Hillman Racing today announced that Cole Whitt will drive the
No. 27 Hillman Racing entry this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. Whitt, the
21-year-old development driver for the Dale Earnhardt Jr.-owned JR Motorsports
in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, will pilot the No. 27 www.LittleJoesAutos.com
Chevrolet Silverado in Saturday’s Fred’s 250. Whitt
enters the weekend event with 26 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts to
his credit, in addition to 31 NASCAR Nationwide Series and six NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series starts.
Whitt, who will make his first start for Hillman Racing, also
will compete in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega in the No.
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Chevrolet Impala for Circle Sport. In 25 truck
series starts in 2011, Whitt recorded 11 top-10s with a season’s-best
second-place finish at Dover in addition to a pole at Darlington. Whitt returns
to truck series at Talladega behind the wheel of a proven winner, piloting
chassis MHR-004. This is the same truck that Ward Burton drove to an eighth-place
finish in the season-opening event at Daytona and has visited Victory Lane on
four separate occasions: Daytona (2008 & 2009); Talladega (2007 &
2008). Veteran crew chief Jason Overstreet has also joined the organization to
help call the shots this weekend.
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