
I still think its Larson but Byron is making a damn good case to be.
I honestly feel like they try having each car/driver/team to have their own moments of crazy success in a small amount of time to set them up for a long term career at Hendrick motorsports. They focused on Chase until he won his championship in 2020, then they tried with Bowman and he of course didn't really do much with what he had but I feel at the same time they were also giving Larson his time in the sun as well so he got screwed. Then right now the passed 2 1/2 seasons they've been giving Byron the best cars until he can win hos championship then theyll probably give Bowman another opportunity to try again
2023-2024 Byron is like 2016-2019 Truex imo. Always up front no matter the track and will rack up playoff points without being very flashy while doing it
Byron ever since last year has been far and away the best driver in the series and it’s not even close so yes.
I think he is now and will continue to be Jimmie Johnson 2.0 at HMS.
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In the 1980s:
1st Place - The #5 of Geoff Bodine (1984 - 1989 with 7 Wins).
2nd Place - Tie (The #17 of Darrell Waltrip [1987 - 1989 with 9 Wins] and the #25 of Tim Richmond [1986 - 1987 with 9 Wins]).
In the 1990s:
1st Place - The #24 of Jeff Gordon (1993 - 1999 with 49 Wins and 3 Championships).
2nd Place - The #5 of Terry Labonte (1994 - 1999 with 11 Wins and 1 Championship).
3rd Place - The #5 of Ricky Rudd (1990 - 1993 with 4 Wins).
In the 2000s:
1st Place - The #48 of Jimmie Johnson (2002 - 2009 with 47 Wins and 4 Championships).
2nd Place - The #24 of Jeff Gordon (2000 - 2009 with 33 Wins and 1 Championship).
3rd Place - The #5 of Mark Martin (2009 with 5 Wins).
4th Place - The #88 of Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2008 - 2009 with 1 Win).
In the 2010s:
1st Place - The #48 of Jimmie Johnson (2010 - 2019 with 36 Wins and 3 Championships).
2nd Place - The 24 of Jeff Gordon (2010 - 2015 with 10 Wins).
3rd Place - The #88 of Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2010 - 2017 with 8 Wins).
4th Place - The #9 of Chase Elliott (2018 - 2019 with 6 Wins).
5th Place - The #88 of Alex Bowman (2019 with 1 Win).
In the 2020s:
1st Place - The #5 of Kyle Larson (2021 - Present with 18 Wins and 1 Championship).
2nd Place - The #9 of Chase Elliott (2020 - Present with 12 Wins and 1 Championship).
3rd Place - The #24 of William Byron (2020 - Present with 13 Wins).
4th Place - The #48 of Alex Bowman (2021 - Present with 5 Wins).
5th Place - The #88 of Alex Bowman (2020 with 1 Win).
The Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon of this era. I think Byron could collect a lot of wins this year. Larson...can drive anything, and he Could win several.
If you’re talking about the nascar’s gen 7 era only then I agree. If you’re talking about overall racing talent across all forms of motor sports I give the edge to KL
He’s won at a super speedway, road course and a shirt track now, and considering the season he had last year I think he’s the top guy now
Bro i genuinely feel bad for bowman… makes him look bad but he doesn’t even do that bad and is clean driver keeping out of trouble (except for darlington that one time lmfao)
William Byron is not a fluke. He is one of the best drivers in NASCAR currently. It just took him a while to reach that level.
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM
4:07 how tf is he supposed to finish below 16th in the playoffs??
I think he is saying he hasn’t finished below that in a race not in the standings. Too lazy to fact check that but I know he didn’t last year.
Byron is top dog at HMS right now. Larson has similar stats but not better. No matter how much copium you inhale, Chase doesn’t have it like either of these two. He hasn’t won a road course race since the previous generation car. Bowman will hopefully find his rhythm again because he was bringing home top 5s and 10s consistently before his injuries.
Not really luck to start 18th at Martinsville and win, with a ckean car.
Luck is a part of racing but these guys earn every second of success
I think because about half of his wins were lucked out wins. Texas for example the seas parted for him. Atlanta he wrecked and lucked out. Darlington seas parted. Daytona 500 he essentially wrecked and lucked out. His first career win at Daytona almost the entire field wrecked. So there is a repeating theme. He is very good no doubt.
As one of Byron's biggest fans since his truck days, I knew he had it in him to be where he is now. It took him a little bit but once he got adjusted he's become one of the guys to beat now on a weekly basis. I'd say its definitely close between him and Larson I still feel Larson has a slight edge but with that being said, Byron has officially arrived and he's only getting better as the years go on and he hasn't even reached his peak yet. Who knows maybe he gets redemption and wins the championship this year idk. (Return to this comment if it does happen fingers crossed lol🙏🤞) dudes a wheelman and he's proving it right here right now. Safe to say right now the 24s in very good hands, not to mention I'm a big fan of his too because I see so much of Jimmie Johnson in him, just beats guys on speed and pace. Can't help but admire that.👌🔥
I will never be a William Byron fan. Not only is he one of the most boring drivers imaginable, but the fact that they continue to sponsor rape university is disgusting
Well i didn't know that
Definitely Byron. Hes a quiet achiever
I don’t want to jinx him but I’m calling it now Byron will be the third driver to have 100 cup wins
With how equal the cars are, he'll be lucky to even win 40 races, let alone 100 races.
This is Kyle Busch stuff we are seeing right now 😊
It really is between Kyle Larson and William Byron they are always near the top each race while the others two HMS drivers just lag behind.
he’s the third wheel. until he wins a championship, it is still larson and elliotts team.
There’s a trend with the last few Hendrick championships that have me a little concerned here. It seems like they’ll get a good prospect, they’ll either grow year over year until they win a title and then regress to a mediocre driver, or they’ll put up a legendary season to follow it up with a few good but somewhat disappointing seasons. Elliott for example, winless in 2016-2017, wins 3 in 2018, and from 2019-2020 won at least 3-5 races a season until he finally won a title in 2020, and ever since he’s been a solid 7th-10th best driver in the series after that. Larson at Ganassi had improved every season from 2015-2019, winning some races but proving he deserved a top ride, sat out most of 2020, and in 2021 comes in and dominates the season but since then maybe gets 2-3 wins a season. I know the next Gen drives a lot different from the Gen 6, so maybe we’ll see this trend break with Byron. I think overall, Larson is still the #1 guy pretty much fully on merit, Byron #2, Elliott #3, and Bowman as much as I like him he really needs some help over in the 48 car. He’s a nice guy, talented driver, but something just hasn’t been clicking with that team since his 2022 season the way it had in 2021 and most of 2022. A concussion and a back injury don’t help any but I hope he doesn’t end up having a similar end to his career as Steve Park, a talented prospect who’s career ended shortly due to injuries that hampered his abilities.
Honestly the Park way is a sad way to go for a driver
@@xavierjuno4572 it really is, he showed so much promise and honestly I feel like 2001 was supposed to be his breakout year. He won at Rockingham, had been in the top 10-15 in points, it’d been the best he’d run in cup in his career to that point and in the Busch series was even better in his starts there. I don’t think he would’ve ever been one of the sports legends by any means but I could see him having had a Greg Biffle/Ryan Newman like career, successful overall but up/down at times, it’s just a shame we never got to see his full potential.
You know it matters a lot about setups with the next gen so yeah Fugle & him click
Yes.
His problem is, if he doesnt win hes usally pretty pedestrian.
What do you mean pedestrian? He’s the most dominant driver in the NextGen era. He has the highest average finish, 7th in top 5s, 8th in top 10s, 1st in top 20s, has led the 3rd most laps, and has the 6th highest average start.
I do disagree with you I think Byron is the guy that’s gonna put up numbers like Gordon Johnson and Larson I think he’s gonna be the only guy that can do it in this car if we hadn’t switched cars he would still do it as his 2021 year was amazing he just didn’t start winning a lot until 2022
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Byron is a better winner than Larson. He’s just a smarter racer. Larson is more talented for sure as a pure driver, but Byron will end up with the better career. Keep in mind Larson is in his prime right now. Byron has a good 5 years before he hits his prime.
Yes Byron Is the better driver , he has more wins than his teammates !!
He spun out and had to drive back to the front in atlanta before the rain came. Wasnt all luck
Def gonna say Kyle is the one guy.
Larson ever so slightly is faster in my opinion but more mistake prone. So I think that gives Byron the advantage slightly
I still think it’s a toss up between him and Larson.
24Ever!
Byron = Larson >>>>> Elliott >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bowman
I see him and Larson tied for #1 - Nobody dominates races quite like KL, but whenever he's not dominating Byron is always somewhere in the picture. William is easily the most well-rounded and consistent out of all four of Hendrick's drivers. Sadly Chase and Bowman are a distant 3rd and 4th right now and that's not debatable.
Honestly this is the most logical answer I've seen so far, so thank you for typing this
William Byron is the real deal, he'll be legendary when its all said and done. He has raw talent like Kyle Larson ywt has the consistency of a Mark Martin imo
I'm not going to comment on Byron but the way things are going could chase Elliott try to get out of his contract cause he is stuck playing third fiddle
Elliott deserves better not 2nd fiddle treatment by 24/5 favoritism Motorsports
@@JJA1987 exactly I'm sure that if he could go somewhere like (I'm picking a random team that doesn't have a franchise driver) legacy motor club where he'd be the focus and flagship driver he'd win a ton of races
I honestly thought it was 5/9 favoritism seeing as he's the most popular driver paired with the most talented driver. But I guess entitlement affected him
Chase is Hendrick's cash cow. They want him to win. They're desperate for him to get it together. They're giving him great equipment. It's a driver issue. He said it himself on the Jr podcast.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Chase go somewhere else, Ford and the Elliott name. I wouldn't be too shocked if he drives for a Ford team or someone else scoops him up if he continues on this path. Right now, its too early to tell.
I think Byron and Larson are on the same level larson goes out and dominates races and ends up pushing too hard and wrecking Byron usually doesn’t make mistakes most of his bad finishes comes from bad luck or bad adjustments throughout the day usually he doesn’t dominate but he’s always there to capitalize
No one can deny the fact they are on the same level at this point most of the time now it’s Byron and Larson racing each other for wins I know people won’t agree with me but Byron has a higher ceiling in NASCAR Larson is really good but I think his peak was 2021 he hasn’t had a big year since Byron on the other hand is continuing to improve every year
I won’t deny Larson is definitely one of the best dirt racers and it helps him in NASCAR but Byron is a better stock car racer
Byron has 13 wins !!
Im a Larson guy.
My argument is that in a perfect car, I want William Byron. In a less than perfect car, I want Kyle Larson.
thats a damn good way to look at it
It’s 100% Byron. I think last year should’ve been clear he dethroned Larson as the top dog at HMS. This year he’s just proving a point.
Im not gonna discredit Larson but having races ruined by Hamlin and Chastain last year
I love Byron but come on bro
Byron is not better than Larson. Larson lost so many races last year due to bad luck whereas nearly all of Byron’s wins were luck based. And when it came down to the championship, it was Larson fighting Blaney for the title, not Byron
EXACTLY!!!! Larson is still the best of the best, the only one of the 4 that actually has a chance to replicate the glory days of Hendrick (1985-2017), and always gets screwed by whatever NASCAR throws at him, not to mention he was right up to Blaney last year and would have won it too had Blaney not cooled off before spinning out against Chastain
?? Larson was dumped in at least 3 races last year that he would have won otherwise, and is currently the season points leader. Is this such a narrow minded take
Hate to break it to all of you Larson stains but Larson is no longer the number 1 driver at HMS. It’s Byron‘s time now so get over it.
Just replace bowman and Elliott gets back winning and Hendricks could REALLY be unstoppable.
Nah Fire Gustafson - New blood on the pit box
Haha hendrick glaze
It is easy to see byron having 15 more seasons of 3 wins average.
Even 20 isn’t a stretch.
I Hope Byron Wins A Title This Year. #24!!!!
Byron is REALLY starting to come into what we all hoped he would be. Ive always thought he had big shoes to fill with taking on the 24, and thats maybe why he struggled at 1st(as well as Elliott struggled too) but once he got a taste of victory, he dont wanna give it up. Same way as gordon did in the 90s, even though Byron aint as dominant(right now at least) as gordon was
Larson still beat bryon at Texas, but anyways I think Larson is the best driver in Hendrick right now
Hell to the no. Larson is still top priority considering his impressive runs on every track out there. He's also the only legit champion of the team. Byron is only up there because he's carried by equipment and dumb luck, Bowman still has to play it safe, and Elliott needs to get it together
How is Byron only up there because of equipment and dumb luck if Larson is a legit champion? I see them being two similarly calibered drivers and it's just an interesting take I suppose
If we’re playing the “legit champion” game, Byron scored the most points of any driver last season despite getting a 60 point penalty, that Larson conveniently avoided, after Richmond.
As a Byron fan it’s not the clear #1 even tho I think he is the number 1.
William Byron is him!