Kevin Magnussen to make NASCAR Cup debut with Trac...

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Trackhouse Racing is bringing again its Challenge 91 entry for the inaugural San Diego road course race at Naval Base Coronado. Going down on June 21, this 3.4-mile road course is the first-ever Cup race on an energetic army base.

Kevin Magnussen will pilot the No. 91 Chevrolet as a teammate to Ross Chastain, Shane van Gisbergen, and Connor Zilisch.

He turns into the fourth totally different driver to hitch Trackhouse’s Challenge 91 program, a part-time entry supplied to world-class racing drivers as a pathway into NASCAR. Beforehand, Van Gisbergen, Kimi Raikkonen, and Helio Castroneves have pushed the automotive. SVG received on debut on the Chicago Avenue Course in 2023, which he later was a full-time profession in NASCAR.

Magnussen, a local of Roskilde, Denmark, has 185 begins in Components 1 between 2014 and 2024. He earned a podium end on debut and has one pole place, which got here with Haas within the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix.

He at the moment competes full-time within the World Endurance Championship, just lately ending second in Spa whereas driving for the BMW M Workforce WRT hypercar crew. He additionally has begins within the Le Mans 24 and Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, with an total IMSA win in Detroit in the course of the 2021 season,

Qualcomm Applied sciences will sponsor the No. 91 automotive in San Diego. Phil Surgen, who led Ross Chastain to 6 NASCAR Cup wins and a runner-up end within the 2022 championship, will function crew chief for Magnussen.

“I’m extremely excited and honored to have the chance to compete in NASCAR,” stated Magnussen. “What Justin Marks and Trackhouse have achieved with PROJECT91 is exclusive. To supply drivers from outdoors of the NASCAR world with an opportunity to compete at this stage. I’m proud to have this chance.

“I’ve already frolicked with the crew in North Carolina – assembly everybody, doing the seat match, going by pit cease procedures and all the main points that include making ready for a NASCAR weekend. They’re an superior group of individuals, extremely devoted, and simply as enthusiastic about this debut as I’m. I actually can’t wait to get to San Diego and expertise all of it for the primary time.”

Kevin’s father Jan, who’s a extremely skilled and profitable sports activities automotive racer, made one NASCAR Cup begin at Sonoma in the course of the 2010 season. He was spectacular, ending twelfth on debut within the 43-car area.