Lee Roy
27th February 2011, 17:44
http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-lewis-hamilton-to-run-nascar-stock-car-in-watkins-glen-exhibition/
Lewis Hamilton is set to drive a premier NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car for the first time later in 2011.
American sports network ESPN reports that the McLaren driver will swap his Formula One car for two-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart's Chevrolet.
The exhibition, organized by mutual sponsor Mobil 1, is set to take place some time in the summer at the famous Watkins Glen road course in New York.
The car provided by McLaren for the swap will be the British team's 2010 model MP4-25, the report said.
Stewart-Haas Racing spokesman Mike Arning confirmed the report.
This could be the racing highlight of the year.
It would be cool if Red Bull got involved too.
It will be great to see a Formula One car circulating at the Glen again after all these years.
Lewis Hamilton is set to drive a premier NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car for the first time later in 2011.
American sports network ESPN reports that the McLaren driver will swap his Formula One car for two-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart's Chevrolet.
The exhibition, organized by mutual sponsor Mobil 1, is set to take place some time in the summer at the famous Watkins Glen road course in New York.
The car provided by McLaren for the swap will be the British team's 2010 model MP4-25, the report said.
Stewart-Haas Racing spokesman Mike Arning confirmed the report.
This could be the racing highlight of the year.
It would be cool if Red Bull got involved too.
It will be great to see a Formula One car circulating at the Glen again after all these years.