For the second year in a row, Justin Lofton, driver of the No. 77 Lofton Cattle Toyota Tundra in the Camping World Truck Series, will be heading to Kansas early in order to visit soldiers at nearby Fort Riley. Located roughly two hours from the Kansas Speedway, Lofton will spend Thursday at Fort Riley meeting soldiers, family members of deployed soldiers, signing autographs, and participating in various activities. Lofton’s No. 77 Toyota Tundra will also be on display at Fort Riley throughout the day. Many of the soldiers Lofton met last season are now deployed. Fort Riley currently has close to 1,000 soldiers in Iraq and nearly 1900 in Afghanistan, with more set to deploy on Thursday, June 2, the day of Lofton’s visit. This year, Lofton’s trip will be even bigger. He will be joined by Germain Racing teammates Todd Bodine and Brendan Gaughan, as well as a SPEED camera crew. The visit will be featured on the pre-race NCWTS Set Up show next week in Texas. Lofton’s No. 77 Toyota Tundra will have a different look this week in honor of his friends within the 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team (1HBCT), 1st Infantry Division (1ID) of Fort Riley. The hood of Lofton’s Tundra will feature the “Devil Brigade” Crest, as well as the Brigade name across the quarter panels. Over two dozen soldiers will join Lofton and the Germain Racing team at Kansas Speedway on Saturday to see the No. 77 Devil’s Brigade Tundra battle it out in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250.(Lofton Racing/Germain PR)6-1-2011)
UPDATE: Images of the #77-Lofton Cattle / Devil Brigade Toyota are posted on the #77 NCTWS Paint Schemes page.(6-2-2011)
