EURO-RACECAR's reigning champion, Frenchman Eric Helary will contest the Loudon, New Hampshire round of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series as part of a new team from Europe!
Helary will contest this race race on September 22 as his grand prize for having secured the 2011 Racecar Euro Series championship.
Since ir created the Racecar Series in 2009, Team FJ has made clear its desire to prepare European drivers for NASCAR competition and create a path to the USA.
Every year since the championship’s inception, the title winner has been rewarded with a race seat for a NASCAR event on the other side of the Atlantic. Wilfried Boucenna and Lucas Lasserre were the pioneers, entering the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale near Los Angeles, and now Hélary is preparing to make his American bow.
EURO-RACECAR creators and promoters Team FJ recently acquired Fadden Racing, a vastly experienced K&N Pro Series East outfit for whom formerowner Mike Olsen won two titles. The team has three cars: one for road courses, the second for fast ovals and a third for short tracks.
Now aged 46, Helary won the 1988 French Formula Ford title, French Formula 3 title in 1990 and has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1993 for Peugeot.
Helary will contest this race race on September 22 as his grand prize for having secured the 2011 Racecar Euro Series championship.
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Since ir created the Racecar Series in 2009, Team FJ has made clear its desire to prepare European drivers for NASCAR competition and create a path to the USA.
Every year since the championship’s inception, the title winner has been rewarded with a race seat for a NASCAR event on the other side of the Atlantic. Wilfried Boucenna and Lucas Lasserre were the pioneers, entering the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale near Los Angeles, and now Hélary is preparing to make his American bow.
EURO-RACECAR creators and promoters Team FJ recently acquired Fadden Racing, a vastly experienced K&N Pro Series East outfit for whom formerowner Mike Olsen won two titles. The team has three cars: one for road courses, the second for fast ovals and a third for short tracks.
Now aged 46, Helary won the 1988 French Formula Ford title, French Formula 3 title in 1990 and has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1993 for Peugeot.