In last year’s Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway, home-state hero Denny Hamlin drove Kyle Busch Motorsports’ #18 Tundra to his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory. With the win, Hamlin became the 23rd driver in NASCAR history to win at least one race in each of its top three divisions in his career, and just the fourth to accomplish the feat in the same season. The 32-year-old driver returns to ‘The Paperclip’ for this year’s 200-lap event, and although he is once again driving for KBM, he’ll be behind the wheel of the team’s second entry – the #51 Toyota Tundra. Hamlin has started inside the top five in four of his five Truck Series starts and led 60 or more laps in each of his last three. The Virginia native has produced one Truck Series win and three top-10 finishes. KBM General Manager Rick Ren, who with 27 victories is the winningest crew chief in Truck Series history, will be calling the shots for the #51 Tundra team.(Kyle Busch Motorsports PR)(10-24-2012)
