Travel blogger and part-time racer Vanessa Neumann joins EuroNASCAR Club Challenge for the Most round, while Reza Sardeha unveils a throwback livery on his Ford Mustang.
The Thursday parade for the 2024 NASCAR GP Czech Republic at Autodrom Most saw the reveal of not only Vanessa Neumann’s entry to EuroNASCAR Club Challenge, but also a new livery for Reza Sardeha’s No. 11 Anyone.com Ford.
Vanessa, a travel blogger and ambassador for German non-profit organization Mama/Papa hat Krebs, will be making her series debut in the regularity-based division with 3F Racing.
It should be noted that despite sharing the same last name, she is not related to Marko Stipp Motorsport driver Victor Neumann. The Neumann’s also had different nationalities: Vanessa is from Germany while Victor is a Frenchman.
“I’m about to race the Club Challenge of the EuroNASCAR and can’t wait to be back on track on Friday!” announced Vanessa on her Instagram account.
“My goal is to drive the EN2 next year, but first I need to warm up and get used to this race series and the car.”
“I’m happy to drive for the team 3F Racing to get the chance to race against cancer as I am an ambassador for Mama/Papa hat Krebs. Let’s push!”
Vanessa is set to contest to join eight other drivers who will contest for championship points in Club Challenge, one of which is Race Planet Team Bleekemolen’s rookie driver Reza Sardeha.
Tech entrepreneur and racing rookie Sardeha normally races a purple-and-white No. 11 Ford, but his car is decked with a new burgundy-and-white livery for Most.
The new livery in Sardeha’s machine is a throwback to one of the colors offered by Shelby American in the original Shelby Mustang GT350.
To further signify this, the car also carries a Shelby Mustang decal on the front and the rear, making it the first Shelby-badged NASCAR race car since Chase Briscoe’s No. 98 Stewart-Haas Shelby in the 2020 Xfinity Series season.
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