Numerous racing followers all over the world fell in love with the Storage 56 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 throughout this 12 months’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The roaring NASCAR inventory automotive was an attraction in France among the many subject of sports activities prototypes and GT automobiles. Many had been dissatisfied 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 Pageant of Velocity.
The Storage 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 sort out the 1.16-mile lengthy hill climb to rejoice NASCAR’s seventy fifth anniversary.
Right here’s the schedule for the Camaro’s runs at Goodwood:
- Thursday, July 13, 2:30 p.m. British Summer time Time (BST) / 9:30 a.m. Japanese 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 Storage 56 Program Supervisor, mentioned in a launch:
“The Storage 56 program has been an amazing success for us in additional introducing motorsports followers from all over the world to NASCAR. Taking the Storage 56 automotive to the Goodwood Pageant of Velocity offers us one other likelihood to deliver the world of inventory automobiles to followers of all kinds of motorsports.”
NASCAR seemingly created its personal upswing in worldwide recognition with its Storage 56 program and Australian Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen profitable the inaugural Chicago avenue race. And it doesn’t appear to be the inventory automotive racing group has any plans on stopping.
