Randy Moss Motorsports officially announced its driver lineup on Friday and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team chose to go with a good mixture of youth and experience for 2009.
Former Truck Series champion Mike Skinner will drive the No. 46 Toyota for the team and rookie-of-the-year candidate Tayler Malsam will pilot the No. 81 Toyota. The 51-year-old Skinner, who has 25 wins, 80 top-five and 114 top-10 finishes in 10 seasons in the Truck Series, finished sixth in the series standings last season driving the No. 5 Toyota for Bill Davis Racing. Seattle native Malsam, 19, finished ninth overall in the ARCA RE/MAX Series standings last season and made two Truck Series starts in 2008.
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Compton, Bliss shore up rides
Also this week, Wyler Racing announced NASCAR veteran Stacy Compton will pilot the team's No. 60 Toyota in 2009. Read more here.
Key Motorsports has hired former Truck Series champion Mike Bliss to drive the No. 40 Chevrolet for at least six races in 2009, starting with the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 13. Read more here.
New rules for the Truck Series
On Thursday, NASCAR handed out some new rules to the Truck Series teams in an effort to curb costs in 2009. The new amendments to the series rule book dictate how many active crew members a team can have at the track, and how many people can service a truck during a pit stop. Teams will also not be able to add fuel and change tires on the same pit stop. Strict new multi-use engine rules were also part of the changes. Read more here.
-- Michele Vincze
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