It’s been a real inventory automobile rollercoaster experience and it’s exhausting for Brown to fathom how shortly his racing profession has advanced. He’s dedicated, nonetheless, to take pleasure in each alternative that comes his approach.
On Wednesday, Richard Childress Racing made official what Motorsport.com had reported earlier this month – that Brown will drive the group’s No. 33 Chevrolet within the June 9 Cup race Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway. MobileX and Motorola will sponsor Brown’s NASCAR debut.
Brown, 25, will be part of Shane van Gisbergen, Brodie Kostecki and Cam Waters as Supercars standouts who’ve made NASCAR nationwide sequence begins prior to now two seasons.
The native of Toowoomba, Queensland, leads the Supercars standings this season with three victories for the Triple Eight Race Engineering Pink Bull staff. He has eight profession wins in 108 begins.
Will Brown, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Photograph by: Edge Photographics
“You understand, Shane actually opened that door for lots of people and to be trustworthy, for me,” Brown mentioned in an interview with Motorsport.com earlier this week. “I mentioned the opposite day it was solely 4 years in the past I used to be making an attempt to get into Supercars. Now I’m with the very best staff in Australian motorsport.
“You understand, you may’t go increased. And now, I’ve been supplied this chance to go to NASCAR. For me 4 years in the past, quite a lot of this wasn’t even on the horizon. I didn’t assume I’d ever get the chance to race NASCAR.
“So, I’m identical to residing the dream. I’m completely satisfied about it. It’s nice. However yeah, I believe Shane’s actually allowed this to occur in a approach with what he’s executed.”
Final July, van Gisbergen, 34, grew to become the primary driver in additional than 60 years to win a Cup race in his debut when he took victory within the inaugural Chicago Avenue Race driving for Trackhouse Racing.
The victory served because the instigator for the Kiwi to maneuver to NASCAR competitors this season, the place he’s working full-time within the Xfinity Collection whereas additionally working part-time in Cup races.
Gaining curiosity on the planet of inventory automobile racing
Brown’s personal curiosity in NASCAR was fostered by watching races on TV however he dived far deeper into it following van Gisbergen’s shock win in Chicago and his subsequent capability to maneuver to full-time NASCAR competitors.
Whereas van Gisbergen has already dedicated to a NASCAR profession, Brown’s ambitions are far more in flux. Sonoma shouldn’t be a part of van Gisbergen’s Cup schedule this season, however Waters will make his Cup debut within the race as nicely, driving a 3rd entry for RFK Racing.
“It’s superior to come back over right here and check your self in opposition to the very best in America and the very best on the planet as nicely,” Brown mentioned. “So, you already know we’re form of over on our facet of the world and we’re very aggressive.
“However it’s not till you head abroad have you learnt what kind of degree you’re at. So, for me, it’s about doing that. I like what I’m doing in Australia with Pink Bull and Pink Bull Racing. If I might do a couple of races a 12 months in America annually, I’d like to do it.
“So, hopefully, it opens up a couple of a couple of doorways to have the ability to try this subsequent.”
RCR is a pure match for Brown, who competed with the group’s Cup drivers, Austin Dillon and Kyle Busch, in a World Racing League occasion at Circuit of the Americas final December.
Final 12 months, RCR entered Supercars star Brodie Kostecki within the Cup race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Highway Course.
Will Brown, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Photograph by: Edge Photographics
RCR and Supercars groups Erebus Motorsport and Picture Racing keep a relationship that has seen each events go to one another of their native international locations, together with staff proprietor Richard Childress’ go to to final season’s Supercars finale at Adelaide.
“I’ve stayed in contact with Will since he came visiting in December to race with us, and he has confirmed to be a disciplined and passionate racer,” mentioned Childress.
“His begin with RCR is a continuation of a long-standing funding that RCR has made to find and honing expertise and looking out past U.S. motorsports.”
Brown mentioned he hopes the Supercars-to-NASCAR pipeline will quickly begin working in the wrong way.
“I believe it will be superior for us if we might get one or two of the NASCAR guys out right here on the finish of the 12 months to race our final spherical in Supercars,” he mentioned.
“You understand, carry them over right here and see how they compete over in Australia and get a little bit of an alliance going there that we’ve got form of that mutual respect. You understand, the automobiles are comparable. The racing we do is analogous. Clearly, the ovals are a bit totally different.
“However, you already know, hopefully like I say, we are able to get a little bit of an alliance going there.”
