Truex Jr to make official Cup debut next weekend.

Martin Truex Jr will make his first official attempt at a NASCAR Nextel Cup race next weekend at the New Hampshire International Speedway, the site of his un-official Cup debut in July.

Truex Jr, who is locked in a battle for the NASCAR Busch Series with Kyle Busch, will enter Dale Earnhardt Inc's #1 Chevrolet with sponsorship from Enterprise Rent-A-Car in next Sunday's Sylvania 300 at the one-mile New England oval.

The 24 year-old New Jersey born driver, who currently leads the Busch Series standings for DEI's offshoot Chance 2 Motorsports team, got his first shot in a Nextel Cup car during July's Siemens 300 at NHIS when he replaced the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Although Truex Jr drove most of the 300-laps behind the wheel of the famous #8 Budweiser Chevrolet, he was not eligible for points as Earnhardt Jr started the race. Thus, next Sunday's race will be counted as Truex Jr's first Nextel Cup start.