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June 18, 2015

Marks to drive No. 34 for Front Row at Sonoma


34-year-old will be the sixth driver to run the car this season

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Justin Marks will be the sixth driver to get behind the wheel of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford Fusion at Sonoma Raceway for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 (June 28, 3 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1, PRN, SiriusXM).

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Marks will be attempting to make his second start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series after starting 36th and finishing 30th two years at Sonoma in Tommy Baldwin Racing‘s No. 7 ride.

Born in St. Louis, but raised in Northern California, Marks has 36 Camping World Truck Series starts with two poles and four top 10s. He also has made 11 XFINITY Series starts with one top-10 finish. He did the double at Daytona International Speedway in February, finishing 32nd in the Truck event and 34th in the inaugural XFINITY race. Marks had attempt to qualifying for the Daytona 500 but just missed the field after a 18th-place finish in the first Budweiser Duel.

The 34-year-old is slated to run a pair of road course races this summer in the XFINITY Series at Mid-Ohio and Road America in the No. 42 Chevrolet for HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi.

Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender Brett Moffitt will step out of the ride as the series heads to a road course. Moffit has run seven races for Front Row. David Ragan ran the Daytona 500 before replacing Kyle Busch at Joe Gibbs Racing and later Brian Vickers at Michael Waltrip Racing. XFINITY Series points leader Chris Buescher ran the No. 34 in five races, and Joe Nemechek and Reed Sorenson have driven the car for a race apiece.

With Kyle Larson, Marks owns Larson Marks Racing, a sprint car team, and HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks put NASCAR Next driver Rico Abreu in a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East team in 2015.