NASCAR CUP SERIES: PENNZOIL 400 PRESENTED BY JIFFY LUBE

March 15, 2026

William Byron

Pit Lane Interview

Q. William Byron, I thought it was going to be a battle between you and your teammate. What happened on that last run? You were so strong.

WILLIAM BYRON: Yeah, I thought we were in a pretty good restart lane. Everything went well. I got super loose into three, got in a bad spot. I hate that because I feel like it hurt my tires, heated them up. It was hard to make ground up after that.

This is a good run for us. The Raptor Chevrolet team was really good today. I just feel like this is more what we're accustomed to. Proud to see that effort, everyone back at the shop working hard on the new body, kind of getting everything dialed in.

Hopefully we can put more runs together like this and keep stringing them up.

Q. Tomorrow you and two other drivers will stay for the test. What goes into that test when you get to turn more laps around a place?

WILLIAM BYRON: It's a lot of laps, but it's a familiar place. For us drivers, we don't mind it. You get to try a lot of different stuff, stuff inside the car, comforts that you really don't get a chance to.

Definitely happy to do the test. Hopefully we can learn a ton. The last time we tested, I can't remember the track. But we came up with a lot of information that helped us a ton. Hopefully we can use that information tomorrow and help our mile-and-a-half program throughout the year because obviously the 11 was really strong today, and all the Toyotas. Still got work to do.