Former Formula 1 driver and NASCAR Red Bull driver Scott Speed has joined Leavine Family Racing for a limited 15-race Sprint Cup Series schedule for 2012 in the No. 95 Ford.
The former Toro Rosso F1 driver joins Leavine Family Racing after making 13 Sprint Cup starts with Whitney Motorsports in the No. 46 Ford.
Speed will be competing in his fifth Cup Series season. The California native competed full-time with Red Bull Racing in 2010 earning two top-10 finishes and leading 21 laps.
Speed has made 18 starts in the Nationwide Series and 16 starts in the Truck Series the past four years. He posted a Truck win at Dover in 2008. His best Nationwide Series finish came on the road course at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal last August where he placed sixth.
The former Toro Rosso F1 driver joins Leavine Family Racing after making 13 Sprint Cup starts with Whitney Motorsports in the No. 46 Ford.
Speed will be competing in his fifth Cup Series season. The California native competed full-time with Red Bull Racing in 2010 earning two top-10 finishes and leading 21 laps.
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| Scott Speed in Montreal, last Summer. (Photo: NASCAR) |
Speed has made 18 starts in the Nationwide Series and 16 starts in the Truck Series the past four years. He posted a Truck win at Dover in 2008. His best Nationwide Series finish came on the road course at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal last August where he placed sixth.