Busch joins Hunter-Reay to represent the USA at 2014 Race of Champions
Kurt Busch is the latest driver confirmed to compete in the 2014 Race of Champions, where he will team up with Ryan Hunter-Reay for Team USA.
This will be the 26th running of the Race of Champions, which is set to take place at Bushy Park circuit in Barbados on December 13-14. The event is coming back after a year off due to political unrest in Bangkok, where the 2013 Race of Champions was scheduled to be held.
Hunter-Reay, who won the IndyCar series championship in 2012, will team up with 2004 NASCAR Cup series champion Kurt Busch to go head-to-head in identical cars against drivers representing different nations from across the globe.
The drivers will not only be racing for the Nation’s Cup (which Germany has won the last six years in a row) but also for the individual title of “Champion of Champions” (currently held by Romain Grosjean of France, who won in 2012).
Hunter-Reay and Busch were teammates at Andretti Autosport during the 2014 Indianapolis 500 in May, where Hunter-Reay took the win and Busch finished an impressive sixth place. Busch then travelled back to Charlotte, NC to compete in the Coca-Cola 600, where he retired after 271 laps with an engine failure.
"I've raced for a lot of great sponsors in my career, but to race for my country, that's something pretty special," said Busch. "You look at the names of the people who've competed in the Race Of Champions, past and present. To be included on that list is a real honor. I'm excited to team up with Ryan again.
"He won the Indy 500 for our team, hopefully we can win this one for the United States.”
