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FORD F-150
Cup series titles, while David Green CREW CHIEF:
(1994) and Jeff Green (2000) won
championships in what’s now called EDDIE TRONCONIS
the Xfinity Series. OWNER:
THORSPORT RACING
“Those are all big names in the FEATURED DRIVERS
sport,” Rhodes said. “There’s not
very many people that run in the That performance earned him a 2015 NASCAR
national level from Kentucky, so I’m Xfinity Series ride in JR Motorsports’ No. 88
kind of carrying that banner right Chevrolet Camaro. Rhodes won a pole at the Road
now. I have the full support of my home America road course and fashioned a pair of top-10
state and hometown. Obviously, it doesn’t finishes in a 10-race campaign.
give you more horsepower, but it leads to a
better atmosphere and environment.” While things didn’t work out at JRM, he found

a home at ThorSports. And with two NASCAR
Rhodes made his NGOTS debut in 2014 with Turner Playoff appearances, he can enjoy a sincere sense
Scott Motorsports, posting a top-five and three top 10s of satisfaction.
in an abbreviated, four-race schedule. But before that,
good things were forecasted for him.
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