India’s Narain Karthikeyan, who drove the 2005 season for Team Jordan in Formula 1, and recently for Team India in the A1GP series, will be participating at the ARCA test this weekend, along with Darryl O’Young, a Hong Kong native for a new team Starbeast Motorsports.
According to statement released by team principals Starbeast Motorsports has formed a strategic partnership with JTG Daugherty Racing, which has a proven track record with successfully marketing and developing foreign driver Marcos Ambrose to race in the premier NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
JTG Daugherty Racing will provide technical and marketing support for Starbeast Motorsports.
“Collaborating with such an experienced race team as JTG Daugherty Racing will help Starbeast Motorsports develop a successful NASCAR program,” stated Miguel Abaroa, Founder & CEO of Starbeast Motorsports.
“The goal is to eventually bring stock car racing to the 2.5 billion potential Chinese and Indian fans. This is a first step.”
ARCA veteran, Andy Hillenburg, will advise the drivers and assist the new team with the upcoming test. ARCA is a stock car series primarily based in the Mid-West but is considered a stepping-stone to the upper NASCAR divisions. Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti ran ARCA races in preparation to running in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series.
This announcement is the latest round of ex-Formula 1 drivers trying stock cars including Nelson Piquet Jr., Mika Salo and Jarno Trulli.
photo:WRI2
According to statement released by team principals Starbeast Motorsports has formed a strategic partnership with JTG Daugherty Racing, which has a proven track record with successfully marketing and developing foreign driver Marcos Ambrose to race in the premier NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
JTG Daugherty Racing will provide technical and marketing support for Starbeast Motorsports.
“Collaborating with such an experienced race team as JTG Daugherty Racing will help Starbeast Motorsports develop a successful NASCAR program,” stated Miguel Abaroa, Founder & CEO of Starbeast Motorsports.
“The goal is to eventually bring stock car racing to the 2.5 billion potential Chinese and Indian fans. This is a first step.”
ARCA veteran, Andy Hillenburg, will advise the drivers and assist the new team with the upcoming test. ARCA is a stock car series primarily based in the Mid-West but is considered a stepping-stone to the upper NASCAR divisions. Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti ran ARCA races in preparation to running in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series.
This announcement is the latest round of ex-Formula 1 drivers trying stock cars including Nelson Piquet Jr., Mika Salo and Jarno Trulli.
photo:WRI2