Tickford Racing is pursuing a wildcard entry on the closing spherical of the 2025 Supercars Championship in Adelaide in November, which may see it run a yet-to-be-named NASCAR Cup driver.
Crew CEO Simon Brookhouse mentioned at Queensland Raceway on Friday (8 August) that the staff, which runs two Ford Mustangs within the collection with Cameron Waters and Thomas Randle, want to run a 3rd entry within the race. Options are that 2022 Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric could also be in line for the drive, ought to it come to fruition.
“We’d definitely like to run a programme,” Brookhouse mentioned. “We tried to do it final yr, however the timing simply didn’t work. Clearly, the NASCAR season completed very near Adelaide – this yr there is a little bit of a spot.
“There’s slightly little bit of water going within the bridge and nothing’s been confirmed, however we’re definitely working in the direction of the opportunity of that taking place.”
Tickford already has a automotive race-ready and is working it as a wildcard entry at this yr’s enduros, with Super2 regulars Rylan Grey and Lochie Dalton driving.
“We’re working with Ford Efficiency and so they’re definitely working by way of the drivers they assume would work finest,” Brookhouse continued.
Austin Cindric, Crew Penske Ford
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“Finally, we’re leaving it of their palms. We’re not specific in regards to the driver. We’re actually partnering with Ford Efficiency if it goes forward.
“I feel for the connection between NASCAR and Supercars, there’s an excellent alternative there to start out it.
“It’s simply my very own private ideas, that if subsequent yr you could possibly have a Toyota, a Chev and a Ford going round with NASCAR drivers, it’d be nice.
“If we will construct these relationships and have a pathway for our drivers to go there, and have them come again right here to showcase their expertise, I feel sooner or later, the game’s actually rising.”
Earlier efforts to convey a NASCAR driver right into a wildcard seat have up to now come to nought. NASCAR Cup champions Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch have been linked to wildcards lately and, whereas Larson is predicted to be in Adelaide this yr to race a sprintcar, efforts to put him in a 3rd entry for the PremiAir Racing Chevrolet staff have come up brief.
Cindric, 26, has raced down beneath earlier than, competing within the 2015 Bathurst 12 Hour, by which he completed seventh within the AA Class in an Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.
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