“I really didn’t think we had a shot”

The triple winner of the Dayton 500 Jeff Gordon expressed his excitement and surprise about William Byron’s unexpected victory at Dayton International Speedway. Driver no.February 16th.

It was a surprise victory for Gordon because Byron was not in sports to win; Not only that, he wasn’t in the top five. However, Cole Custer and Chase Briscoe’s contact has launched a collision with a number of cars that opened an opportunity for driver #24. Byron, who was ninth at the time of contact, completely used it and fled the chaos, holding Tyler Reddick to earn an iconic race of 500 miles.

After winning, Jeff Gordon He admitted that at first, Byron did not see as a candidate, focusing on Alex Bowman, who ran in fourth position in the race before Custer’s wreck. Since chaos took place in the last round, Gordon was shocked and excited when he saw that #24 appeared as a leader.

In an interview with Radio Siriusxm Nascar about the Byron’s victory of the Dayton 500, here’s what HMS Vice President said:

“Victory never gets old, especially in daytoni, and I think this is just such a surprise or shock. Dayton is always unpredictable, isn’t it? And never knows, but I really didn’t think we were still shooting him. Bowman was there the position to the end;

“And I didn’t even understand where William happened because it happens so much, and when the two began to collapse, I saw that red blurring passed, and I was like that, did I pass? And then the next corner of the Axalta camera #24 , and William led the race, and I was only in shock.

William Byron is now the fifth driver who won the “big American race” and the first of Denny Hamlina, who won in 2019 and 2020.

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Jeff Gordon on HMS’s milestone victory in Daytoni

Victory 2025. The Dayton 500 was particularly special as it marked a record 10. Dayton 500 Victory Hendrick Motorsports, which Rick Hendrick stands out as a winning team owner in the race history.

In the same interview, Jeff Gordon admitted how special this achievement is, and at the same time celebrates other mode with 24 HMS Dayton 500 win.

“Rick and I have talked earlier about how special would be to win 10, you know, and he has now achieved that the most dayton is the 500 victories by the owner and that this is really special, but also to see William and Rudy and Rudy The entire Axalta team returned to Victor Lane Back-to-back-to-back Dayton 500s is a pretty incredible day, “he said.

Three of 10 HMS’s victories of Dayton came with Jeff Gordon in 1997, 1999 and 2005.