After watching from the sidelines for the last three months, Ft. Kent's Austin Theriault gets back behind the wheel Friday night as the NASCAR truck series rolls into Chicago.Theriault is anxious to continue his season after team owner Brad Keselowski, Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano drove the truck during the summer months. He will now close out the season by racing in the final 8 events which take place over the next 10 weeks.

The first 5 races for Theriault resulted in 3 top 10 finishes including a 4th place effort in Daytona to open the season.

NOTE: You can hear Theriault's thoughts on how he stayed race ready during the last three months and his expectations for Friday when the checkered flag falls on Thursday's Morning Pitch.

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