The record for youngest Texas winner fell for the second consecutive race after William Byron darted by Matt Crafton with five laps remaining to win the Rattlesnake 400 at Texas Motor Speedway last Friday.
Byron, 18 years, 6 months, 12 days old, surpassed last November’s winner Erik Jones (19 years, 5 months, 7 days) as the most youthful race winner at the 1.5-track.
The win marks Byron’s second of the season (tied with Matt Crafton for the series lead) and vaults him to third in the points standings (23 markers below Crafton).
In addition to his two victories, Byron has three top fives and four top 10s. The Charlotte native ranks second among full-time drivers in an abundance of loop data categories, including: average running position (8.2), driver rating (104.1), fastest laps (100) and laps led (133).
Byron and the rest of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series head next to Iowa Speedway for Saturday’s Speediatrics 200 (8 p.m. ET on FS1). Byron won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race there last May.
"We expected to run top 10 or top five early in the season while William adjusted to the trucks and new tracks, but holy cow, two wins in the first seven races is pretty amazing,” said Byron’s crew chief Rudy Fugle. “Kansas was a lot of speed and he had to do a good job. We almost lost it there on the last restart, but he got it back. At Texas he went out and earned it. We were decent and kept getting the truck a little better, but we weren't perfect. He found the top groove, he decided to move around, he stood on the pedal there at the end and made it happen."
From Jayski.
Byron, 18 years, 6 months, 12 days old, surpassed last November’s winner Erik Jones (19 years, 5 months, 7 days) as the most youthful race winner at the 1.5-track.
The win marks Byron’s second of the season (tied with Matt Crafton for the series lead) and vaults him to third in the points standings (23 markers below Crafton).
In addition to his two victories, Byron has three top fives and four top 10s. The Charlotte native ranks second among full-time drivers in an abundance of loop data categories, including: average running position (8.2), driver rating (104.1), fastest laps (100) and laps led (133).
Byron and the rest of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series head next to Iowa Speedway for Saturday’s Speediatrics 200 (8 p.m. ET on FS1). Byron won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race there last May.
"We expected to run top 10 or top five early in the season while William adjusted to the trucks and new tracks, but holy cow, two wins in the first seven races is pretty amazing,” said Byron’s crew chief Rudy Fugle. “Kansas was a lot of speed and he had to do a good job. We almost lost it there on the last restart, but he got it back. At Texas he went out and earned it. We were decent and kept getting the truck a little better, but we weren't perfect. He found the top groove, he decided to move around, he stood on the pedal there at the end and made it happen."
From Jayski.
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