Countless racing followers around the globe fell in love with the Garage 56 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 throughout this 12 months’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The roaring NASCAR inventory automobile was an attraction in France among the many subject of sports activities prototypes and GT automobiles. Many have been upset that the distinctive mission solely had the one-off Le Mans look on its schedule. NASCAR has now confirmed that the Camaro will seem at this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The Garage 56 Camaro will make seven runs up the English property’s hill climb over the weekend, with 2009 F1 champion Jenson Button and 2010 Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller taking turns behind the wheel. The duo teamed up with seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson at Le Mans and can now deal with the 1.16-mile lengthy hill climb to rejoice NASCAR’s seventy fifth anniversary.
Here’s the schedule for the Camaro’s runs at Goodwood:
- Thursday, July 13, 2:30 p.m. British Summer Time (BST) / 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) – Mike Rockenfeller
- Friday, July 14, 9:10 a.m. BST / 4:10 a.m. ET – Jenson Button
- Friday, July 14, 3:10 p.m. BST / 10:10 a.m. ET – Mike Rockenfeller
- Saturday, July 15, 8:30 a.m. BST / 3:30 a.m. ET – Mike Rockenfeller
- Saturday, July 15, 2:55 p.m. BST / 9:55 a.m. ET – Jenson Button
- Sunday, July 16, 9:15 a.m. BST / 4:15 a.m. ET – Mike Rockenfeller
- Sunday, July 16, 3:50 p.m. BST / 10:50 a.m. ET – Jenson Button
John Doonan, IMSA President and Garage 56 Program Manager, stated in a launch:
“The Garage 56 program has been an overwhelming success for us in further introducing motorsports fans from around the world to NASCAR. Taking the Garage 56 car to the Goodwood Festival of Speed gives us another chance to bring the world of stock cars to fans of a wide variety of motorsports.”
NASCAR seemingly created its personal upswing in worldwide reputation with its Garage 56 program and Australian Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen successful the inaugural Chicago avenue race. And it doesn’t look like the inventory automobile racing group has any plans on stopping.
Source: jalopnik.com