NASCAR driver Kyle Busch who won the Las Vegas race last Sunday has admitted that he "wouldn't mind trying" Formula 1, one day.
However, the 23-year old Las Vegas resident made it clear that he would not make the move until he has first claimed the NASCAR Sprint Cup trophy.
Kyle Busch was scheduled for a test outing with Toyota F1 at Motegi in Japan late last year, until he was vetoed from going by NASCAR organizers, who insisted he attend the Nationwide Series awards ceremony and banquet in Orlando instead.
Even if he admits that he has "not been talked to" by anyone at USF1 (the new American F1 team), Busch said: "I toss the idea around," he confessed, in an interview with the Orlando Sentinel. "Open-wheel stuff was never on my radar screen as a kid, but it's something that I wouldn't mind trying."
He added: "I wouldn't mind trying IndyCars and running the Indianapolis 500 or Formula 1, but it's not quite the time for me to do that yet. I want to get it done here first. If I could win a NASCAR championship here in the next two or three years, then I wouldn't mind going over there and doing that - trying it for a few years and coming back."
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However, the 23-year old Las Vegas resident made it clear that he would not make the move until he has first claimed the NASCAR Sprint Cup trophy.
Kyle Busch was scheduled for a test outing with Toyota F1 at Motegi in Japan late last year, until he was vetoed from going by NASCAR organizers, who insisted he attend the Nationwide Series awards ceremony and banquet in Orlando instead.
Even if he admits that he has "not been talked to" by anyone at USF1 (the new American F1 team), Busch said: "I toss the idea around," he confessed, in an interview with the Orlando Sentinel. "Open-wheel stuff was never on my radar screen as a kid, but it's something that I wouldn't mind trying."
He added: "I wouldn't mind trying IndyCars and running the Indianapolis 500 or Formula 1, but it's not quite the time for me to do that yet. I want to get it done here first. If I could win a NASCAR championship here in the next two or three years, then I wouldn't mind going over there and doing that - trying it for a few years and coming back."
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