Kofoid, a 20-year-ancient native of California, will drive the No. 51 Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports on the dirt-covered half of-mile oval.
For the Bristol Grime Bustle, Kofoid is slated to drive the same chassis that Martin Truex Jr. led 105 laps en path to his victory within the inaugural Bristol Trucks dirt flee final season.
“Getting the choice to flee the handiest gear within the NASCAR Tenting World Truck Assortment is a huge step in my occupation and I will’t thank Kyle Busch Motorsports, Mobil 1 and Toyota ample for giving me this probability,” Kofoid said.
“To be making my Truck Assortment debut in such a explicit tournament at an iconic venue love Bristol Motor Speedway is going to be genuinely chilly.”
USAC midget national champion Buddy Kofoid
Photo by: Kyle Busch Motorsports
Kofoid received the 2021 USAC midget title within the support of six wins. He additionally received nine characteristic races within the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Assortment and a whole lot of alternative assorted excessive-profile midget races.
To boot, he additionally started transitioning to pavement racing, working extra than 10 Unhurried Model races, highlighted by his third-assert enact within the Skilled Unhurried Model division on the All-American 400 in Nashville, Tenn.
Kofoid is off to a solid inaugurate to the 2022 dirt season, out-dueling reigning NASCAR Cup Assortment champion Kyle Larson to take hold of his qualifying night characteristic on the Chili Bowl. He went on to enact fourth predominant tournament.
He has already scored two victories at some stage within the first three occasions of the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget schedule, including Toyota’s 400th national dirt midget victory March 25 at I-44 Riverside Speedway. After four occasions within the USAC Midget National championship standings, the reigning champion sits 2d within the standings.
KBM’s No. 51 Truck workers is fourth within the 2022 series owner’s standings. Corey Heim modified into the 17th assorted KBM driver to take hold of a Truck flee along with his victory earlier this month within the No. 51 at Atlanta.
