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Israeli driver adds international flair to NASCAR’s Cup race at Richmond on Saturday

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Alon Day, a driver from Tel Aviv, Israel, will add an international flair to Saturday’s race at Richmond Raceway when he makes his 2018 Cup series debut. The 26-year-old Day is the first NASCAR driver from Israel to ever compete in the Cup series, according to a news release on Monday from his sponsor, Best Bully Sticks.

Alon Day
 Day will drive the BK Racing No. 23 Best Bully Sticks Toyota Camry in Saturday’s Federated Auto Parts 400.

Day was the 2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series champion and the first stock car driver outside of North America to be selected for the NASCAR NEXT program of future stars.

He also has competed in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck and XFINITY Series. In 2017, he debuted in the Cup series at the road course at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway.

Day was observing the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur and was unavailable for comment on Tuesday, a spokesman for his sponsor said.

Kyle Busch outran Chase Elliott and teammate Denny Hamlin for his fifth career victory at April’s Cup series race Richmond Raceway, Above, Busch celebrates with a burnout. Alon Day, a driver from Tel Aviv, Israel, will add an international flare to Saturday’s Cup race at Richmond when he makes his 2018 Cup series debut. Steve Helber AP

The Richmond race will be his first on a Cup series oval track, according to the news release from his sponsor.

Source: Charlotte Observer