It was a week of praise and celebration for last week’s Daytona 500 winner, Hendrick Motorsports William Byron. After becoming only the fifth driver in the race’s 67-year history to win back-to-back 500s, Byron was whisked off on a nationwide media tour that included stops in New York City, at The Weather Channel, a WWE event and the opportunity to turn donuts in his Chevrolet in the outfield of the Atlanta Braves Truist Park stadium leading into this week’s race.
“Yeah, that was pretty fun,” Byron smiled of the Braves’ burnouts.
“Yeah, I mean I got to do a lot more than I feel like last year, especially with the circumstances of last year’s race being on a Monday. So for us, Monday Night RAW was a really fun, unique, experience. I had never been to a wrestling match, so I really enjoyed that, honestly. And then obviously going to New York and then we were here yesterday doing a bunch of stuff with the Braves, the Weather Channel and CNN. It was cool. It’s been a crazy week, but that’s what you want. You don’t think about all that stuff when you’re trying to win the race. I think it’s cool that we won. It’s cool that we got the chance to really go and do some fun stuff.”
He capped the week off by speaking with TMZ about an internet prank that made it look like he was celebrating his second straight Daytona 500 win by flirting with actress, singer, and songwriter Sabrina Carpenter.
“They do a really good job with Photoshop nowadays,” Byron told TMZ with a laugh. “It was a good parody account—kind of like that NBA Centel account. They did a good job.”
Byron even played along, suggesting, “Maybe we can get her out to a race or something. That would be great. Or I can get to a show. That would be fun.”
On Saturday, he was asked if he’d heard from her yet.
(Laughs) “That’s a good one,” he said Saturday at Atlanta. “No… but it was fun to play along. We’ll see where it goes.”
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