Supercars Champion May Be Trackhouse’s Subsequent Project91 Driver

When Trackhouse Racing introduced Project91, its part-time NASCAR Cup Collection entry for worldwide stars, nobody might have imagined that the workforce’s two common full-time entries would each make the playoffs and advance to the second spherical. This season’s solely look for the No. 91 Chevy Camaro with Kimi Raikkonen behind the wheel was additionally a hit regardless of him getting collected in a crash. The workforce is planning on growing Project91 appearances in 2023, however who do you get to observe up Ferrari’s most up-to-date System 1 World Drivers’ Champion?

In an interview with 9’s Vast World of Sports activities in Australia, Shane van Gisbergen confirmed that he’s negotiating with Trackhouse workforce proprietor Justin Marks a few Project91 look subsequent season. Van Gisbergen is the reigning two-time Supercars Champion and at the moment main this season’s level standings. Outdoors of touring automobiles, the New Zealander can be an skilled GT3 driver with a Bathurst 12 Hour victory and a second-place class end on the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Trackhouse getting SVG for a race can be an enormous crossover occasion.

Van Gisbergen talked about how cool it was to look at Raikkonen race for Trackhouse. Then, he went on to ponder the circuits the place he might doubtlessly make his look:

“I’ve raced Watkins earlier than, so I do know that one. All the opposite tracks are fairly good. I believe they’ve bought the Chicago avenue circuit for the primary time subsequent 12 months as properly. A avenue circuit would swimsuit me, I reckon. That will be good as properly as a result of it’s a brand new observe for everybody, so actually that may assist me stand up to hurry if everybody else is studying as properly. That will be one, however let’s see.”

Regardless of being a comparatively new workforce, Trackhouse has been extremely aggressive and Project91 is a win for all events concerned. Trackhouse will get to advertise itself internationally, and star drivers from abroad get to expertise racing within the NASCAR Cup Collection with out having to pedal across the again of the sphere with a smaller workforce.