“Wow, a Happy Kimi! Weird sight,” NASCAR Twitter reacts to Kimi Raikkonen’s qualifying run at Watkins Glen, which saw him finish ahead of 7 cup series regulars

“Wow, a Happy Kimi! Weird sight,” NASCAR Twitter reacts to Kimi Raikkonen’s qualifying run at Watkins Glen, which saw him finish ahead of 7 cup series regulars

Christopher Bell, Kimi Raikkonen and Aric Almirola

Former F1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen made his NASCAR cup debut this Saturday at Watkins Glen International in the qualifiers and practice for Sunday’s main event Go Bowling at The Glen, the 2.5 miles road course race. The Iceman made his cup entry via POROJECT91, an ambitious plan launched by Trackhouse Racing with NASCAR’s international exposure as the primary goal.

The qualifying run in the No:91 Chevy Camaro ZL1 saw the ‘Finnish’ driver finishing way behind at P27, which is low compared to his teammates Ross Chastain who finished P18, and Daniel Suarez, who finished P9. But the fun fact is Kim Raikkonen had a fantastic rum as he finished better than seven cup series regulars, including Aric Almirola of SHR and Christopher Bell of JGR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCjHTMZvBWI

While Christopher Bell will start at the back on Sunday after he failed to put in a lap time in the qualifying Aric Almirola finished P35 at the track.  Other cup regulars who had a bad day at the office that Kimi was Corey Lajoie, Erik Jones, Ty Dillon, Harrison Burton, and Cole Custer which put these driver’s performance on Sunday a matter of pride for them.

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Find out How NASCAR Twitter reacted to Kimi Raikkonen’s cup qualifying run  

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Erick Jones, Chris Burton, Ty Dillon and, Corey Lajoie

Kimi Raikkonen’s appreciable run was welcomed by the NASCAR fans as they acknowledged the efforts put in by the F1 veteran on his first race week appearance since his F1 retirement race. Though they were some of the usual trolls the NASCAR Twitter seems to be like the effort put in by the ex-open wheel racer.   

https://twitter.com/iTolj/status/1561080722760269830
https://twitter.com/CokeBreakfast/status/1561059202495283201
https://twitter.com/ElrodCoy/status/1561069491303456775
https://twitter.com/MfJimSharpe/status/1561050327972950016

Will Kimi Raikkonen finish inside the top 10 on Sunday?

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