NCWTS: JUSTIN BOSTON Boston Plans to Bring the Momentum Home to Charlotte

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (May 12, 2015) – Despite being a few laps shy to go the distance on fuel, Justin Boston still recorded his best career finish of seventh last Friday at Kansas Speedway. It marked the second-consecutive top-10 finish for the rookie and helped him gain another five positions in the driver championship point standings. Over the last two races, Boston has gained 10 spots, moving from 18^th all the way up to eighth. Now with the same Tundra he raced last weekend at Kansas, he plans to keep the momentum going at Charlotte.

Although Boston has never raced at Charlotte, he was able to participate in a rookie test at the 1.5-mile oval in early February. The test provided valuable seat time to help him not only become more familiar with the track itself, but also the Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) Tundras since the test occurred before the season started. He won’t be the only rookie making his first start at Charlotte, as his KBM teammates Erik Jones and Matt Tifft will also be first-time contenders at the track.

KBM drivers have collected four wins, two poles, 286 laps led, five top-five and five top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.1 across 10 starts at Charlotte. Owner-driver Kyle Busch has collected all four of the team’s wins at the 1.5-mile oval, including victories the last two seasons.

Boston’s Tundra will be sporting new colors this week as ROK Mobile has come on board for the Charlotte race. ROK Mobile, co-founded by entrepreneursJohn Paul DeJoria (Patron Tequila and Paul Mitchell) and JonathanKendrick (British technology pioneer), is a prepaid, contract-free mobile and music service that offers unlimited talk, text, data and streaming music for a monthly cost of $49.99. There are no activation fees, no hiddencosts. With a music catalogue of over 20 million tracks, downloadable playlists, incredible personalization filters and curated playlists, ROK Music rivals all other streaming musicservices and is included free with a ROK Mobile account.

Justin Boston, Driver of the No. 54 NCWTS ROK Mobile Tundra:

What did you learn at Kansas last weekend that will apply to Charlotte?

“There are a couple of things I learned. Those tracks are both fast mile-and-a-halfs, so it was nice to get a chance to be on a similar track the week before. Running in the top 10 most of the race was a great momentum builder for us. We’re making pretty big improvements every week and as long as we keep doing that we will be in contention to win races soon.”

What were some of the things you worked on when you tested at Charlotte earlier this year?

“Getting comfortable in the truck was the biggest thing when we tested. I feel a lot more comfortable knowing what we need to do to go faster when we unload this weekend.”

What is your goal for Charlotte coming off two consecutive top-10 finishes?

“I really want to run in the top five all day, that would be great for our team. I also want to get our new sponsor ROK Mobile as much exposure as we can and running in the top five all night would certainly accomplish that.”

Shannon Rursch, Crew Chief of the No. 54 NCWTS ROK Mobile Toyota Tundra:

Talk about why you opted to bring the same Tundra you raced at Kansas to Charlotte:

“The 54 ROK Mobile team is bringing the same Tundra to Charlotte that we raced in Kansas.  The truck reacted very well to the adjustments we made to it throughout the course of the race in Kansas, so it was fitting that the 54 team bring our latest truck to the race at Charlotte.  We are trending in the right direction if you look back at our finishes starting with Daytona. We have improved our finishing position every race and we continue to improve every time we go to the race track.”

Justin Boston’s No. 54 ROK Mobile Tundra:

KBM-030: The No. 54 ROK Mobile team will roll out KBM-030 for Friday’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This is the same Tundra Boston raced to a seventh-place finish at Kansas last weekend.

KBM-030 Performance Profile

Notes of Interest:

Justin Boston 2015:

• Earned a NCWTS career-best seventh-place finish at Kansas Speedway (5/8/15). It was his second career top-10 finish in the Truck Series
• Two top-10 finishes in four starts, currently eighth in the driver championship point standings

Justin Boston 2014:

• Collected two ARCA Racing Series victories (Toledo Speedway and Madison Speedway) and three pole awards
• Registered seven top-five and 13 top-10 finishes en route to a fifth-place finish in the ARCA Racing championship point standings
• Posted top-12 finishes in both of his NASCAR XFINITY Series starts for Joe Gibbs Racing, including a ninth-place finish at Kentucky Speedway in September
• Made NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway in August

Justin Boston 2013:

• Earned eight top-five and 16 top-10 finishes en route to a third-place finish in the ARCA Racing championship point standings

Justin Boston 2009:

• Garnered four top-10 finishes and 21 laps led in six USAR Pro Cup Series starts

Before getting behind the wheel of a stock car, Boston cut his racing teeth in motocross at the age of five. He won his first race at the age of six in the 50cc class at Timonium State Fairgrounds indoor short track and went on to register over 300 podiums while competing in the 50cc/65cc/80cc and 85cc divisions. The talented youngster won the Maryland State Championship in the 50cc division at Budds Creek Motocross Park in 1998 and competed in the Loretta Lynn Amateur Motocross Championships for three consecutive years (1998-2000), where he raced against current American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) stars Mike Alessi, Zach Osborne and Cole Seely.

Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 54 Tundra:

• Justin Boston earned his best-career finish of seventh in the truck series last weekend at Kansas Speedway and has two top-10 finishes in four starts this season
• Moved up five positions to eighth in the Driver’s Championship standings after the Kansas race
• Earned five wins, three poles, 963 laps led, 14 top-five and 28 top-10 finishes across 48 starts since 2013

KBM NCWTS Program

• Has collected three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owner’s Championships, 39 Truck Series victories and 19 poles across 213 starts since originating in 2010
• 39 career Truck Series victories as an organization ranks third all-time behind Roush (50) and Kevin Harvick Inc. (43)
• 14 victories as an organization during the 2014 season broke the Truck Series record of 12 set by Ultra Motorsports in 2001
• Six different drivers have won a race for KBM, led by owner-driver Kyle Busch with 26. Darrell Wallace Jr. collected five victories, Erik Jones has posted  four wins, Denny Hamlin produced two victories and Kasey Kahne and Brian Scott both collected one triumph
• Has collected victories at 17 of the 21 tracks on the 2015 schedule, excluding Atlanta Motor Speedway, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Michigan International Speedway and Pocono Raceway

KBM NCWTS @ Charlotte Motor Speedway

• KBM drivers have collected four wins, two poles, 286 laps led, five top-five and five top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.1 across 10 starts at CMS
• Owner-driver Kyle Busch has collected all four of his team’s wins at the 1.5-mile track, including victories the last two seasons
• In last year’s event at the North Carolina track, Busch started on the pole and registered a perfect driver rating (150.0) after leading 130 of the 134 laps

The Rursch Report:

Shannon Rursch will call the shots for Justin Boston’s rookie campaign in the Truck Series in 2015. The Iowa native may be new to KBM, but is no stranger to sitting atop the pit box. Rursch comes to KBM from Turner Scott Motorsports (TSM), where he most recently served as crew chief for the No. 31 team in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. In addition to leading the XFINITY Series team in 2014, he collected three top-10 finishes in four starts as crew chief for TSM in select Truck Series events last season.

Rursch has one top-15 finish as a crew chief in the XFINITY Series at Charlotte, which came last fall when Dylan Kwasniewski finished 14^th.

Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 54 Toyota Tundra 2015 NCWTS Box Score:

About ROK Mobile

ROK Mobile, co-founded by entrepreneursJohn Paul DeJoria (Patron Tequila and Paul Mitchell) and JonathanKendrick (British technology pioneer), is a prepaid, contract-free mobile and music service that offers unlimited talk, text, data and streaming music for a monthly cost of $49.99. There are no activation fees, no hiddencosts. With a music catalogue of over 20 million tracks, downloadable playlists, incredible personalization filters and curated playlists, ROK Music rivals all other streaming musicservices and is included free with a ROK Mobile account.

-KBM-