Narain Karthikeyan (India) and Darryl O’Young (Hong Kong) came out in December for an ARCA test at Daytona.
Who brought them out?
Starbeast Motorsports did. Starbeast has a partnership of sorts with JTG-Daughtery, who in turn, has a partnership with Michael Waltrip Racing.
Karthikeyan, with Formula experience, seems more anxious to join the ranks of NASCAR… that is if he can get over “Putting your legs inside the car and twisting your body.” to get in the cars.
(I was able to get in one fine… it’s the getting out part that’s hard!)
After getting used to the “bumpy” track and the amount of movement the ARCA car did, he’s ready to show up next year if a deal can be put together.
(Note: Being that this was in December, I might presume that “next year” meant 2010?)
source: Yahoo Sports (Dec 08).
