Kyle Busch Could Open the Door for Drivers to Explore…

Over the past few days, there have been talks of Kyle Busch
/ exploring racing options
outside NASCAR. Crossovers are always exciting for people, be it in the world
of entertainment or sports. This often happens when athletes from one sport
become spectators of a different one and are seen cheering their favorite teams
and players. Even better than this is when athletes compete in a sport
different from their own.

This is not very common, and few have succeeded, if at all. Surprisingly
though, crossovers between classes and divisions are fairly common in the
motorsport arena. One of the most successful of these was John Surtees, who is
the only racer to win championships in Formula One and MotoGP. Typically
though, drivers often switch to another class when they’re at the end of their
primary racing careers.

Notable examples are the various F1 drivers either competing in Endurance
racing, Formula E, or other sports. Retired NASCAR drivers are known to
continue racing in late models, sprint cars, and midgets well into their 40s
and early 50s.

NASCAR drivers are not immune to this phenomenon. After all, Tony Stewart
/ came from IndyCar as a
champion and won three NASCAR Cup championships. Lately, many drivers from
different disciplines have come to compete in the Cup Series arena. The latest
one to join the party was 3x Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen. The
Trackhouse Racing star enjoyed a dream debut at Chicago earlier this year,
taking home the trophy.

SVG, as he is fondly known, is hardly the first V8 Supercars driver to compete
in NASCAR. That honor goes to Marcos Ambrose, who raced between 2007 and 2014,
taking two wins at Watkins Glen in consecutive years. Now the interesting part
is that Kyle Busch will likely be heading in the other direction. To be
precise, it is rumored that he will make his V8 Supercars debut in 2024.
Admittedly, it will just be one race, but that particular race is the Adelaide
500—one of the four crown jewel events in the Supercars calendar.