NXT Gen Cup, the world's first fully electric junior touring car cup, will join the official Swedish karting championship in Kalmar, Sweden, on August 5-6 where winners of the junior classes will be given a test drive as prize.
"NXT Gen Cup offers junior racing talents a perfect step from karting where we together with the STCC have created an exciting and sustainable career ladder," said Fredrik Lestrup, co-founder of NXT Gen Cup.
The winners of the OK class will get to drive the LRT NXT1, the world's first fully electric junior touring car racer, during a test day later this year.
The winners of the OK Junior and 125 Junior classes, aged 12-15, will get to join NXT Gen Cup and STCC behind the scenes during a race weekend in 2023.
"The karting weekend in Kalmar offer us a perfect chance to provide young talents with insight on what opportunities the future can hold in terms of a professional racing career through NXT Gen Cup and the STCC," said Fredrik Lestrup.
"We offer junior drivers a unique arrive and drive setup in NXT Gen Cup, including a robust education programme where the young talents will get to learn key tools in terms of media and sponsor relations, economics, race engineering and a lot more."
Learn more about NXT Gen Cup here.
