Kyle Busch Motorsports announced Thursday that Harrison Burton will make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway on Oct. 29 (1:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Burton, the son of former Sprint Cup Series driver and NBC commentator Jeff Burton, will drive the KBM No. 18 Toyota in the .526-mile track's Alpha Energy Solutions 200. Sponsorship will be provided by DEX Imaging and Konica Minolta, which has backed Burton's racing efforts since 2013.
"It means a lot to have these sponsors on board for the next step in my racing career and making it possible for me to be able to race for the marquee team in the series," Burton said in a release provided by the team. "It's a big step, but we have been working really hard to prepare ourselves for everything that's to come this year and we're ready."
Burton competes full-time as a Rookie of the Year candidate in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East for HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks. Burton, who won his first Super Late Model race at age 14, finished second in the division's standings last month in the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway.
"Harrison is mature beyond his age on the track and it's impressive the resume he has already put together at the age of 15," team owner Kyle Busch said. "He comes from a racing family and doesn't have to look very far to find a role model that can show him what it takes to be successful both on and off the track."
Burton is scheduled to make his national series debut shortly after turning 16 years old on Oct. 9. NASCAR officials lowered the truck series' age requirement in 2013, allowing drivers as young as 16 to compete on tracks of 1.25 miles in length or less. Drivers 18 and older are able to participate on tracks of all sizes.
Burton is the latest addition to a talented crop of young up-and-comers on the KBM driver roster under the age of 21, joining Christopher Bell (21), Cody Coughlin (20) and William Byron (18). The organization also fields Super Late Models for 15-year-old Todd Gilliland, son of current Sprint Cup driver David Gilliland.