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There’s a new Cup team coming to NASCAR in 2022. And while there have been many teams who have announced a move to NASCAR’s top tier series through the years, the success of those new teams actually sticking around has been mixed. Most of the new teams have been ones who have usually spent a couple of seasons in the lower tiers and have come from the United States.

Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway another new team announced a move to the Cup series next season. But this team is much different than most of the others.

Team Hezeberg, with a bit of help from Reaume Brothers Racing, will run a Ford Mustang part time in the Cup series next season. To start they will campaign on the 6 road courses on next year’s schedule. The team is owned by Hezeberg Systems and will have two drivers behind the wheel: NASCAR Whelen Euro Champion Loris Hezemans and former Formula One Champion Jacques Villeneuve. The team has the distinction of being the first to move to the Cup series from the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.

The Hezemens are from Holland, and the team is owned by Toine Hezemans, father of Loris and a former European touring Car champion and two time 24 hours of Le Mans winner along with Dutch entrepreneur Ernst Berg (hence the team Hezeberg name).