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Nelson Piquet Jr Confirms Endurance, Stock Car Runs in January

Nelson Piquet Jr. is really taking his future NASCAR career seriously, as the Brazilian seems to make use of every chance he can get his hands on to get accustomed to driving stock cars or endurance prototypes.

Earlier today, we have reported to you that Piquet Jr. has successfully completed his second NASCAR test with Red Horse Racing and was really hopeful of a 2010 programme with the team in the Camping World Truck Series. Hours later however, on his official website, the Brazilian driver announced his immediate plans for the upcoming 2 weekends.

This very Sunday, the former Formula One racer will be returning to his native Brazil to take part in the 1000 km de Interlagos race in Brazil, a 233-lap endurance event that will take approximately 8 hours of running around the Formula One track and will see Piquet Jr. team up with veterans Leandro de Almeida and Eduardo de Souza Ramos.

Consequently, Piquet Jr. will get to race in one third of that time at the wheel of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X.

The very next weekend, Piquet will fly all the way to South Africa to compete in the Free State 500 at the Phakisa Freeway near Welkom, marking the first race on an oval track in the country using NASCAR-type American stock cars. It will also be a great way to take the pulse of a NASCAR-type of racing, which he'll probably do more often starting February onwards.

It's going to be a really great couple of weeks, I can't wait to start racing again. Both weekends will be very different but both will be a test of endurance and will be really competitive. The event is South Africa will give me some good experience of oval racing in a NASCAR-type car ahead of my programme this year in the USA. It would be great to start the year with a couple of wins!” said Piquet on his official site.
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