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LONG POND &#8212; NASCAR Camping World Truck Series rookie William Byron learned Pocono Raceway quick.After running the 200-mile ARCA race in June, Byron entered Pocono with the points lead and put on a dominant performance in winning Saturday&#8217;s Pocono Mountains 150.Byron led 44 of the race&#8217;s 60 laps and checked out from the field for his fifth Truck Series victory of 2016.&#8220;This is the credit to this team,&#8221; Byron said. &#8220;This team is a great group of guys, Rudy Fugle leads them all. The pit crew is great. We just have good chemistry; we showed up to do our job and I just love being here. These things don&#8217;t come easy at all so it&#8217;s a good thing when you get one.&#8221;The 18-year-old driver dealt with nine cautions during Saturday&#8217;s race in which almost half of the event was run under yellow. Byron&#8217;s fifth win sets a record as the most wins by a rookie driver in Trucks breaking the mark of Kurt Busch&#8217;s four victories in 2000.&#8220;I think our team is really in good position for that and we&#8217;ve been just so laser-focused on what we&#8217;re doing right now,&#8221; Byron said. &#8220;Nothing from the outside&#8217;s throwing us off our game and last week was a struggle. I was just ready to get back on asphalt and try to get back to something that I&#8217;m used to. Just a credit to this team to come back like this and get a win.&#8221;Cameron Hayley tied his best-career finish with a runner-up at Pocono making it two top-five finishes at the Tricky Triangle. Hayley fought off late-race charges from Red Horse Racing teammates Brett Moffitt and Timothy Peters for the strong result.&#8220;Would&#8217;ve like to get the win, but that 9 was fast,&#8221; Hayley said. &#8220;He would just drive away. We ran out coming in and he had enough for burnouts, so they&#8217;re doing something. Overall, great run for our Cabinets by Hayley Toyota Tundra. After the fire a month ago, to come back and run this strong in July is awesome.&#8221;The run comes a week after the 20-year-old celebrated both his birthday and the birth of his daughter Blakely.Moffitt made it a 1-2-3 Toyota sweep in second Truck Series start of this season. The 2015 Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year battled back in the closing laps to capture the third-place run.&#8220;We were in the back a lot,&#8221; Moffitt said. &#8220;If you told me we were third yesterday, we wouldn&#8217;t believe you. We were struggling with this truck. Everyone at Red Horse [Racing] worked really hard late in the night last night and back at it early again this morning. Scott and all he guys made it a really fast truck and at the beginning of the race, we didn&#8217;t make a single adjustment.&#8220;We spent a lot of time in the back, but Scott nailed the strategy just right when our last pit stop was and paid off big,&#8221; he said.It is also the second straight top-five finish for the No. 11 team after Jake Griffin wheeled the machine to a fourth-place finish at Eldora Speedway a week-and-a-half ago.With the win, Byron continues to lead the points and hold the top seed for the inaugural Truck Series playoff Chase that begins in September at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.<style>
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<div class="neCaption">William Bryon celebrates his fifth win of the 2016 season after taking the NASCAR truck series Pocono Mountains 150 Saturday in Long Pond, Pa. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/web1_Bryon-TrucksWIN-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>William Bryon celebrates his fifth win of the 2016 season after taking the NASCAR truck series Pocono Mountains 150 Saturday in Long Pond, Pa. </caption0><photoCredit0>Mel Evans | AP photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Kyle MagdaFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>NASCAR Camping World TruckPocono Mountains 150 ResultsSaturdayAt Pocono RacewayLong PondLap length: 2.500 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (1) William Byron, Toyota, 60 laps, 149.7 rating, 37 points.2. (10) Cameron Hayley, Toyota, 60, 117.7, 31.3. (15) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 60, 99.0, 30.4. (7) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 60, 114.6, 30.5. (16) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 60, 89.8, 28.6. (17) Rico Abreu, Toyota, 60, 94.2, 27.7. (9) Ben Kennedy, Chevrolet, 60, 105.3, 26.8. (11) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 60, 85.2, 25.9. (2) John Hunter Nemechek, Chevrolet, 60, 92.8, 24.10. (5) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 60, 80.4, 23.11. (3) Ben Rhodes, Toyota, 60, 92.3, 22.12. (20) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 60, 90.3, 21.13. (8) Cody Coughlin, Toyota, 60, 74.7, 20.14. (18) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 60, 69.7, 19.15. (12) Spencer Gallagher, Chevrolet, 60, 84.1, 19.16. (30) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 60, 58.2, 17.17. (23) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, 60, 57.3, 16.18. (22) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 60, 53.3, 0.19. (25) Kyle Martel, RAM, 60, 51.1, 14.20. (29) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 60, 45.3, 0.21. (26) Todd Peck, Chevrolet, 60, 42.8, 0.22. (14) Daniel Hemric, Ford, 60, 56.2, 11.23. (27) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 60, 40.5, 10.24. (19) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 59, 56.5, 9.25. (21) Austin Wayne Self, Toyota, 56, 55.5, 8.26. (4) Tyler Reddick, Ford, accident, 28, 56.7, 7.27. (24) Carlos Contreras, Chevrolet, electrical, 22, 39.0, 6.28. (31) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, brakes, 20, 30.7, 5.29. (13) John Wes Townley, Toyota, accident, 16, 51.3, 4.30. (28) Sean Corr, Chevrolet, brakes, 5, 28.7, 0.31. (6) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, accident, 1, 24.7, 2.32. (32) Caleb Roark, Chevrolet, engine, 0, 26.5, 1.</factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports.</shirttailMeta></div>

Rookie William Byron rolls in Pocono Truck Race