via NASCAR.com<\/a>. \u201cI talked to Brad and got his opinion, and I really appreciate him talking to me because that helped just understand where he\u2019s coming from. But I just still feel like it was unnecessary for practice.\u201d<\/p>\nByron believed that Keselowski could have handled the situation better after the No. 24 team had to pull out a backup car.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would\u2019ve been more professional to just come talk to me about what was wrong, instead of tear up a race car and make my guys have to bring out a backup and have to work all the way through last night and show up early this morning and work even more,\u201d Byron said. \u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s the way to handle it, so that\u2019s the unnecessary part for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Saturday Byron will attempt to do what his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman did a week ago in Chicagoland, find victory lane.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t bother me because I\u2019m driving the car at the end of the day, and I still have an opportunity to do that and my team backs me,\u201d Byron said. \u201cThe confidence that comes from my team to know that they support me is all that I need. I think I\u2019ve said this other times, but I don\u2019t care to have him as a friend or anything, and I don\u2019t really need other people\u2019s approval. So I can still have a clean race car to go race on Saturday and hopefully win the race.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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