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MB Motorsports signs Ben Stancill to pilot #63
WRIGHT CITY, MO (April 9) - MB Motorsports is pleased to announce that Ben
Stancill will pilot the #63 Ford F-150 NASCAR Camping World Truck,
campaigned by the veteran MB Motorsports team, in the “O’Reilly Auto Parts
250” NCWTS race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday April 25th, 2009. This will
be the first of 7 scheduled events in 2009 for the MB Motorsports Team with
Stancill at the wheel.
MB Motorsports is one of only two teams left in the NCWTS that has fielded a
truck since the inaugural 1995 NCTS season. Roush Racing is the other team.
20-Year old Ben Stancill is a native of Ayden, North Carolina and has been
racing since he was introduced to the sport by his Grandfather at age 7. He
started out in go-karts quickly capturing several track championships and
top finishes at the state level of competition in both dirt and asphalt. Ben
began running Legends cars in 2002 and has won several state championships
and consistently finished in the top 5 in the Nation each year. Ben is a
2005 graduate of the Skip Barber 3-day Racing School (Sebring, Florida.) Ben
has competed in as many as 66 races in one year with 42 top five finishes.
In 2006, Ben moved into a Late Model Truck and in his first season captured
the Championship at Hickory Motor Speedway. During the 2006 season, Ben ran
three Hooters Pro Cup Series events qualifying on the outside pole in his
first Pro Cup race! Ben competed full time in the Hooters Pro Cup Series
during 2007 and was the recipient of the Leavitt Chassis Hard Charger Award.
In 2008, Ben ran several races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series as
well as several ARCA/REMAX events in preparation for the 2009 season in a
NASCAR Camping World Truck. Ben finished 7th in his first race at
Chicagoland Speedway and topped the speed charts in his first test at
Talladega Superspeedway!
Ben attends Pitt Community College in Greenville, NC at night. He maintains
an A/B average while participating in a full schedule of racing and working
full-time on the family farm. Please visit
www.benstancill.com for more
information on Ben.
“MB Motorsports is proud to have another up and coming driver like Ben
Stancill run our #63 Truck at Kansas,” commented Mike Mittler, truck team
owner. “We had our best run ever at Kansas in 2002 with Carl Edwards at the
wheel and we look forward to going back in 2009”
Ben Stancill joins an elite group of drivers that have driven MB Motorsports
Trucks in NASCAR, including: 2008 ARCA Champion Justin Allgaier, Jamie
McMurray, Carl Edwards, Regan Smith, Brad Keselowski, the late Kenny Irwin
Jr., & the late Tony Roper.
Longtime partners, Dave Porter Truck Sales and Don Shetler Ford, will
continue their support of MB Motorsports again in 2009. Please visit
www.mbracing.net for more information on the MB Motorsports Team.
The “O’Reilly Auto Parts 250” NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race will be
telecast live on MRN Radio and SPEED Channel TV at 5:30 PM (eastern) on
Saturday, April 25th, 2009.
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