Dominique Van Wieringen will make her Camping World Truck Series debut at Phoenix International Raceway Friday night.
Rette Jones Racing, who Van Wieringen competed for in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East this year, has formed a technical alliance with Young’s Motorsports for Van Wieringen to drive the No. 02.
Van Wieringen earned five top-10 finishes in 14 starts in the K&N East Series, which was her rookie year. She finished ninth in the overall points and became the first female competitor to earn three consecutive top-five finishes in addition to being the highest leading female in the series with 140 laps led.
“I’m very humbled by this opportunity to make my Truck Series debut at Phoenix,” Van Wieringen said in a team release. “We’ve been working hard on this project since the checkered flag flew at Dover in October (for the K&N Series) and I’m excited to go to Phoenix and see what we can do.”
The No. 02 has been driven by five different drivers this season. Tyler Young, the team’s primary driver, earned a season-best sixth-place finish at Daytona in February.
Friday will be the first time Van Wieringen has competed at Phoenix.
“I know Phoenix is going to be a completely different atmosphere for me, but I’m surrounded with a lot of great people who will help me with my learning curve,” Van Wieringen said. “Mark (Rette), my Rette Jones Racing guys and of course the help from Tyler (Young) will no doubt be a huge asset for me.
“I’ve never been to Phoenix, so we just have to use practice to the best of our ability and then work on just getting faster and faster from the first practice to the final practice and then qualifying. I’m pretty sure we’re locked into the race - and that’s a big relief, but I want to qualify on time and then just race towards a clean and respectable finish. If we can do that, it will be a great weekend in the desert.”
