IndyCar team owner interested in Kyle Busch for Indianapolis 500

When Kyle Busch introduced he will probably be driving the #8 for Richard Childress Racing, the NASCAR Cup Sequence champion expressed an curiosity in racing the Indianapolis 500. Due to him shifting over to Chevrolet, Busch mentioned it’s in his RCR contract that he can race at Indy with a Chevy IndyCar staff and put out a name saying, “By all means, any IndyCar groups which might be Chevrolet, name me up.”

Based on the Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal, Arrow McLaren SP principal stockholder Sam Schmidt is down with the concept of bringing in Busch to probably race in “The Biggest Spectacle in Racing.” Schmidt informed the information outlet, “I’d love to determine a strategy to get him on my staff — do you will have his quantity?”

Arrow McLaren is a prime staff in IndyCar. On this yr’s Indy 500, the staff completed 2nd and 4th with full-time drivers Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist and eleventh with Juan Pablo Montoya, who was racing in a restricted schedule. Schmidt is it from a perspective the place Busch racing the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in the identical day is not going to solely profit his staff however profit each collection, whereas noting that given Kurt’s sixth place end in 2014, Kyle can probably win the race.

Schmidt mentioned, “We noticed how good his brother did, and I feel it could be improbable for IndyCar, the game — we haven’t had a double for some time.”

On the enterprise facet, Lucas Oil is a sponsor for Arrow McLaren and RCR. Along with being the stadium sponsor for the Indianapolis Colts, it’s potential that they may presumably be the corporate offering sponsorship for the automobile.

The planets might want to align earlier than we see Kyle Busch racing in IndyCar. Who is aware of if it truly occurs but when it does, it’ll be must-see TV.

[Las Vegas Review-Journal]