Together with his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Alex Bowman recovering from a fractured vertebra, Kyle Larson will take his place within the #7 Chevrolet Silverado RST of Spire Motorsports for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence race at North Wilkesboro Speedway on 20 Might.
In addition to serving in reduction obligation, the beginning is meant to supply Larson with some observe expertise earlier than the Cup Sequence’ NASCAR All-Star Race the next day.
“I’m excited concerning the alternative to run the Truck race at North Wilkesboro subsequent weekend with Spire Motorsports,” mentioned Larson. “It’s a disgrace that Alex gained’t be capable to compete. We want him a speedy restoration so he can return to the observe quickly. Since I’ve by no means raced at North Wilkesboro, I believe it could possibly be useful to get some further laps in on the observe. I’m trying ahead to double obligation All-Star weekend.”
Larson will make his first Truck begin because the 2021 Bristol Grime Race, the place he crashed out for Niece Motorsports. In contrast to within the Xfinity and Cup Sequence, he has by no means run a full Truck schedule, making at most 4 begins as a 20-year-old prospect in 2012. He has two Truck wins at Rockingham in 2013 and Eldora three years later.
In his most important collection, Larson is presently eighth in factors with a pair of wins at Richmond and Martinsville. His Hendrick team-mates have all made begins in Spire’s #7, with William Byron successful in his lone race with them at Martinsville in 2022.
The #7 has entered 4 races thus far in 2023 with Bowman, Corey LaJoie, and Jonathan Davenport. Bowman did not qualify in his lone try at COTA when his wheel got here off throughout qualifying. Davenport holds its finest end of the yr of fourteenth at Bristol.
Byron may even use the North Wilkesboro Truck race to arrange for the All-Star, as will Christopher Bell and Bubba Wallace at Toyota.
