NASCAR: Räikkönen testing again, could run Cup race at Sonoma
NASCAR: Räikkönen testing again, could run Cup race at SonomaBy AL PEARCE on 4/07/2011
Just two days after saying Kimi Räikkönen’s recent test in Georgia would be his only NASCAR test this spring, Kyle Busch Motorsports sent the ex-Formula One driver to test again, this time at the one-mile, high-banked Rockingham Speedway in the Sandhills region of North Carolina.
Räikkönen, the 2007 F1 world champion and a current World Rally Championship driver, will make his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series on May 20 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. To prepare for that 200-mile event, KBM had Räikkönen run about 400 laps on Monday and Tuesday at the half-mile, low-banked Gresham Motorsports Park north of Atlanta. At the time, Busch’s staff said it would be Räikkönen’s only test before the Charlotte race.
It’s been suggested that Räikkönen might run not only the Truck Series race at Charlotte, but also the June 26 Sprint Cup road-course race in Sonoma, Calif. He’s allowed to test at Gresham and Rockingham because those tracks don’t host races in any of NASCAR’s top three series.
On Thursday, Todd Hirschfeld of Räikkönen’s organization confirmed the Rockingham test and said, “We are taking this one step at a time regarding any additional races beyond what has been announced.”
Fonte: autoweek.com/Dica: Miezicat
Caraca!! 400 voltas de teste. Eu tinha me esquecido de comentar isto ontem com vocês! É muita coisa, embora na Nascar isto passe voando! rsrsrs...
E será que de repente já rola uma corrida da Srint Cup em junho?! Olh, do jeito que o Iceman anda querendo nos surpreender, nem duvido de mais nada! rsrs
Beijinhos, Ludy
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