Villeneuve has spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway driving the #27 Ford in the Next Gen test for Team Hezeberg, a new Cup team this season formed between racing legend Toine Hezemans and Dutch entrepreneur Ernst Berg.
Loris Hezemans, the 2019 NASCAR Euro champion, plans to compete in all the road course events on the Cup schedule in 2022, but is not yet approved for big oval tracks.
Asked to have the chance to compete in the Daytona 500, Villeneuve said: “It would be amazing. The last time I was in NASCAR I think was quite a few years, a lot of years ago. It would be really special.
“It’s a very special race to take part in and it’s hard to get in the show when you have to qualify on time or run the duel [qualifying race]. It makes it more stressful. Just making the show would be something special.”
Team Hezeberg does not own a charter in the Cup series so Villeneuve would have to make the 2022 Daytona 500 field by qualifying speed or racing his…
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