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Cole Whitt To Drive For Turn One Racing In 2011
Press Release
Whitt and Turn One Racing, owned by veteran NASCAR driver Stacy Compton, have a one-race head start on 2011. The driver made his Truck debut in the No. 60 last fall at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The 2008 USAC National Midget Series champion, finished third at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. He went on to finish fourth in points with two poles, six top fives and seven top 10s in only 10 races.
That success carried over to a late- Whitt, in the No. 84 Red Bull Toyota, debuted in the Nationwide Series in
November, putting together impressive weekends back-to-back at Phoenix International Raceway (15th) and Homestead (17th). In the Truck finale at Homestead, he qualified 10th and finished 28th after an on-track incident ruined what could have been a top-10 day. Whitt established a baseline for communication with crew chief Marcus Richmond, who returns to call the shots in 2011.
Homestead last year, and he proved to us that he has a ton of talent and the ability to win. By adding Cole to our
lineup as a teammate to Justin Marks, we will have two of the rising talents.
Whitt takes over a truck that finished 14th in the 2010 owner points. He and Marks, in the No. 66, will unload next
month for Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway with a brief test session, practice and qualifying all
leading up a 100-lap, 250-mile race to start the season Feb. 18.
- Red Bull Racing Press Release
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