Supercars chaotic kid Shane van Gisbergen has confirmed helium is successful talks to marque a cameo successful the NASCAR Cup Series successful 2023.
Speaking with Wide World of Sports, the two-time Supercars champion revealed helium had spoken with TrackHouse Racing brag Justin Marks astir a imaginable thrust adjacent year.
That would spot the 2020 Bathurst 1000 victor contention a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 successful the apical NASCAR tier astatine an as-yet undecided circuit.
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However, immoderate opportunities trust connected determination being nary clashes with his Supercars programme with Red Bull Ampol Racing.
"Well it each depends connected our calendar," said van Gisbergen.
"Our calendar comes retired truthful precocious these days, truthful I conscionable request to hold and spot what our calendar does. But yeah, I would emotion to bash it.
"We did speak, but it's each babelike connected our calendar and what races I tin bash and if there's clip to get implicit determination and backmost without upsetting Supercars."
In immoderate case, van Gisbergen would contention nether the Project91 banned – an inaugural led by TrackHouse Racing to gully high-profile drivers from astir the satellite to NASCAR.
So far, Project91 has had conscionable 1 outing earlier this year.
That saw the squad tract 2007 Formula 1 champion and Ferrari icon Kimi Raikkonen, who ran competitively astir the apical 10 astatine Watkins Glen.
"I'd emotion to bash a roadworthy people and person a go, for sure, it's conscionable getting the close opportunity," van Gisbergen explained.
"Obviously, they've got large instrumentality – the TrackHouse cars and squad person been going truly well.
"I'd emotion to person a go. It was chill watching Kimi [Raikonnen] bash it arsenic well."
As acold arsenic wherever the Kiwi would race, it's each but definite oval races are retired of the question.
Notwithstanding calendar clashes, determination are 5 opportunities successful the regular play for van Gisbergen.
The bid volition contention astatine the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix big venue, Circuit of the Americas, connected March 26 – though that sits precariously adjacent to the accepted commencement of the Supercars season.
The adjacent accidental would astir apt beryllium astatine Sonoma Raceway connected June 11, astir the clip of the Supercars mid-season break.
On July 2, NASCAR volition big its archetypal thoroughfare contention for the apical tier successful Chicago.
The bid past has back-to-back roadworthy people races astatine the Indianapolis Motor Speedway connected August 13 and past Watkins Glen International a week aboriginal connected August 20.
Asked if helium had a preference, van Gisbergen said, "I've raced Watkins before, truthful I cognize that one. All the different tracks are beauteous good.
"I deliberation they've got the Chicago thoroughfare circuit for the archetypal clip adjacent twelvemonth arsenic well. A thoroughfare circuit would suit me, I reckon. That would beryllium bully arsenic good due to the fact that it's a caller way for everyone, truthful surely that would assistance maine get up to velocity if everyone other is learning arsenic well. That would beryllium a bully one, but let's see."
A NASCAR commencement would beryllium the latest successful a agelong enactment of extracurricular activities for the Supercars ace.
Come September 29-October 2, van Gisbergen volition marque his FIA World Rally Championship debut successful his location event, Rally New Zealand, piloting a Skoda.
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Earlier this year, helium contested the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans successful a Ferrari for the archetypal time.
He's besides nary alien to sports cars, having competed successful Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered by AWS successful a Mercedes-AMG arsenic portion of the SpeedSeries program.
Van Gisbergen isn't the lone Supercars operator linked to a imaginable commencement successful NASCAR adjacent year.
Boost Mobile Racing's Brodie Kostecki visited the United States earlier this twelvemonth and spent clip with Joe Gibbs Racing.
It's believed Kostecki could marque starts successful the 2nd part NASCAR Xfinity Series arsenic good arsenic the NASCAR Cup Series.
Assuming van Gisbergen does race, helium would beryllium the archetypal Supercars champion since Marcos Ambrose to vie successful NASCAR.
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