Brad Keselowski Racing announced Thursday that it plans to field a third truck in two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races in May.
BKR plans to field the No. 2 Ford for Austin Cindric on May 13 at Dover International Raceway and for Austin Theriault on May 20 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The two will race alongside the Statesville, North Carolina-based team’s two full-time drivers — Daniel Hemric and Tyler Reddick.
The 17-year-old Cindric is scheduled to make just his third Camping World Truck Series start. He was 25th (Martinsville) and 14th (Phoenix) driving BKR’s No. 29 Ford in two appearances near the end of last season.
“A track called the ‘Monster Mile’ shouldn’t be taken lightly,” Cindric said in a news release provided by the team. “They tell me that the two truck races that I was able to do last year at Martinsville and Phoenix were difficult tracks to figure out, and I believe Dover will be the same. As I haven’t been able to test, I’ve been watching as much video as possible while reaching out to as many people as I can to pick their brain about what it takes to be fast at Dover. I’m just going in with no expectations, trying to absorb as much information as possible and have fun with it.”
Theriault, 22, will be making his second start of the year after placing a crash-related 27th in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. He also made nine starts for BKR last season, recording two top-five finishes (Daytona, Texas).
“I was really proud of the effort at Daytona and how strong our performance was, and I feel like Charlotte won’t be any different,” Theriault said. “I’m going there with the expectation to win. I know we will have a strong Ford F-150 race truck at Charlotte and we plan to perform well, just like we did earlier this year at Daytona. At the end of the day, we want to win, and we have all the resources here at BKR to do just that at Charlotte.”