While Seavey openly noted he’s coming into the Truck Series’ lone dirt race from the opposite direction compared to a majority of the other dirt ringers in the field, he knows he has the right people around him to get acclimated quickly.

“I guess I’m doing this a little backwards compared to how most people have done it in the past,” admitted Seavey. “Most people that come here have done it in other cars first and then jumped in a truck, but not only have I never even seen Eldora, I’ve never run a truck before … so there’s going to be a lot of new things for me when I roll out for the first practice session on Tuesday night.

“Hopefully we show up with a good truck and it doesn’t take me too long to get up to speed; that’s going to be the biggest goal,” Seavey added. “I’ve got a great team around me and I’ve gone back and watched tape from all five races they’ve run there already and paid attention to where guys are running and how the track changes throughout the night to try and mentally prepare myself. There’s going to be a learning curve and I know that, but I’m excited for the challenge.”

Seavey has already figured out the biggest thing he’ll have to pick up on when the Eldora half-mile opens for practice on Tuesday: the difference in driving style between midgets and NASCAR trucks.

“I think the huge learning for me is going to be figuring out what it takes to get a 3,400-pound truck around the race track,” Seavey pointed out. “I don’t know if it’s an advantage, but I’ll at least know somewhat how the dirt is going to change and what to look for through the race. Other than that, driving a truck will be very new for me and I’ll have to try and adapt as quickly as I can. The cars I’m used to wheeling are half the weight or less of these trucks, so it’s going to be different, for sure.”

The good news for the Sutter, Calif., native is that he has plenty of talented dirt racers to lean on in his pursuit of an Eldora victory.

Both Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson, who race as occasional teammates with Seavey out of the Keith Kunz Motorsports stable, have offered their support to him already. So too has friend and rival Chase Briscoe, who owns the non-winged and winged sprint cars that Seavey has driven this season and will pilot a ThorSport Racing Ford during Wednesday’s Truck Series race as well.

“It’s going to help me a lot that I’m coming into this race with some great teammates that I can lean on. Christopher and Kyle have both won this race before and both of them come back and run midgets with Keith Kunz Motorsports as often as they can, so I’ve already been talking with Christopher over the past few days and he’s had a lot to offer me about what to expect,” said Seavey. “I’ve talked to Chase Briscoe a little bit as well; he and I are good friends, but I know he hasn’t given me all the secrets he has because he’ll be racing against me Wednesday night … so I’ll have to figure out a few tricks on my own where he’s concerned to be able to come out ahead of him and the rest of the field.

“As much advice as people can give you, though, there’s some things with this deal that I know I’ll have to learn on my own when I get out there for practice on Tuesday night, so we’ll take that when it comes and see what happens.”

So what was the one piece of advice that Bell did impart on Seavey already?

“Christopher stressed to me, ‘You’re going to spin out, so just prepare for it,’” Seavey laughed. “I believe that if we can stay out of too much trouble, though, that we will be just fine. I’m excited to get started.”