Austin Hill is one of five trying to make first Truck race
After winning the last two NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races of the season, NASCAR Next driver Austin Hill will attempt to make his first career start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Martinsville Speedway (Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1).
Hill, driving the No. 92 for Ricky Benton, will be one of five drivers attempting to make their debuts in the series in the Kroger 200. There are 37 entrants for 36 starting spots.
"It means the world to me to be able to drive a truck at Martinsville with RBR," Hill said. "I really appreciate all the hard work everyone has put in to make this happen.
The NASCAR Next driver won at Greenville Pickens Speedway and Dover International Speedway in September, the last two races on the K&N Pro Series East 2014 schedule.
The four other drivers attempting to get their first Truck starts are Charles Buchanan Jr, fielding the No. 87 for himself; Wendell Chavous, driving the No. 74 for owner Mike Harmon; Camden Murphy, driving the No. 08 for owner Bobby Dotter and Matt Tifft, driving the No. 0 for owner Kenneth Grimes.
Chavous races dirt late models in Georgia. Murphy races in the ARCA Midwest Truck Tour and the United Auto Racing Association Super Late Model division. Tifft joined Ken Schrader Racing this season in the ARCA Racing Series and earned a career-best second-place finish at Kentucky in September.
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