Turn One Racing announced that the 2006 CASCAR Super Series Champion J.R. Fitzpatrick has been named driver of the No. 60 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for the 2012 season.
Fitzpatrick replaces Cole Whitt, who finished ninth in the series standings last year and has since moved on to compete full-time at JR Motorsports.
“I am so pumped to be getting this chance to race with Turn One Racing,” said J.R. Fitpatrick.
“I love the Truck Series and the guys here seem really cool so it feels like a good place for me to be right now. The fact that I get a chance to put an entire season together in the same series and with the same group is really going to help my NASCAR career. I have had good runs before, I actually led the most laps and finished fourth in my first Daytona start and I also have some top-5's in the Nationwide Series but for me to be able to go to the track every week is going to be huge.”
The press release says that the 23 year-old native of Cambridge, Ontario was the youngest driver to ever win the CASCAR Super Series Championship; an accomplishment he achieved at the age of 18 after recording one win, five podium finishes and two pole awards.
Since then, the young Canadian has accumulated 14 career starts in both the NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series'. His best finish overall came in the 2009 NextEra Energy Resources 250 Truck Series race at Daytona, where he finished fourth after leading 17 laps in his debut at a restrictor plate track.
Fitzpatrick replaces Cole Whitt, who finished ninth in the series standings last year and has since moved on to compete full-time at JR Motorsports.
“I am so pumped to be getting this chance to race with Turn One Racing,” said J.R. Fitpatrick.
“I love the Truck Series and the guys here seem really cool so it feels like a good place for me to be right now. The fact that I get a chance to put an entire season together in the same series and with the same group is really going to help my NASCAR career. I have had good runs before, I actually led the most laps and finished fourth in my first Daytona start and I also have some top-5's in the Nationwide Series but for me to be able to go to the track every week is going to be huge.”
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| Cole Whitt, Chevrolet Silverado No. 60, 2011 (Photo Getty Images for NASCAR) |
The press release says that the 23 year-old native of Cambridge, Ontario was the youngest driver to ever win the CASCAR Super Series Championship; an accomplishment he achieved at the age of 18 after recording one win, five podium finishes and two pole awards.
Since then, the young Canadian has accumulated 14 career starts in both the NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series'. His best finish overall came in the 2009 NextEra Energy Resources 250 Truck Series race at Daytona, where he finished fourth after leading 17 laps in his debut at a restrictor plate track.