“This feeling doesn’t get old.” Rick Hendrick said with pride when William Byron won his second Daytona 500 this season. Byron’s back-to-back wins there since last year have made him a rising force in the garage and among his fans. It isn’t just any ordinary win; never has been. Daytona 500 is the “Super Bowl” of racing, as Hendrick calls it, and even winning the race brings its own set of pressures with it.

But Byron’s recent Martinsville win proved he is someone who can deliver when it’s needed the most, as his championship stakes depended on it. But Hendrick believes that winning the Daytona 500 has an important part to play in this, as it raises the standard for any driver. Because winning it isn’t the end, it’s actually the beginning.

With a Daytona win comes greater responsibility

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