"Räikkönen to a NASCAR-test already next week" by Heikki Kulta

Räikkönen to a NASCAR-test already next week

Turun Sanomat 1.4 2011 21:51:51

Kimi Räikkönen will drive a NASCAR-car for the first time on an oval track already next week.

According to Autosport -website Kimi will test Kyle Busch'es Toyota Tundra Gresham Motorsports Park in a short oval race in Jefferson, Georgia.

The team has admitted the contacts with Räikkönen and also that the tests begin on Monday.

Kyle Buschin autoilla on nimissään tämän miniovaalin rataennätys viime lokakuulta.

They have won two of the last three World Camping Truck -races with Kyle Busch and they lead the manufacturer's serie to which every point their trucks score are counted.

– Neat when these dudes with F1- or some other formula-backround try to jump into NASCAR-circles, Busch estimates Räikkönen's prospects.

– It kind of opens the world to NASCAR. Everybody thinks that F1 is a championship-serie... I think that NASCAR is just as big and many drivers want to see how they would succeed here and what kind of feeling these racing cars give.

– Cool to see Räikkönen here and hopefully he will get things to work out the way he wants so that he can either driver trucks or whatever he is going to drive.

Räikkönen is expected to make his debut in NASCAR on 20th May in Charlotte's oval where almost all racing teams keep their head quarters.

– Räikkönen will participate in the races according to his own schedules. I don't know how busy he is elsewhere because I don't follow rally much, Kyle Busch said.

Charlotte's race is between Sardinia and Argentina. Räikkönen won't take part in them.

Turun Sanomat

HEIKKI KULTA

Fonte: Turun Sanomat/Tradução para o Inglês: Nicole

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