Lopez will discover the 24 Hours of Daytona with Action Express Racing

L’équipe Action Express Racing aura des airs de Toyota Gazoo Racing lors des 24 Heures de Daytona 2022 (27-30 janvier). La formation américaine, qui engage une Cadillac DPi-V.R, a réuni en effet deux représentants du constructeurs nippon : Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez.

The Japanese will go in search of his third success in Florida while the Argentinian will make his first visit to the Daytona bank. Both will be associated with the seven-time champion of Nascar Jimmie Johnson and Mike Rockenfeller.

« Sharing the wheel with Jimmie Johnson will be a huge privilege”, declared the two-time champion outgoing from WEC and ex-Touring driver. “As a racing fan, I always followed Nascar and Jimmie was my favorite driver. I can say I'm a big fan.

Regarding Kamui, he is my friend and my brother. I have the honor of racing and sharing a lot of time with him as a teammate at Toyota in Hypercar. I know him very well, it’s mutual. » This relationship will not be too much to tame the first major endurance event of the year.

“My experience in America is not great. I ran my first raceEndurance in 2007 at the 12 Hours of Sebring, and from there I always wanted to come back and race in the United States again. I love the way the racing is there and my teammates Kamui and Mike always tell me how much they enjoy racing in a series as competitive as theImsa."

In 2021, the Action Express Racing team finished the 24 Hours of Daytona in second place, just 4″ behind the winners Albuquerque-Castroneves-Red-Taylor (Wayne Taylor Racing). simon pagenaud was then the teammate of Johnson-Kobayashi-Rockenfeller.