


He raced at Charlotte for Kyle Busch Motorsports back in 2011, taking a 15th-place finish in Trucks and 27th in what was then known as the Nationwide Series.

Raikkonen had previously competed in the XFinity and Truck Series of NASCAR during his F1 hiatus in 2010/11. "The car felt like it had a lot of speed in there, but that's how it goes sometimes." "I felt more confidence all the time and had some good battles, it's a shame," he explained to broadcaster NBC Sports. The next road course race is the Charlotte 'Roval' in the Playoffs in October, with the 21-time Grand Prix winner saying, "We'll see, I don't know", when asked after the race if he'd return. Although this was a one-off event for Raikkonen, he was not in a rush to rule out appearing again in the Cup Series.
