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Goossens to make Nextel Cup debut at Watkins Glen in the #90: CitiFinancial Racing announced that they will sponsor Marc Goossens in his Nextel Cup Series debut this weekend at Watkins Glen International. Goossens will attempt to qualify the Robert Yates Racing’s #90 CitiFinancial Ford Fusion for Sunday’s AMD at the Glen. Goossens, the road course ace from Belgium, made his Busch Series debut at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez where he started sixth and finished ninth for CitiFinancial Racing. “Marc did a great job for us in Mexico,” said Doug Yates. “We feel like he adds a lot of depth to our road course program. He tested for us at VIR last week to prepare for this weekends race and did very well. We have high expectations for all of our teams this weekend.” Goossens, who has been road course racing for more than 10 years, has competed in the Rolex 24 hours of Daytona and the 12 hours of Sebring. “I’ve been to Watkins Glen in the Grand Am Series and I'm looking forward to returning to a track that I have some experience on,” said Goossens. “Hopefully my experience will help us get CitiFinancial a great finish.”(CitiFinancial PR)(8-7-2006)

Dus vanaf vrijdag neemt Marc het op tegen Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt JR, Jimmie Johnson & Co.
Er staan 50 wagens ingeschreven voor de race, 43 mogen er starten.
De top 35 in car owner points zijn rechtstreeks geplaatst voor de race. 15 piloten moeten dus vechten voor de resterende 8 plaatsen. Marc moet het dus opnemen tegen Max Papis, Boris Said, Jeremy Mayfield, Ron Fellows, Paul Menard, Kevin Lepage, Michael Waltrip,... om in de race te geraken.
Wordt spannend van in de eerste training denk ik.
Dadelijk mijn valies eens beginnen te pakken en dan morgen naar New York vliegen. Kijk er naar uit.
neem fototoestel en laptop mee. Als er tijd is zal ik wat foto's en een verslagje posten van ginder.