William Byron beat the rest of the playoff field with a second-place finish at Kansas Speedway, and the No. 24 pilot isn't worried about the chatter. Byron discusses his team's day at the track.
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00:00And William Byron comes home in the runner-up position.
00:02It looks like you were chasing down Ross Chastain, just needed a little bit more.
00:06What would have made the difference there at the end?
00:08Yeah, I mean, just clean air.
00:10You know, I feel like he got the restart he needed to, and I was in the second row just
00:15trying to clear those guys.
00:16And once I got clear of them, my balance is okay.
00:19Just a little bit tight, but just, you know, kind of inching up on him.
00:22I needed probably, you know, for it to be a longer run, be in second.
00:26But damn it, I wanted that one really bad.
00:28It just sucks, man.
00:30You're so close, and you know, going to Talladega, you know what that is.
00:33So it just sucks, but, you know, proud of the effort.
00:37Brought an awesome car.
00:38Proud of all my guys.
00:39You know, they've been working their tails off, and we've gotten a lot of BS over the
00:43summer from the outside.
00:44And just, I know how good this team is, and I know what we're capable of.
00:48So this is a great day to build on.
00:50Thanks to Valvoline.
00:51Thanks to all of our partners.
00:52Raptor, Exalta, Liberty.
00:53Looking forward to Talladega.
00:54You know, we're usually good there, and we'll just see how that goes.
00:58As you talk about what this team can do, you were the highest points earner today.
01:02Won a stage, finished runner-up.
01:03Was this a statement to the field?
01:05Yeah, it's just what we can do.
01:07So we just know how important these tracks are, and we're excited to keep building and
01:12just keep putting weeks together like this.
01:15You know, we got off a little bit at times during the race, but we were able to get it
01:18back, and just proud of that.
01:20We have work to do, but proud of the effort today.
01:23It was really good.