Supercars champion Will Brown to run Chicago NASCAR Cup race with Kaulig

Will Brown, 26, is the defending champion of the Australian Supercars Sequence. He has eleven profession wins and completed third in final 12 months’s Bathurst 1000. Along with his spectacular Supercars profession, Brown can be a two-time class winner of the Bathurst 12 Hours.

He already made his Cup debut final 12 months, driving for Richard Childress Racing at Sonoma. He began twenty fourth and completed thirty first. Brown will return for the Chicago Road Course race, driving a 3rd entry as a teammate to AJ Allmendinger and Ty Dillon, piloting the No. 13 Chevrolet. MobileX will again the hassle and function the first sponsor, as they did in his begin with RCR.

There was an inflow of Supercars expertise in NASCAR ever since Shane van Gisbergen (SVG) received in his Cup debut on the Chicago Road Course in 2023, in the end selecting to depart Supercars behind to pursue a full-time profession in NASCAR. Brown truly changed SVG at Pink Bull Ampol Racing (Triple Eight) after he journeyed stateside. 

“After watching SVG win the 2023 Chicago NASCAR race and attending to drive myself at Sonoma final 12 months, I’ve been actually eager to have a go on the Grant Park 165,” mentioned Brown. “The Supercars calendar aligned this 12 months to offer me time to recover from to Charlotte early to organize and provides the race a crack! I’ve watched Kaulig Racing carefully this season and I’m actually excited to get behind the wheel of the MobileX and Shaw and Companions Monetary Companies No. 13!”

Added crew proprietor Matt Kaulig: “That is an incredible alternative for Kaulig Racing to compete for a win in some of the prestigious occasions on the calendar. We’re so excited to have Will (Brown) race with us and compete for the trophy.  The crew is prepared, and we all know he has the expertise.”

The occasion is ready to happen on July sixth with Brown hoping to turn into the primary Australian-born driver (SVG is from New Zealand) to win on the Cup stage since fellow Supercars champion did it in 2012.