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NASCAR's Garage 56 Camaro Set To Make 7 Runs Up The Goodwood Hill Climb
NASCAR's Garage 56 Camaro Set To Make 7 Runs Up The Goodwood Hill Climb-May 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:45

The Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZR1 driven by Jimmie Johnson, Mike Rockenfeller and Jenson Button in action during the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe on June 10, 2023 in Le Mans, France.

Countless racing fans around the world fell in love with during this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The roaring NASCAR stock car was among the field of sports prototypes and GT cars. Many were disappointed that the unique project only had the one-off Le Mans appearance on its schedule. that the Camaro will appear at this weekend’s

The Garage 56 Camaro will make seven runs up the English estate’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 at Le Mans and will now tackle the 1.16-mile long hill climb to celebrate NASCAR’s 75th 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 RockenfellerFriday, July 14, 9:10 a.m. BST / 4:10 a.m. ET – Jenson ButtonFriday, July 14, 3:10 p.m. BST / 10:10 a.m. ET – Mike RockenfellerSaturday, July 15, 8:30 a.m. BST / 3:30 a.m. ET – Mike RockenfellerSaturday, July 15, 2:55 p.m. BST / 9:55 a.m. ET – Jenson ButtonSunday, July 16, 9:15 a.m. BST / 4:15 a.m. ET – Mike RockenfellerSunday, July 16, 3:50 p.m. BST / 10:50 a.m. ET – Jenson Button

John Doonan, IMSA President and Garage 56 Program Manager, said in a release:

“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 own upswing in international popularity with its Garage 56 program and Australian Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen winning the inaugural Chicago street race. And it doesn’t seem like the stock car racing organization has any plans on stopping.

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