NEWTON, Iowa -- Eight starts into his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career and William Byron is already a two-time winner.
The 18-year-old has gone to Victory Lane in 25 percent of his starts, with the most recent win coming last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. That win puts him in company with Matt Crafton as the only two-time winners in the series through seven races. Four series regulars have tallied wins this year.
With nine races to go before the field for the inaugural Camping World Truck Series Chase, having two wins helps give Byron a leg up on claiming one of the eight postseason spots by regular season's end at Chicagoland Speedway in September. With that advantage, Byron and the No. 9 Kyle Busch Motorsports team can adopt a little different mindset.
"I haven't really thought about the Chase honestly before we got that second win because I didn't want to think about the potential that there would be eight different winners or more," Byron said Friday at Iowa Speedway.
"So, it's good to have that win and be able to focus on what we can do to try and win more races. I think our race team is always looked at as just trying to do the best we can each week, and as a rookie that's your goal, is just to try and get the best finish you can each time.
"We haven't been able to try a lot of different things but now, with having two wins, there's more confidence that comes with that and we can go out and try to accomplish some more things."
Saturday night's Speediatrics 200 (8:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) brings Byron to the site of one of his four NASCAR K&N Pro Series East wins in 2015 en route to his championship in that series.
Byron expects the familiarity -- even though it was in a different series -- to help him.
"When I came here the first time, coming to Iowa was the biggest track I'd ever been to, so I now have a few mile-and-a-halves and Daytona to lean on -- and Pocono -- places that are really big race tracks for us," Byron said.
"It's a big help to understand the race track and have a feel for what we need in the race car. Even though they're totally different vehicles there's still a lot that can apply and hopefully I can apply that and get a win this weekend."