WEC racer Kamui Kobayashi will be back to compete in NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas with 23X1 Racing.
Kamui Kobayashi will rejoin 23XI Racing and make his second career NASCAR Cup Series start at Circuit of The Americas later this month, the team announced Wednesday.
This marks the second consecutive year the 37-year-old Japanese driver will race in NASCAR’s premier series, with his first stint coming last August at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Kobayashi finished 33rd as pilot of the No. 67 Toyota.
Kobayashi, who has experience in the FIA World Endurance Championship, Formula 1 and Super Formula Championship among other ventures, continues NASCAR’s trend of international stars competing at the highest level of stock car racing. Other international racers to don the NASCAR fire suit over the last year include Jenson Button, Kimi Räikkönen and Shane van Gisbergen.
[Note: The story is as per press release]