Former Formula 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Indianapolis in August.
Toyota and 23XI Racing announced Wednesday that Kobayashi would drive a third car for the team at the IMS road course on Aug. 13. Kobayashi will be the second Japanese driver to race in the Cup Series and the first to do so while driving a Toyota.
"Kamui shares the passion for motorsports that all of us at Toyota and TRD, U.S.A. live every day so it will be exciting to show him our NASCAR program with him behind the wheel of one of our TRD Camrys," Toyota Racing Development president David Wilson said in a statement. The announcement of Kobayashi’s NASCAR debut came at Le Mans ahead of this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Kobayashi is driving for Toyota in the endurance race and NASCAR is fielding a Cup Series prototype car in the race that will be driven by Jimmie Johnson, Jenson Button and Mike Rockenfeller.
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