Button: NASCAR can capitalise on Le Mans buzz with European race

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Button: NASCAR can capitalise on Le Mans buzz with European race
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🗣️ 'You have got to jump on what we did at Le Mans' Jenson Button thinks NASCAR should set up a race in Europe to build on interest stirred up by its Garage 56 project at LeMans24 ⬇️

The prime mover behind the programme was NASCAR president Jim France, who wished to honour his father Bill Sr – the man who first brought NASCAR machinery to Le Mans in 1976.

“I think there needs to be a way to get the European fans to understand the personalities within the sport, as much as enjoying the racing,” said Button. “I think it could be big, and doing a race in Europe next year would be great. Button wondered if NASCAR could work with a World Endurance Championship event in Europe, to ensure a racing audience that might appreciate its American-style racing.

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