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William Byron to run Martinsville Truck race for Spire Motorsports

William Byron to run Martinsville Truck race for Spire Motorsports

Byron, one of three different Hendrick Motorsports drivers to win in the Cup season’s first five races, will compete in Thursday night’s Truck Series race at Martinsville.

Byron, 24, will drive the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports and will make his 26th career start in the series and just second since the 2016 season.

Byron is the second HMS driver to take the wheel of Spire’s Truck this season. Teammate Alex Bowman drove the Truck in the March 26 race at Circuit of the Americas.

In two previous Truck starts at Martinsville – both coming in 2016 – Byron finished third and eighth.

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“I’m really excited to get in Spire’s truck this week at Martinsville,” said Byron. “Even though it’s been a couple years since I was in a truck at Martinsville, I had good runs before with a couple top-10 finishes.”

“I’m excited to see how things have changed since that time. Plus, any more track time at Martinsville is always good since it’s such a…

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