Kligerman’s move to the Nationwide Series and Kyle Busch Motorsports left a vacant seat in the No. 7 Camping World Truck Series entry of Red Horse Racing. John Wes Townley was announced as the driver to fill the No. 7 truck seat, and he’ll bring his Zaxby’s sponsorship along with him.

Also announced by Red Horse on Tuesday was the hiring of Mike Beam to serve as crew chief for Townley and the No. 7 team.

The 2013 season will be KBM’s second year of full-time Nationwide Series competition. Car owner Kyle Busch and brother Kurt Busch shared seat time in the organization’s No. 54 in 2012. The team posted one win with Kurt Busch behind the wheel.

“When you think of Kyle Busch and Kyle Busch Motorsports, you think of an owner and a team that have established a tradition of winning and pride themselves on it, so I feel honored to be given the chance to come in and continue in that tradition,” Kligerman said.

Kligerman raced full-time in the Truck Series in 2012, starting the season with Brad Keselowski Racing and them moving to Red Horse Racing after losing his ride at BKR. Kligerman also has limited Nationwide experience. He has 18-career starts in the series, including three in 2012.

Meanwhile, Townley inherits a truck ride that claimed two race wins in 2012. John King and Kligerman each drove the No. 7 to victory lane this past season.

“I’m a competitive race car driver, and I want to race and compete for wins,” Townley said. “Red Horse Racing has worked hard and continues to excel in the Truck Series. The success that this Red Horse Racing organization was able to accomplish last season is the same success we are looking forward to next year.”

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According to Scott, he was able to get to victory lane because of something he learned from Ty Dillon early in the race.

“I probably have to give a dozen roses to Ty Dillon,” Scott said. “Because he was able to get by me on a restart earlier by yholding me down and driving in deep through the corner and just keeping position on me, and I learned from it.”

Larson finished second, Joey Coulter was third, Timothy Peters fourth and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top-five.

After the race went green for the first 36 laps, the remainder of the race turned into a demolition derby, of sorts, and the championship contenders weren’t immune. James Buescher headed into the race as the points leader, with Dillon in second. Both drivers were caught up in incidents that resulted in finishes outside the top-10.

“I guess we just melted a bead on the right front,” Buescher said.

Dillon wound up 15th and Buescher 17th after a tire issue resulted in impact with the wall.

Buescher was able to hold on to his points lead, but Dillon lost second to Peters. Peters is now in the runner-up spot, 11 points behind Buescher, with Dillon in third, 12 points back.

“Just glad we finished,” Peters said. “Big points night. Still disappointing. I know we had a better truck than that.”

With his third-place finish, Coulter was able to move past Parker Kligerman to fourth in the standings, Kligerman dropped to fifth after finishing outside the top-20 and fell out of championship contention.

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