CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick will all make their debuts this season in Tony Stewart’s summer time all-star collection, whereas four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves confirmed Wednesday he’ll return for a 3rd season.

Busch, who left Joe Gibbs Racing on the finish of final season and can drive for Richard Childress in NASCAR this 12 months, will run the center two Celebrity Racing Expertise occasions of the season. Busch will race at Motor Mile Speedway in Virginia in July, and once more the next Thursday night time at Berlin Raceway in Michigan.

SRX this summer time will transfer from racing on Saturday nights at native quick tracks to Thursday nights in a brand new tv bundle with ESPN. The date change for the six consecutive weeks of racing is extra conducive for a number of present stars who need to be a part of the summer time quick monitor occasions however did not have the time throughout common race weekends.

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“I have been working with everybody at SRX making an attempt to get considered one of their races on my schedule the final couple seasons and issues did not work out, so once they introduced they had been having weeknight races in shut proximity to some races on the Cup schedule, SRX and I instantly bought collectively to plan one thing for this 12 months,” Busch stated. “I’ve gained at Berlin within the Tremendous Late Mannequin and I actually get pleasure from racing at these native quick tracks throughout the nation, so it will be enjoyable to return and help these tracks and the good fan bases that they’ve.”

Bowyer, a present NASCAR analyst for Fox, can be out of the printed sales space by the point SRX begins its season and has picked three races for this summer time. Bowyer will race within the opener at Stafford Speedway in Connecticut, at Motor Mile alongside Busch after which within the SRX finale at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri.

“Clint is a blast to observe wheel a racecar, microphone or just watching him maintain courtroom within the storage,” stated second-year SRX CEO Don Hawk. “He was on our quick record [of drivers] and I am grateful he stated, ‘Sure.'”

Harvick, who’s retiring from NASCAR competitors on the finish of the season, was introduced Tuesday to compete at Stafford and Berlin. Castroneves, who gained final 12 months’s SRX opener, will compete at Motor Mile, Berlin Speedway and Lucas Oil.