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William Byron's race at the Brickyard 400 came to a premature end after the Hendrick Motorsports driver suffered a multi-car crash at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Byron fell victim to the hard crash triggered by Ryan Preece and retired from the much-awaited race at Indianapolis.
The #24 driver took multiple hard hits on the backstretch, lost control of his car, and slammed the wall at high speed on Lap 74. Notably, AJ Allmendinger in his #16 was also involved in the crash.
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It all started when Chase Briscoe reportedly had to slow down and downshift while exiting turn 2. In doing so, he drifted on the track and took William Byron with him, who was side-by-side with Harrison Burton and Ryan Preece.
As Preece wanted to go for the gap, he nudged Byron's #24 into the wall. After hitting the wall to his right, the Hendrick Motorsports driver lost control of his Chevrolet, and cut across the field to slam against the wall on his left. In doing so, he took Allmendinger with him.
Byron, Allmendinger, and Burton all retired from the race following the collision. The medical team in the infield care center evaluated the three drivers but released them safe and sound.
William Byron failed to replicate the Hendrick Motorsports feat following his DNF
Back in 1994 in NASCAR's debut race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Jeff Gordon in his #24 Chevrolet won the Brickyard 400 race. He followed up the tradition 10 years later, when he once again came out victorious in 2004 on the same track.
In 2014, the then Hendrick Motorsports driver Gordon yet again won the race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, making it three wins in 30 years. Besides this, he also won at this track in 1998 and 2001.
However, coming into 2024, William Byron's DNF at the Brickyard 400 meant that he was unable to replicate Hendrick Motorsports' celebrated feat.
William Byron started the race in 4th place. But the unfortunate collision on Lap 74 denied him and Hendrick Motorsports the chance to win in 2024 and continue their decade-long tradition.
