Officials from AM Racing announced that NASCAR veteran driver JJ Yeley will pilot the team’s #22 Toyota Tundra for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway on Friday night, February 24th. Yeley, a native of Phoenix, Ariz. will make his 23rd career NCWTS start and first since last March’s race at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway. In Yeley’s previous 22 starts, the two-time USAC Sprint Car champion has one start at the ‘World Center of Racing in 2010 resulting in 10th place finish. The partnership for now is a one-race agreement with industry veteran Rick Ren serving as crew chief. Yeley’s efforts will be backed by Legrand and Superior Essex. Overall, Yeley, 40, has a combined 23 starts at the 2.5-mile superspeedway across NASCAR’s top-three national divisions with two XFINITY Series poles, one top-five and four top-10s. Yeley’s best finish at Daytona is fourth in the 2006 XFINITY Series opener after starting on the pole driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. Details of AM Racing’s second driver and marketing partnership(s) lineup for Daytona is forthcoming.(See an image of the truck on the #22 Team Paint Schemes page)(AM Racing)
