Raikkonen to compete in NASCAR

By Pablo Elizalde Tuesday, March 29th 2011, 13:49 GMT

Kimi RaikkonenFormer Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen will make a surprising move to NASCAR this year, the Finn joining the series with a new team.

According to the Turun Sanomat newspaper, Raikkonen - the 2007 world champion - will be racing with the new ICE1 Racing team in the Truck series before moving on to the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series.

He is expected to join the championship from this summer, although no dates are yet confirmed.

Raikkonen will be joining forces with Foster Gillett, who will be a major partner of the team, having worked with Richard Petty Motorsport in NASCAR last year.

Foster's family owned the Montreal Canadiens' NHL franchise and are also former co-owners of the Liverpool football club.

"I'm really looking forward to get there to familiarise to the world of NASCAR," Raikkonen was quoted as saying by Turun Sanomat.

"I have been following it for a long time. I know, it's a very tough and open, top racing series. I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that. Obviously, it will be very challenging and great fun for me."

According to the newspaper, the negotiations about which car the ICE1 Racing team will run are about to be completed.

Raikkonen will continue to compete in the World Rally Championship this year, where he has a deal for eight events.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90331

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萊科寧在NASCAR競爭

By Pablo Elizalde新浪體育訊 Tuesday, March 29th 2011, 13:49 GMT星期二，2011年3月29日，格林尼治標準時間 13:49

基米萊科寧 Former Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen will make a surprising move to NASCAR this year, the Finn joining the series with a new team.前一級方程式世界冠軍基米萊科寧將移動到一個令人驚訝的納斯卡今年以來，芬蘭加入一系列新的球隊。

According to the Turun Sanomat newspaper, Raikkonen - the 2007 world champion - will be racing with the new ICE1 Racing team in the Truck series before moving on to the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series.據Turun Sanomat報紙，萊科寧- 2007年世界冠軍-將與新的ICE1賽車車隊的卡車系列，然後再進入到全國和Sprint杯系列。

He is expected to join the championship from this summer, although no dates are yet confirmed.預計他將參加今年夏天的冠軍由，雖然具體日期尚未確定。

Raikkonen will be joining forces with Foster Gillett, who will be a major partner of the team, having worked with Richard Petty Motorsport in NASCAR last year.萊科寧將聯手與 Foster吉列，誰將會是一個主要合作夥伴的團隊，有曾與理查德佩蒂在NASCAR賽車的最後一年。

Foster's family owned the Montreal Canadiens' NHL franchise and are also former co-owners of the Liverpool football club.寄養的家庭擁有蒙特利爾加拿大人冰球隊，NHL球隊，也是前共同擁有的利物浦足球俱樂部。

"I'm really looking forward to get there to familiarise to the world of NASCAR," Raikkonen was quoted as saying by Turun Sanomat. “我真的很期待到那裡熟悉的世界納斯卡，”萊科寧被引述說，由Turun Sanomat。

"I have been following it for a long time. I know, it's a very tough and open, top racing series. I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that. Obviously, it will be very challenging and great fun for me." “我一直在它後面很長一段時間。我知道，這是一個非常艱難的和開放的，頂賽車系列。我就是喜歡美國精神的賽車運動。這種感覺真是太好了進去了。顯然，這將是非常挑戰和巨大的樂趣我。“

According to the newspaper, the negotiations about which car the ICE1 Racing team will run are about to be completed.據報紙說，談判的ICE1哪些車車隊將運行即將完成。

Raikkonen will continue to compete in the World Rally Championship this year, where he has a deal for eight events.萊科寧將繼續參加世界拉力錦標賽，今年，他在那裡有一個處理的八場比賽。

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被稱為天才設計師Adrian Newey，不管是在Williams、McLaren到現在的Red Bull車隊，都能夠為該車隊設計出頗具競爭力的車子。在F1，有沒有好車開真的差很多。Mark Webber開過Minardi的龜車(2002年搭載Asiatech引擎)，現在讓他開到Newey的好車，加上Renault的引擎也不錯，能夠讓大舒吃灰真的不會太意外。

Raikkonen set for NASCAR debut
1st April 2011

Former Grand Prix World Champion Kimi Raikkonen will make his NASCAR debut at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 20 – but he says that it won't interfere with his rally commitments.

The Finn is contesting 10 rounds of the World Rally Championship in a Citroen DS3 WRC run by his own Ice 1 Racing team. Now, he is looking to add to his motorsport programme with selected outings on the NASCAR Truck Series: the same route into the main NASCAR series that was followed by Raikkonen's fellow F1 refugees Jacques Villeneuve and Juan Pablo Montoya.

The path to NASCAR is traditionally not an easy one, with even two-time Indy Car champion Dario Franchitti having struggled when he moved into America's most popular racing series.

「I'm really looking forward to getting there to become more familiar with the world of NASCAR,」 said the 2007 Formula One World Champion. 「I know that it's a very tough and open series, but it will be great fun for me. I love the American spirit of racing and it feels great to get involved in that.」

Ice 1 Racing will run Raikkonen's NASCAR truck in conjunction with American businessman Foster Gillett.

http://www.maxrally.com/news/entry/...r_nascar_debut/
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簡單來說就是如果這不是愚人節新聞的話
Kimi將會在5/20參加他首場的NASCAR(truck)比賽
(話說... 小皮龜現在也好像在跑NASCAR truck)


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