NASCAR Next alumnus Ben Rhodes is beginning to show the potential he displayed when he won five races on his path to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship in 2014.
Following a bumpy 2015 season as a part-timer in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, and an uneven start to his first full-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series campaign this season, the 19-year-old ThorSport Racing driver has produced career-best finishes in his last two starts – a fourth-place showing at Iowa and runner-up result at Gateway.
Rhodes will try to further improve by going for a win in his debut race at his hometown track of Kentucky Speedway – Thursday’s Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 (8:30 p.m. ET on FS1).
“I’m really looking forward to the truck race at Kentucky Speedway,” Rhodes said. “This is my home track and having the confidence of these two great finishes in my back pocket makes the experience even more enjoyable.”
Rhodes is currently 10th on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase Grid, a mere 11 points behind Ben Kennedy on the cutoff line. A win would virtually assure him a spot in the eight-driver, seven-race playoffs.
“If I were able to get my first win at Kentucky Speedway Thursday, it would mean so much to me, I’m not really even able to put it in words,” Rhodes said. “If it does happen, they better be ready because we’ll will have a huge crowd there supporting us through it all.”
Source: NASCAR Wire Service
