.JensonButton has turned his first laps in NASCAR's Garage 56 car at Daytona ahead of the LeMans24 Hours 😎 But the ex-F1 star's height has added an extra challenge to driver changes through the window, reveals Chad Knaus 👇
Unlike European racing series, NASCAR machinery does not have doors, and drivers enter and exit the car through the window.
“We’ve got one guy who’s almost 6’ 1” [Button] and one who’s 5’ 8” [Rockenfeller] so that’s a bit of a challenge that we’re working through, and obviously safety is of the upmost importance to us. Getting all of that squared away with the driver change itself. “When it started, we wanted to have guys or gals who we considered to be elite,” he added. “We’ve talked to a lot of different drivers, from a lot of different genres, and ending up where we did is a perfect mixture that you could ever ask for to go drive this thing and represent NASCAR at Le Mans.”
“Ever since he walked on to campus, he was impressed with what we’ve got,’ said Knaus. “Obviously, under Jeff [Andrews]’s leadership, he’s built a pretty impressive place right there.
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