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Brad Keselowski Racing announced on Thursday Afternoon 17-year-old Austin Cindric will be behind the wheel of a third entry for the organization in three Camping World Truck Series races this season, starting with Bristol next week. Cindric will also compete at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park and Talladega SuperSpeedway.
PIRTEK, the industry leader in fluid transfer solution sales and service in the United States, will serve as primary sponsor of the No. 2 Ford F-150 driven by Cindric at Bristol.
“I’m really grateful to have the opportunity to run three more races with Brad Keselowski Racing at three tracks that are so diverse; I’m definitely being thrown into the deep end of the pool again going into Bristol,” Cindric. “The most important thing I need right now is laps under my belt. The team has a great history at Bristol and excellent knowledge of that track.”
“From what I understand, Dover is actually like a bigger version of Bristol, so that gives me a little bit of confidence, especially with how quickly we got up to speed and how fast our Ford F-150 was there,” Cindric said. “I’ve learned a lot more about how to drive a truck and a stock car since my past experience at Phoenix and Dover. We’ll just go to Bristol and be a sponge.”
Cindric has made two previous NCWTS starts both coming last season with a best finish of 14th at Phoenix International Raceway.
Cindric enters the race at Bristol fresh off a victory Aug. 5 in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International. Starting from the pole, Cindric led all 41 laps on the way to scoring his second victory in a row in the series. He claimed his first victory April 30 at Virginia International Raceway – also winning from the pole.
