This week’s “Wind Tunnel” epsiode goes global as Jack visits with foriegn born drivers who chase their dreams in the U.S.
Daniel Suarez was raised in Monterrey Mexico. As a kid, he dreamed of a NASCAR career and quickly moved up the NASCAR Mexico ladder eventually moving to the NASCAR Xfinity Series where he snared the Xfinity Championship in his 2nd season.
He moved to Cup the following year and last season, he joined TrackHouse Racing.
He and Jack unpack the TrackHouse story and Daniel’s aims for 2022.
His real name is Rinus van Kalmthout but to IndyCar fans he’s simply RInus Veekay part of the Ed Carpenter team. Veekay became an IndyCar winner when the Dutchman captured the GMR G.P. last year on the Indy road course.
Rinus shares with Jack where he thinks he has matured as a driver, where he believes his team is much improved and a novel technique he is using to better “connect” with his team strategist.
Akinori Ogata moved to the United States from his home country of Japan in 2003
He knew little about American culture and moved to North Carolina with the goal of becoming a NASCAR success. After almost 20 years Ogata scored his first career NASCAR win just a few weeks ago at the Hickory Motor Speedway.