To have the caliber of drivers we’ve got, to have the caliber of cars we’ve got in SRX is big. I’ve had a chance to race Daytona, Talladega, a lot of those tracks. I have had the opportunity to race an Xfinity car at Indianapolis. “I had the opportunity in 2005 to run the Rolex 24 at Daytona. “I rank this opportunity right at the top of things I’ve been able to do,” Sellers said. Peyton Sellers, a native of Danville, Virginia, and and six-time South Boston track champion, is the weekly “ringer” entered in the field. SRX races this Saturday night live on CBS at South Boston Speedway in Virginia. We had four spare cars, any one of them you could just put your seat insert in and we’re good to go.” There’s so many things that went in the right direction. "He started scratch on the field and he won. That car was not even going to be raced and it won," Hawk said. “It shows you that the 16 cars we prepared are really what we say they are, they’re equal cars. SRX had available cars - the premise of the series is that all the cars are equally prepared for star drivers from multiple formulas of racing - and had one ready for Castroneves when he arrived. He was already on the plane headed to Pensacola last Friday night when it was discovered SRX did not know he was coming. His participation over the six Saturday nights is built around his Ind圜ar schedule, and there was a misunderstanding over Castroneves' participation in the opening race. The wildest part of Castroneves' deal with Hawk is that he won last Saturday night at Five Flags Speedway in Florida, where SRX had no idea Castroneves was racing. Ernie Francis Jr., a seven-time class champion in the Trans Am Series, caught Penske's eye when he won the SRX race in Indianapolis, and it led to a full-time ride this year in the Indy Lights Series. Part of Tony Stewart's hope in creating SRX last year was that it would help drivers find other opportunities and it worked in its inaugural season. Hopefully I’m going to get into it with Don and be in the Daytona 500 for sure.” "I know it will be tough, but hey, who knows, in racing you never expect how things could be surprising. It will be very natural to try something that I’ve always (wanted to do), which was NASCAR. Now, I have an opportunity in my contract, so why not, why not try something that I never did,” Castroneves said. “I drove for so many years with Roger Penske and I was not able to get an opportunity there. He will be 47 years old when “The Great American Race” rolls around next February and now drives for Meyer Shank Racing in Ind圜ar, a team that does not prohibit him from extracurricular racing. ![]() Marks told The Associated Press that he has not spoken to Hawk about Castroneves, but “my mom texted me and asked ‘Are you talking to Helio?’”Ĭastroneves doesn't know what deals Hawk might be working, but he's very serious about getting into next year's Daytona 500. He's won Indianapolis four times, the Rolex 24 at Daytona twice and an IMSA sports car championship, but could never convince Roger Penske to give him a shot in NASCAR. And so we’re really going to try to make the Daytona 500 work.”īecause of the Trackhouse program, speculation instantly turned to Project91 as the landing spot for Castroneves. "The intention originally was he really wanted to run in the Daytona 500, it was a crown jewel. It all depends on how this thing rolls out, whether we’re going to look at more than one race or optional races. We’re not ready to say a whole lot publicly. “Phone calls have been taking place, the ball is rolling. R etired Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen is first up with a scheduled August start on the road course at Watkins Glen. Trackhouse Racing last month announced “Project91” to help international drivers enter NASCAR races.
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