A former LeMans24 Hours winner & DTM champion will take on the NASCAR Cup Series regulars at Watkins Glen – as well as Kimi Raikkonen and Daniil Kvyat! 😲 Get the full story 👇
Spire Motorsports on Tuesday announced Rockenfeller will drive the team’s No. 77 Chevrolet in the Aug. 21 Cup race at Watkins Glen International and the Oct. 9 race on the Charlotte Roval.
Rockenfeller, 38, has enjoyed a successful motorsports career spanning almost two decades, including teaming with seven-time Cup championJimmie Johnson & Mike Rockenfeller“Since starting my professional racing career back in the early 2000s, I’ve always kept a close eye on NASCAR,” said Rockenfeller. “What's more, after teaming up with Jimmie Johnson [in the Action Express Racing Cadillac] – one of the heroes of the sport – my respect and appreciation for NASCAR has grown.
A former DTM champion, Rockenfeller finished third overall at the 2004 24 Hours of Daytona as a Porsche Junior competitor and collected his first American win in the Daytona Prototype Class in the 2010 Rolex 24 at Daytona. “I've been fortunate to race LMP prototypes, DTM, and GTs, but now I’m ready to get my name out there in NASCAR,” he said. “This is a huge honor for me to be racing the No. 77 NationsGuard Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, and I want to say thank you to Spire Motorsports for giving me this opportunity to start a new chapter in my career.”
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