A Components 1 driver goes to attempt his hand at stockcar racing this summer season.
Kevin Magnussen, a Danish driver who competed in F1 for 10 years, will get behind the wheel of the No. 91 Qualcomm Applied sciences Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing when NASCAR’s Cup Sequence goes to San Diego later this month. For the primary time ever, NASCAR will race on an energetic navy base, as drivers will navigate a highway course designed on Naval Base Coronado on June 21.
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“I’m extremely excited and honored to have the chance to compete in NASCAR,” Magnussen stated in a press release. “What Justin Marks and Trackhouse have carried out with Undertaking 91 is exclusive, to supply drivers from outdoors of the NASCAR world with an opportunity to compete at this degree. I’m proud to have this chance.”
Undertaking 91 was created by Marks in 2022 to develop Trackhouse’s world footprint and produce extra worldwide drivers into NASCAR. It was the pathway for Shane van Gisbergen to enter the sequence, and in 2023, he turned the primary driver since 1963 to win his Cup Sequence debut when he took the checkered flag on the Chicago Road Course.
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van Gisbergen, who’s from New Zealand, has acclimated effectively to NASCAR since changing into a full-time driver. He has dominated highway programs, successful seven of them to this point, and is simply two victories behind Jeff Gordon for the all-time wins document on that fashion of monitor within the Cup Sequence. He’s additionally getting higher at ovals, notching a pair of prime 10 finishes at Atlanta and Nashville this season. van Gisbergen is at present eyeing a spot within the postseason Chase, rating twelfth in factors heading into Michigan this weekend.
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Trackhouse’s final entry for Undertaking 91 got here on the 2025 Daytona 500, when four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves bought behind the wheel. He was concerned in a seven-car crash that day and completed thirty ninth.
Magnussen competed in F1 from 2014 to 2024, notching 4 top-five finishes. He has additionally pushed in IMSA SportsCars, successful at Detroit in 2021. The 33-year-old holds the F1 document for many factors scored on debut with 18 on the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.
“I’m thrilled to have the ability to deliver again Undertaking 91 once more this 12 months, particularly at San Diego,” stated Marks, the proprietor of Trackhouse. “We had been ready for the fitting alternative with the fitting accomplice and driver to deliver this Undertaking 91 entry to fruition. Qualcomm is a worldwide model, and Kevin Magnussen is a worldwide driver, and each are parts we search for in relation to operating Undertaking 91.”
Phil Surgen would be the crew chief for Magnussen’s No. 91 at San Diego. He joined Trackhouse in 2022 and has six Cup Sequence victories and three playoff appearances.
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Magnussen gained’t be the primary F1 driver to provide NASCAR a attempt. Essentially the most well-known crossover driver is Mario Andretti, who gained the 1967 Dayton 500, the 1969 Indy 500 and the 1978 F1 Championship. Juan Pablo Montoya gained seven F1 Grand Prix and competed in NASCAR’s Cup Sequence full-time from 2007 to 2013, successful twice and notching 22 different top-five finishes. Within the Nineteen Sixties, Dan Gurney gained 4 F1 races and 5 NASCAR races.
Different F1 drivers who’ve crossed over to NASCAR embody Kimi Räikkönen, Jenson Button, Jacques Villeneuve and Kamui Kobayashi.
In 2022, Magnussen drove some follow laps on the Charlotte Roval in Chase Briscoe’s Gen 6 automobile.
“NASCAR, it’s a unique animal to a Components One automobile,” Magnussen stated. “If you drive in NASCAR, as a Components One driver, it’s such as you’ve by no means pushed a race automobile earlier than. It’s fully totally different.”
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Former seven-time Cup Sequence champion Jimmie Johnson can even return to the driving force’s seat for the race at San Diego. The 50-year-old will race for the crew he now owns, Legacy Motor Membership.
