Although Friday’s Kentucky 201 will be just the second race for Max Gresham at Eddie Sharp Racing, the newly-formed relationship is hardly taking baby steps in the final three months of the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. The driver of the #8 Made In USA Brand Chevrolet Silverado confirmed that he already feels up to speed at ESR, and doesn’t consider the race at the Kentucky Speedway to be part of any learning curve. Gresham will make his second of five selected starts with ESR with this weekend’s race. The red, white, and blue team made its debut August 31 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway with a 22nd-place finish. Gresham, the defending NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Champion, has experience at Kentucky – both on the 1.5-mile quad-oval and on the quarter-mile. He started 19th and finished 30th with engine failure at Joe Dennette Racing on June 28. He also has three top-five finishes in a Bandolero Bandit in 2005 and four top-10s in the U.S. Legends Cars International (USLCI) series in 2006. Gresham will return in the #8 Made in USA Chevrolet for races at the Martinsville Speedway on Oct. 27, Texas Motor Speedway on Nov. 2 and the season-finale on Nov. 16 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.(Eddie Sharp Racing PR)(9-18-2012)
