Jeb Burton to drive for BK Racing

Jeb Burton, formerly a driver and race winner in the Camping World Truck Series in the last two seasons, has expanded the Sprint Cup rookie field for 2015 by signing with BK Racing to replace Cole Whitt in the #26 Toyota. Whitt, who started 2014 at Swan Racing driving the same #26 car, has moved to the #35 Ford of Front Row Motorsports (after erroneously being reported as replacing David Ragan in the #34). Burton, the son of 2002 Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton and the nephew of Ward's brother, 21-time Cup race winner Jeff Burton, drove the #13 Toyota truck at ThorSport Racing in 2014 and was a teammate of Matt Crafton, the truck series champion two years in a row. Burton will join J.J. Yeley at BK Racing, and Trevor Bayne and possibly Brett Moffitt in the race for the 2015 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year award.