HAMPTON, Ga., March 17, 2005 -- Jimmy Kite grew-up in Stockbridge, Ga., less than 30-minutes from the Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS). Even while pursuing his own open wheel racing career in everything from quarter-midgets to IndyCars, he hasn't missed a NASCAR Nextel Cup race at the track in years. Friday he will wake in his own bed, travel the familiar path to the 2.54-mile quad-oval and, instead of slipping into his grandstand seat at NASCAR's fastest track, he'll slide into the window of the No. 06 MRD Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado to make his first start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The 9 pm (EST) waving of the green flag for the World Financial Group 200 will mark Kite's debut in any NASCAR series. The four-time Indianapolis 500-starter has raced in front of his hometown crowd under the AMS lights twice in an IndyCar (1999 and 2000) finishing a high of ninth in '99. The 1997 Copper World Classic Silver Crown winner also made his stock car premiere here in the 1998 ARCA feature on a cool, March day similar to the forecasted conditions of Friday's race at AMS.
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