2011 American Le Mans Series PC champion Gunnar Jeannette is set to become the first American driver to pilot the Nissan DeltaWing.

Jeannette will drive with Spanish ace Lucas Ordonez – the first man to win Nissan’s Playstation Academy competition. Ordonez went from being a Playstation gamer to standing on the podium at Le Mans thanks to the innovative program.

The impending drive for Jeannette is a sort of homecoming as well – the Salt Lake City-based adventure sports junkie is reuniting with DeltaWing Racing Cars consortium head Don Panoz.

Jeannette as a former factory driver for Panoz Motorsports in both the LMP1 and GT class.

He was on site at Monday’s official Petit Le Mans announcement at Nissan’s headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee and talked to Michelin Alley about driving the unique car at Road Atlanta.