Kris Richard will enter the 2018 TCR Europe Series behind the wheel of a Hyundai i30 N TCR with Target Competition.
The 2016 European Touring Car Cup Champion contested a brace of rounds in the now-defunct World Touring Car Championship last season with Campos Racing.
The partnership brings with it a rich experience of racing TCR machinery, with Richard contesting the full TCR Germany Series in 2017 and Target winning the 2015 International Series.
He will partner Reese Barr and contest the full campaign.
Richard initially considered options to race in the new-for-2018 FIA World Touring Car Cup, but found the financial commitment an obstacle to competing.
“I’d like to race in WTCR in 2018, but this was not financially achievable,” Richard told Autosprint.
“I am pleased now with the great offer from Target Competition to compete with them in the new TCR Europe. Here are younger drivers like me at the start, but we will probably be on a similar level to the old hands of the WTCR.”