J.R. Heffner Joins MB Motorsports For NHMS Debut

MB Motorsports returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the first time since 2006.  Making his NHMS debut will be dirt track veteran J.R. Heffner, who will be behind the wheel of the #63 ACS / Park East Sales / Snap On Tools / Upstate Utilities Chevy.

Heffner, a native of Kinderhook, NY, has been named Mr. DIRT Track USA three times. The UNOH 175, however, will mark his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on asphalt.  “We ran The MudSummer Classic at Eldora back in July and to be able to run on dirt in NASCAR was really neat experience.” says Heffner. “But, now I get my first chance to race on a paved NASCAR track- at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which is my ‘home’ track.  That’s very special and something I will never forget.”

“Having run Eldora with J.R. will help us,” states team owner Mike Mittler.  “We know how to communicate with each other, which is very important.  Although this will be J.R.’s first race at Loudon, [Crew Chief] Trip Bruce has done quite well there, so we should be in pretty good shape.”

“I’m just hoping it’s warm and dry after last Friday,” jokes Bruce. “We lost a day due to the weather at Chicagoland, so the crew’s had to work extra hard to get our Chevy Silverado ready for Loudon.  Hopefully the set up we’ll unload with will give us a good starting point and then we’ll adjust to get the truck handling like J.R. wants it.”
 
“All of our sponsors are based in that area, so my goal is to put on a good show for ACS / A. Colarusso and Son, Park East Sales, Snap On Tools and Upstate Utilities,” notes Heffner. “I’m really looking forward to getting on that pavement.”

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