Jimmy Spencer will drive the ThorSport Racing No. 13 Menards/Microtel Inn & Suites Chevrolet this weekend and will again team up with the crew chief that helped lead him to victory in last year’s NASCAR Truck Series 200-miler at New Hampshire International Speedway.

Spencer drove to the win last year with Dennis Connor calling the shots on top of the pit box, and when the opportunity presented itself to team up with the three-time NCTS championship winning crew chief for this event, Spencer jumped at it.

“Dennis gave me a call a few weeks ago and asked me what I was doing the New Hampshire weekend,” Spencer said.  “Obviously we’re doing the NEXTEL Cup stuff, but other than that, I told him I didn’t have anything going on.  He told me he had started working for the ThorSport team up in Ohio, and they had some good equipment and good engines, and were looking for a driver for New Hampshire.  I told him I’d have a seat there in the shop for me the next day.”

“I know Duke Thorson has been in this series for a very long time and he’s always fielded competitive trucks,” Spencer continued.  “He’s brought Dennis on board to help bring the team to the next level, and I hope I can help too. We’re bringing a brand new truck, and Dennis tells me they have a ton of horsepower.  If we can get the truck to roll through the center, I think we have a good opportunity to go up there and do what we did last year and win the pole and win the race.”

“The key to it is you have to get it to roll through the center of the corner,” Spencer continued.  “Dennis and I had a combination last year that really worked.  But there are some things that are different now.  We have a different tire and the common greenhouse has made a lot of the notes from last year useless.  But if we get that thing to rotate in the center of the corner like we did last year, they all better watch out.”

The Sylvania 200 from New Hampshire International Speedway will be televised live this Saturday on Speed Channel. The race will also be broadcast live on selected radio affiliates of the Motor Racing Network, and can be heard on NASCAR Radio 144 on XM Satellite Radio.