2023-06-07 11:36:10
Toyota and 23XI Racing announced that TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) driver and FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) team principal Kamui Kobayashi will race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, August 13. It was announced that Toyota Genuine Parts Camry TRD No. 67 will make its debut in the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series road course race.
Kamui Kobayashi started his racing career with karts, and after winning many titles, got a scholarship from the Formula Toyota Racing School (FTRS: now TGR-DC Racing School) and stepped up to Formula racing. He gained experience in Europe under the support of the Young Drivers Program (TDP: now TGR-DC). In 2006, Kobayashi Kobayashi, who showed success in winning European Formula Renault and GP2 Asian championships, signed a contract as the third driver of the Toyota F1 team and made his racing debut at the 2009 Brazilian GP. He raced in F1 until 2014. After that, Kamui Kobayashi participated in Japanese Super Formula and SUPER GT, joined the TGR WEC team as a driver, won the WEC series world champion in 2020, and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2021. He also entered the Lexus Racing program in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Series in 2022, replacing the injured Jack Hawksworth at Canadian Tire Mosport Park. He currently races in the Super Formula and WEC series as a driver and team principal for the TGR WEC team. Toyota began participating in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2007, and since then has won 174 races in 17 seasons. During this time, the Toyota driver won the series championship three times, with Kyle Busch in 2015 and 2019 and Martin Truex Jr. in 2017, while Toyota won the manufacturer’s championship three times (2016, 2017). , 2019). So far this season in 2023, Toyota’s drivers have scored four wins with four different drivers, and these four wins qualify for the playoffs at the end of the season. One of them is Tyler Reddick of 23XI Racing. 23XI Racing is a NASCAR team founded in 2020 by basketball superhero Michael Jordan and current Toyota NASCAR top driver Denny Hamlin. are winning. NASCAR, a stock car series that boasts high popularity in North America, is mainly fought on oval courses, but includes several road course events each year, and this time Kamui Kobayashi will participate as a spot. This will be the 24th round at the road course of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Round 24 of the NASCAR Cup Series will start on Sunday, August 13 at 2:30 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m. ET) on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. be cut. Kamui Kobayashi (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing driver and WEC team representative): “American motorsports culture is a little different from Japan and Europe, and NASCAR, with its unique culture, is an American dream for local drivers. I have had the good fortune to compete in several races in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship over the past few years, and although IMSA and NASCAR are different races, I believe the technology in the races is at a very high level. I would like to thank TRD-USA, Toyota North America, and TGR for giving me this opportunity.It has been a while since Toyota started participating in NASCAR, but Japan will be competing in the Cup Series with Toyota vehicles. I think I’ll be the first human driver, so I’m really happy to have this opportunity.” David Wilson (TRD-USA/Toyota Racing Development President) “Kamui wants me to participate in the NASCAR Cup Series program. It’s a real honor and we’re excited to have a highly competitive TRD Camry in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course event with the help of 23XI Racing. All of us at Toyota and TRD-USA share a passion for motorsports that has always been with us, and we can’t wait to see him drive the TRD Camry and join the NASCAR program.”
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