William Byron arrives in style to WWE Raw after Daytona 500 victory

William Byron is making the rounds following his victory in Sunday’s Daytona 500 and that led him to WWE’s “Monday Night Raw” at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.

Byron, who claimed his second consecutive win in the Great American Race, pulled up to Monday’s show inside his No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet — but he didn’t come alone. Joining Byron was WWE superstar AJ Styles, who will later face “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio. Styles presented Byron with a custom WWE Championship title as the two walked into the arena together.

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— WWE (@WWE) February 18, 2025

Hendrick Motorsports’ headquarters is located in Charlotte, so of course, it made sense for Byron to appear on the show. NASCAR surely has to love the publicity, as “Raw” is streamed live on Netflix for fans all across the world to watch.

And who knows, the night is still young — perhaps if Styles needs any help fending off Mysterio and The Judgment Day, Byron can be there to save the day.

William Byron claims second consecutive Daytona 500 victory

To think, none of this seemed possible for Byron less than 24 hours ago or even on the final lap of overtime. Then, Byron was riding along in seventh and didn’t appear to have much of a shot at winning. But then, Cole Custer went for it. Custer went to the outside of race leader Denny Hamlin and made contact with him, triggering a multi-car wreck. The seas parted for Byron, who escaped through the carnage to take the checkered flag.

“I’m in less shock about it now than I was then,” Byron told Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports after seeing a replay of the wreck. “When I got a chance to watch it, it made a lot more sense in my head of kind of what happened. Then seeing the in-car camera, because I had an in-car and seeing that posted online. So, yeah, it was pretty awesome. Obviously, I made the move to go to the third lane and just expecting to get a run off of [Turn] 4 and then to see the crash and kind of be right up against the wall and get through it was good timing, for sure.

“But the way it all played out, I was in the gas and kind of going forward with momentum and that really propelled me past it. Honestly, I think if I had checked up, I think [Tyler] Reddick would have got to me and probably passed me. So, the fact that we had forward momentum going it was like perfect scenario we were almost clearing the wreck as it was happening.”