{"id":48416,"date":"2025-08-06T02:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T02:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/48416\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T02:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T02:11:08","slug":"nascar-2025-hendrick-motorsports-star-reveals-shock-factor-behind-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/48416\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR 2025: Hendrick Motorsports star reveals shock factor behind success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh off the back of his Cup Series win at Iowa Speedway on Sunday, Hendrick Motorsports star William Byron<\/a> has credited some of his NASCAR <\/a>success to a surprising factor. <\/p>\n

\nByron was able to put on a stellar fuel-saving display to win the Iowa Corn 350<\/a> on Sunday, holding off the likes of Chase Briscoe, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney hunting him down from behind. <\/p>\n

\nByron has now won in all three national NASCAR series at Iowa Speedway, with Truck Series success in 2016 and an Xfinity Series win in 2017 preceding his victory on Sunday. <\/p>\n

\nGoing even further back, Byron has even won at the track in the K&N Pro Series East, and the Hendrick Motorsports star believes it could be his time spent virtual racing that has made it such a strong place for him to go to. <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: NASCAR Cup Series star set to drive for new team as official statement released<\/a> <\/p>\n

Byron credits iRacing for NASCAR success<\/p>\n

\nSpeaking to the media after Sunday’s race, Byron suggested that his time iRacing has contributed to his success at Iowa, as well as other tracks. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cThere\u2019s certain tracks I\u2019ve had a lot of success on,\u201d Byron explained. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe funny backstory with this place [Iowa Speedway], and kind of Pocono ropes into that as well, is when I was a kid, the iRacing schedule would always line up with the racetracks in the summer, and that\u2019s when I\u2019d have the most time to iRace, [it] was in the summer. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cI would race this track a ton on iRacing. So I feel like that\u2019s why it\u2019s been a good track for me [in real life], is I just have thousands of laps kind of in my head of how the rhythm of this place goes. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cAnd even with repaves and everything, I feel like I just spent so much time as a 14-year-old, 13-year-old just racing on iRacing on Iowa and Pocono. I feel like those tracks in the summer, it honestly lines up pretty good. Those are usually our fastest tracks.\u201d <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: NASCAR Cup Series star puts family first as retirement decision confirmed<\/a> <\/p>\n

What is iRacing?<\/p>\n

\niRacing is a virtual racing simulator\/platform that allows users to race against others worldwide in a variety of virtual racing series. <\/p>\n

\nAccording to their official website: “iRacing puts you in the driver\u2019s seat by allowing members to experience today\u2019s newest form of competitive motorsport: virtual racing. <\/p>\n

\n“iRacing is a fun, inexpensive and highly-competitive way for race fans and gamers to break a sweat by braking hard at the apex, while overcoming head-to-head racing challenges usually reserved for professional racers.” <\/p>\n

\nNASCAR has a significant presence on iRacing, with the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series feature on the platform, among a host of other stock car racing content. <\/p>\n

\niRacing will also produce the new NASCAR 25 game set to be released this fall. <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: NASCAR announce penalty for Joe Gibbs Racing at Iowa<\/a><\/p>\n

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