Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender ran 23 of 27 races in 2014
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BK Racing shuffled its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series lineup on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with Ryan Truex out of the No. 83 Toyota Camry.
Travis Kvapil was slated to drive the No. 93 for the team, but will instead pilot the No. 83. He qualified 40th for the Sylvania 300 (Sunday, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN).
Clay Rogers took over the No. 93 and qualified 33rd. Sunday's event will be the first Sprint Cup event for Rogers. The veteran has 36 career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts, including a top-five finish at New Hampshire in 2005. He also finished 37th in his lone NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Loudon in 2001, one of 12 career starts in the series.
Truex, a Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, ran 23 of the first 27 races this season. His best finish of the season was 20th last month at Pocono Raceway.
Two weeks later at Michigan International Speedway, the 22-year-old from Mayetta, New Jersey, suffered a concussion in a practice accident and was replaced by J.J. Yeley for the race.
A winner at New Hampshire in the K&N Pro Series East, Truex became a fan of brother and fellow Sprint Cup driver Martin Truex Jr., tweeting a picture of his older sibling's No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet.
BK Racing's two other rookies, Cole Whitt and Alex Bowman, qualified 31st and 35th respectively for Sunday's race.
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