Kimi Raikkonen set for Nationwide debut

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    Former Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen will make his Nationwide Series debut Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a car fielded by Joe Nemechek and Kyle Busch.

    Raikkonen's name was on the official entry list released Monday in the No. 87 under the ownership of NEMCO Motorsports run by Nemechek, who formed an alliance with Busch to make the deal work.

    Raikkonen made his NASCAR debut in Friday night's Truck Series race for Kyle Busch Motorsports, finishing 15th. He hinted then about the possibility of running in the Nationwide race and Busch acknowledged that a car was in his shop even though he doesn't have a Nationwide license to run one.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/nationwide/news/story?id=6579663
     

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