Buddy Kofoid will make his NASCAR debut within the Tenting World Truck Collection grime race at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 16.
The 20-year-old Californian received the 2021 USAC Midget Nationwide championship with six victories along with 9 function wins within the Lucas Oil POWRi Nationwide Midget Collection. Kofoid made 10 late mannequin begins final season and completed third on the All-American 400 within the Professional Late Mannequin division at Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville.
“Getting the opportunity to race the best equipment in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a huge step in my career and I can’t thank Kyle Busch Motorsports, Mobil 1 and Toyota enough for giving me this chance,” Kofoid stated in a press launch. “To be making my Truck Series debut in such a unique event at an iconic venue like Bristol Motor Speedway is going to be really cool.”
Kofoid completed fourth within the A-main within the 2022 Chili Bowl Nationals and fended off Kyle Larson, the two-time defending champion of the race and reigning Cup champion, to win his qualifying race.
Kofoid has received two of first three occasions of the Lucas Oil POWRi Nationwide Midget schedule, together with Toyota’s four-hundredth nationwide grime midget win on March 25 at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma Metropolis. He sits second within the USAC Midget Nationwide championship standings after 4 occasions.
In his first NASCAR begin, Kofoid will pilot the identical chassis that Martin Truex Jr. drove to steer 105 laps and win final yr’s inaugural Truck race on Bristol’s grime. Crew chief Mardy Lindley, who additionally referred to as the pictures for Truex in 2021, will probably be again atop the field this season. KBM additionally received twice at Eldora Speedway with Bubba Wallace (2014) and Christopher Bell (2015).
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