Hendrick turns to another young Busch driver
By Bob Pockrass
Monday, June 27, 2005
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Kyle Krisiloff, the Hendrick Motorsports driver who sat on the pole and finished fifth in the June 17 ARCA race at Michigan, will make his Busch Series debut June 25 at Milwaukee as he takes his turn in the No. 5 car.
The grandson of Indianapolis Motor Speedway chairman of the board Mari Hulman George, the 19-year-old Krisiloff has competed at Milwaukee in both the ARCA and Toyota Atlantic series. He finished second in the Toyota Atlantic race there in 2003.
"It's very exciting," Krisi-loff said. "It's something I've been looking forward to for a long time. To get the chance to drive in one of NASCAR's top series is an awesome opportunity."
Krisiloff tested at Milwau-kee earlier this month.
"We had a great test a few weeks ago, and this team is so strong, I'm confident we'll have a good run," Krisiloff said. "I couldn't have a better group of guys around me or better equipment to drive, so now it's up to me to get the job done."
The No. 5 Hendrick Motor-sports team has used several drivers this year, including development drivers Boston Reid and Blake Feese. Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Adrian Fernan-dez also have driven the car.
Hank Parker Jr. was happy with his performance substituting for Carl Edwards in the June 12 race at Nashville. Parker, who has been without a ride since Innovative Motorsports shut down its truck teams in the offseason, worked his way from 43rd to 20th.
Parker had not run in a Busch Series race since October 2003.
"It was good to be back in a car," Parker said. "We didn't tear anything up. I'd love to be able to work with these guys some more, but not at Carl's expense."
Parker practiced the car at Kentucky after Edwards left for Michigan. Parker will again practice at Pikes Peak.
Roush Racing driver Ricky Craven will take care of practice duties at Milwaukee and Indianapolis because the trucks race the day prior to the Busch events.
"I was a little rusty - I hadn't been in it for a while," Parker said. "But it pretty much was the same feel [as in the past]. Not much has changed."
The Phoenix Racing team is looking forward to its hometown race at Milwaukee. Johnny Sauter, who normally drives the Yellow Transporta-tion car in the Busch Series, will also drive the No. 43 Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Crafts-man truck he and crew chief Joe Shear have built. Sauter, Shear, car chief Chuck Meyers and mechanic Matt Groeschl all hail from Wisconsin and all have worked on the truck. ... Crew chief Butch Hylton and Kevin Harvick Inc. have "mutually parted ways." Hyl-ton was the crew chief for the car shared by Tony Stewart and Tony Raines. Car chief Lance Deiters has taken over the role.
- Mentioned Drivers:
- Carl Edwards
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