Excerpt from RACER.com-Former Formula 1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen will make a surprising move to NASCAR later this year with a new team, according to theĀ Turun Sanomat newspaper in his native Finland.
Raikkonen, 2007 World Champion with Ferrari, plans to race with the new “ICE1 Racing” team in the Camping World Truck Series (ABOVE) before moving on to the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series, according to the newspaper. He is expected to start racing in Trucks 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 soccer team in England.
