Last weekend was
Smith's last with the Furniture Row Racing team but he unexpectedly
picked up a ride in Saturday night's Bank of America 500 at Charlotte
Motor Speedway as a fill-in for Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Earnhardt will miss at
least the next two races while he recovers from lingering effects
from two concussions over the past six weeks. Hendrick Motorsports
tapped Smith to drive Earnhardt's No. 88 Chevrolet while Earnhardt
remains on the sidelines.
Smith's association
with Earnhardt isn't likely to end anytime soon.
Smith is expected to
drive a full Nationwide Series schedule in 2013 with JR Motorsports,
several sources said Thursday. Rick Hendrick, who has partial
ownership in JRM, said Thursday the organization was talking to Smith
about a Nationwide ride.
“If Mr. H said it,
usually what Mr. H says is gospel,” Smith said.
Ryan Truex, who ran a
partial Nationwide schedule at Joe Gibbs Racing this season, is also
expected to join JRM next season, sources said.
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