Found October 22, 2009 on From the Marbles:
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NASCAR is chock-full of drivers who have made the jump from open-wheel to stock cars -- Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya, Danica Patrick (oh, wait, you guys aren't supposed to know that yet) -- and now there's a move afoot to get one going the other direction.US F1, a startup that's the first U.S.-based Formula 1 team in 40 years, is looking to wrangle one Kyle Busch as its driver in F1, starting in 2011. Kyle's current contract with JGR runs out at the end of next year, and US F1 would like him to transition into their ride right after that. (So would plenty of Junior fans, but that's a whole different story.)Peter Windsor, US F1's sporting director, wants to make US F1 a destination team for homegrown open-wheel talents, and bringing aboard Busch would be a fine start to that. When asked about the idea shortly after US F1's debut in February, Kyle seemed intrigued by the idea:"It's definitely something I wouldn't shoot down. If...
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