{"id":714541,"date":"2026-06-04T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/714541\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:00:10","slug":"magnussen-to-make-nascar-cup-debut-in-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/714541\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnussen to make NASCAR Cup debut in San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t&#8220;I\u2019m proud to have this opportunity&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2f6c1083339675f55f32a41154a6ab.jpg\" alt=\"Magnussen to make NASCAR Cup debut in San Diego\" class=\"w-full h-auto mb-12\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5\">Kevin Magnussen will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut later this month after being confirmed for Trackhouse Racing\u2019s special Project 91 entry in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5\">The former Formula 1 driver and current World Endurance Championship competitor will drive the No. 91 Chevrolet in the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Naval Base Coronado on June 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5\">The event will mark Magnussen\u2019s first NASCAR Cup start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5\">&#8220;I\u2019m incredibly excited and honoured to have the opportunity to compete in NASCAR,&#8221; said the Dane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5\">&#8220;What Justin Marks and Trackhouse have done with Project 91 is unique &#8211; to provide drivers from outside of the NASCAR world with a chance to compete at this level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5\">&#8220;I\u2019m proud to have this opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5\">Trackhouse founder Justin Marks said Magnussen was a natural fit for the initiative, which was created to bring internationally renowned drivers into NASCAR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5\">&#8220;Kevin Magnussen is a global driver, and that\u2019s one of the elements we look for when it comes to running Project 91,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5\">Magnussen joins a list of Project 91 drivers that includes 2007 Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;I\u2019m proud to have this opportunity&#8221; Kevin Magnussen will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut later this month&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-714541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}