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| JR Fitzpatrick |
Canadian J.R.
Fitzpatrick has signed with Stacy Compton’s Turn One Racing to run the full
2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule, and could also make his first career
Sprint Cup Series event on the road course at Watkins Glen International later
this year.
Fitzpatrick told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio’s SiriusXM Speedway with Dave Moody that
he will drive the No. 60 Chevrolet
Silverado this season, replacing Cole Whitt, who left to take a full-time
NASCAR Nationwide Series ride with JR Motorsports during the off-season. Whitt
led the Truck Series points last season before eventually fading to ninth in
the final rundown.
“I know this sounds pretty sudden, and it is,”
said Fitzpatrick. “But my management group has been holding conversations with
Turn One Racing for over a year. They’ve got really nice stuff and Stacy is a
great team owner. Talks heated up a couple of weeks ago, and now we’ve agreed to
race together for the whole year.”
Fitzpatrick confirmed that he will also compete in the NASCAR
Canadian Tire Series this season, saying that while he
may have “a couple of (scheduling) to be filled here and there, the Truck Series
will definitely take precedence, I’ve spent a lot of time in the Canadian Tire Series
and only gotten a few shots at a big-time ride in the States.”
He declined to comment on sponsorship, saying,
there are “a few groups we’re working on, but nothing to announce yet.”
The 2006 CASCAR
Super Series (now NASCAR Canadian Tire Series) champion, Fitzpatrick has 28
career starts in the NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series, and finished
a career-best fifth on the road course at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal
last season for Go Canada Racing. He will make his first career Sprint Cup appearance
at Watkins Glen.
Excellent news for J.R.! He will have an entire country rooting him on.
ReplyDelete@JARED_Ammouncer
I still do not understand why all these teams aren't signing the gunslinger?
ReplyDeleteGood luck JR. Hope this is the big break that you need to get it going.
ReplyDeletehe wont make it. hes the rowdy busch of canada. like nascar needs another one
ReplyDeleteare you kidding me the Rowdy Busch of Canada. The boy has some talent, and will probably show it this year for sure starting at Daytona.
ReplyDeleteRowdy?..And how well do you know him....apparently not well enuff..JR is a stand up guy who has the same if not more passion than any other driver...He has respect, and is driven...dont be a hater!!...Go get em JR...We're all rootin ya here in Cambridge, Ontario!!!
ReplyDeleteHopefully Ranger will be next, go get'em JR
ReplyDeleteHe will make it. JR is a mature driver that doesn't get rattled. Professional, and well rounded.
ReplyDeleteFollow him @J_R_Fitzpatrick
@JARED_Announcer
The kid can drive! Good luck and just show them what you can do!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Nascar doesn't need another "rowdy Busch". Kid gets rattled easily. Hell be a nobody within a year!
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