NASCAR K&N Pro Series East points leader William Byron is starting to feel the pressure from his HScott teammate Scott Heckert. After his win at New York’s Watkins Glen International, Heckert is only 14 points behind the Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender.
This could be the 17-year-old’s weekend to drive away from the field and solidify his lead in the standings.
The UPMC Health Plan 150 is the K&N East’s inaugural race at Pennsylvania’s Motordrome Speedway. The .4-mile semi-banked oval is similar, but not identical, to Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway and North Carolina’s Greenville Pickens Speedway.
The Charlotte, N.C., rookie earned his first K&N Pro Series East win at Greenville Pickens in April after leading all 152 laps.
Don’t count out the rest of the competition who are desperate to close the gap in the standings. Austin Hill, currently third, has proven he can succeed on a similar track in February when he won the season kick-off at New Smyrna and finished fourth at Greenville in April.
Byron’s fellow rookie and HScott teammate, Dalton Sargeant, has also proven he has what it takes to be competitive on this style track. He finished second and third at New Smyrna and Greenville, respectively.
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