William Byron Eager for First Short-Track Race of the Season

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Obviously William Byron wants to run well everywhere he races, but a strong showing at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway would mean a lot to the 18-year-old rookie. After having a month to think about falling out of the Atlanta race early due to engine trouble while running in second place, Byron looks to put that behind him and focus on running up front and finishing there this weekend.

Byron has one prior start at the half-mile track in a Late Model race in 2014. In only his second year of racing, he qualified 11th out of 80 entries, but finished 18th after getting caught in a wreck during the race. For this trip to Martinsville he won’t have to worry about competing against 80 other drivers, but for the first time he will be competing against his owner and teammate, Kyle Busch. Byron is looking forward to racing with and against Busch this weekend. He plans to learn everything he can from Busch’s knowledge and experience at the “Paperclip.”

Byron has another reason to finish up front on Saturday. His primary sponsor, Liberty University, is located just 80 miles northeast of Martinsville in Lynchburg, Va. He spoke at the Liberty University Convocation with over 13,000 students in attendance and thousands more watching online and on television, it is North America’s largest weekly gathering of Christian students. He talked about how he started racing and encouraged them to attend the Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday. He hopes to have a large cheering section of students in the grandstands, who will also be his peers in the fall when he plans to live on campus as a freshman.

While he may have been a bit nervous speaking in front of such a large group of people last week, he’s not worried about nerves this weekend. Byron is ready to be back in the driver’s seat of his No. 9 Tundra to get the solid finish which has eluded him so far this season.

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