JR Motorsports general
manager Kelley Earnhardt Miller announced today that Kasey Kahne will drive
the No. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet in the upcoming NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 15.
A veteran driver with 29
victories across NASCAR’s top-three series, Kahne will make his first NCWTS
start since winning at Rockingham Speedway in 2012. The Charlotte event compliments
the 10-race schedule the No. 00 Haas Automation team will run with its primary
driver, 17-year-old Cole Custer, announced earlier this year.
“Getting Kasey behind the
wheel of the No. 00 is going to be a true asset for the team and Cole,” said
Earnhardt Miller. “With Cole’s age, he’s not eligible to compete on some of the
bigger tracks, so we had to limit the schedule based on that fact. This
opportunity to have Kasey in the truck will help the team evaluate our program
on an intermediate track. And Kasey’s stats in that series really speak
to his talent.”
In five NCWTS starts, Kahne
has won four times --twice at Darlington Raceway and once at both Homestead-Miami
Speedway and Rockingham -- and never finished worse than second. Along
with an average finish of 1.2, he has led 307 of 686 career laps.
“I’m looking forward to
running the truck race at Charlotte for JR Motorsports,” said Kahne.
“They had a fast truck in the Martinsville race and have a great program going
over there. Thanks to Kelley, Dale Jr. and Gene Haas for putting this deal together.
I haven’t been in a truck race in a long time, but I always enjoy racing in
that series.”
Custer, the youngest race
winner in NASCAR national touring series history, made JRM’s NCWTS debut
earlier this year at Martinsville Speedway. He will return to the seat of
the No. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet for the May 29 race at Dover International
Speedway and in eight other NCWTS events in 2015.
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