New track.
No problem.
William Byron has yet to visit an oval twice in his brief, eight-race NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career. Although inexperienced, the quick study has piloted his Toyota Tundra to two wins this season, including his latest visit to Victory Lane at Texas Motor Speedway last Friday.
On Saturday, Byron gets to bullet around some familiar scenery in the Speediatrics 200 at Iowa Speedway (8:30 p.m. ET on FS1) – a track where he won on his way to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship last season.
“I think our strong suit this year has been going to different tracks and being able to adapt quickly, so going to a track I’ve been to before is going to help us get up to speed a lot faster and be able to work on the truck even more,” Byron said. “I think it’s going to help us overall and help us be a little better for the beginning of the race. In the races we’ve won I feel like our truck was the best at the end of the race, so hopefully this weekend we can start the race as well as we finish.”
The NASCAR Next alum has exceeded his own expectations in his first full truck series season, registering three top fives and four top 10s in addition to his two wins. Byron ranks third in the points standings and leads the Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings. He has also already captured a berth in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase playoffs by virtue of his victories.
“I was expecting Iowa to be the first place I might get a win just because it is a short track and a place I have been to before,” Byron said. “To get two wins on two 1.5-mile tracks where I didn’t have any experience at all was a surprise. That was the biggest learning curve so far this season, so it’s definitely exciting to have those finishes and I’m ready to try and get more wins this year.”
Source: NASCAR Wire Service
