Kurt Busch says there is a “70 percent” chance he’ll compete in the Indianapolis 500 this year. Busch said Monday during the opening day of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Media Tour that progress has been made to make him the first NASCAR driver to to run in the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in the same day since Robby Gordon last did a decade ago.
Busch said that Stewart-Haas Racing co-owners Gene Haas and Tony Stewart have given their approval to his attempt.
“It’s actually grabbed better traction the last couple of weeks, it’s gotten me more excited,” Busch said.
“The teams that are showing interest, the sponsors and the opportunity is there. I think we’ve even rounded up some partners that will make transportation better. I don’t know when we’ll have a decision but we now have to understand how NASCAR’s qualifying procedures will work and the time I cannot be out of the Cup car to go to do Indianapolis stuff. We have to make sure we balance that.”
Busch said he’s had interest from Andretti Autosport, the team owned by Michael Andretti, and another team he declined to name.
