William Byron
NASCAR Cup Series Driver
2026 Season — NASCAR Cup Series
Through July 26, 2026 · 318 pts behind leader
Roles
- Driver — Hendrick Motorsports
Coverage (6 articles)
Allgaier Finally Wins at Pocono, the One Big Track That Kept Beating Him
Justin Allgaier finally won at Pocono, the one big track that kept beating him, surviving a wild three-wide final restart to take the MillerTech Battery 250 by .607 seconds. A two-laps-to-go shove from JR Motorsports teammate William Byron sealed his fifth win of 2026 and stretched his championship lead to 250 points over Jesse Love.
What to Watch and Who's Hot Heading Into Dover's First All-Star Race
What to watch and who's hot at Dover's first NASCAR All-Star Race Sunday — three segments, no Open, 17 drivers already locked into the final field, Shane van Gisbergen bringing the most recent Cup win into a venue that could not be less like a road course, and a Memorial Day pre-race ceremony with Bronze Star recipients as grand marshals.
The Monster Mile Gets Its Moment: Dover Hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the First Time
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time Sunday, May 17 — the first time in the event's 41-year history the race comes to the Northeast. John Speedway breaks down the full three-day weekend at the Monster Mile.
Dover Hosts the All-Star Race for the First Time. The Format Is the Story.
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time in the event's forty-one-year history this Sunday. The format is three segments, 75 / 75 / 200 laps, with no All-Star Open and a Pit Crew Challenge that doubles as Saturday qualifying. Seventeen drivers are already locked into the 26-driver final segment.
SVG Was Twenty-Nine Seconds Behind With Twenty-Four Laps Left. He Won by Seven.
Stephen Doran's pit box thought it was over. Twenty-four laps later, Shane van Gisbergen took the checkered flag at Watkins Glen by 7.288 seconds — his seventh career Cup win, every one of them on a road or street course.
JR Motorsports Runs Cars at Every Level of Stock Car Racing. That's Not an Accident.
JR Motorsports runs programs at every level of stock car racing — Late Models, O'Reilly Series, and selected Cup starts — all under one roof in Mooresville. The development pipeline has already produced three Cup-level champions. The system is the story.