.kamui_kobayashi's dream of racing in NASCAR dates back to when he was just four or five years old. Now, thanks to ToyotaRacing and 23XIRacing, that dream is just two months away from becoming a reality.
Kobayashi to make NASCAR Cup debut with 23XI Racing at Indy road courseIt's the perfect fit for Kobayashi, who said he"was for a long time" searching for the right opportunity to finally go stock car racing.
"At the end of the day when I remember, what I saw when I was really young was a NASCAR race, because it was an oval. And I remember, the highlight, thinking one day to race in NASCAR was my dream. "I went there , I drove there, and then still I dropped Formula 1, I said 'I still, I want to be a dream, NASCAR driving' ... And that's why I always try to be asking to David to have this opportunity and actually I think having the simulator a couple of years ago in TRD USA. And yeah, it was in Bristol, a very strange track for me. It's small, challenging, but still I enjoy and it's been quite different.
"I have a still racing in WEC and also I'm doing the Super Formula as well in Japan so obviously to find no clashing schedules as a part of a race in NASCAR is quite tricky." he explained."And also, we need to have a lead-in time to have a simulator session, seat-fitting, couple of test days probably, I think that makes not fit at all for any other track. And the only one we find is the IndyCar track.
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