Q. Was there anything different on the run, William, with the tire?
WILLIAM BYRON: I don't know all the details. Yeah, I'm just super bummed that it was a caution obviously. I hate that. Hate it for Denny. I hate it for the 11 team.
I'm happy for Kyle, for Mr. Hendrick, they deserve it. Yeah, it stinks, right? I don't know, three laps to go, I'm thinking, Let me get to the end. I felt something funny off of two, thought it might be a flat. I thought at the time if it's left rear, you can kind of get back. It just went straight into three. Laid down on the right rear, went straight.
I hate that.
Yeah, just felt like a passenger at that point. Proud of the team. We had a good day going, had a shot to win it there. Just didn't quite have enough.
Yeah, just regroup, go to next year, I guess.
Q. Can you describe the fight that this team had in the latter rounds of this Playoffs.
WILLIAM BYRON: Yeah, we brought our best towards the end of the Playoffs, for sure. The win last week was great. Today was really good, too. I thought we were kind of right there, but not quite enough.
Just thanks to Axalta and Chevrolet, all our partners. It's been an awesome year. Wish we could have finished it off better. We'll get going for next year, take some much-needed time off.
I mean, Denny was on his way to it. I hate that. There's a lot of respect there. I obviously do not want to cause a caution. If I had known what tire it was, known that a tire was going down before I got to the corner, I would have done something different.
Yeah, you just feel like a passenger, it sucks.
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