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Smith returns to series with MB at Kentucky: UPDATE NASCAR formal announcement on reinstatement:

Jack Smith to make first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start of 2011 at Kentucky Speedway. Buckeye State veteran, Jack Smith has been racing in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour during the 2011 racing season. In addition, he’s also made on appearance with the Champion Racing Association (CRA) Super Series and all the while, the Medina, Ohio veteran has been focusing his efforts on the biggest race thus far of his 2011 campaign. Smith will climb behind the wheel of the #63 Seal Wrap Repair Tape / Mittler Brothers Tool & Machine / MB Motorsports Ford F-150 and race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event, the UNOH 225 on Thursday, July 7th at the 1.5 mile semi-banked d-shaped paved oval of Kentucky Speedway. Smith’s #63 Ford F-150 will be sporting the colors of Seal Wrap Repair Tape, a big supporter of both the CRA Super Series and the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. This will be Smith’s first appearance with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series since his publicized suspension from NASCAR back in August 2010 for “Actions Detrimental to Stock Car Racing.” Since that time, the suspension has been lifted and Smith has been hard at work preparing for his return to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and that time has now come.(Jack Smith/MB Racing PR)(7-5-2011)
UPDATE: NASCAR reinstates Smith following 2010 suspension:NASCAR has reinstated Jack Smith, a driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Smith’s reinstatement comes following his Sept. 7, 2010 suspension for actions detrimental to stock car racing. Smith remains under NASCAR probation until Dec. 31.(NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications)(7-5-2011)