NASCAR driver not ruling out eventually racing in Indy 500: 'I like to race anything'

Harrison Burton is connected his 2nd NASCAR circuit successful arsenic galore years aft being fto spell by Wood Racing past twelvemonth successful the Cup series.

He's now, successful his ain words, improved his banal successful the Xfinity Series with six top-10s, including successful each of his past 3 races (he had conscionable 2 each of past year).

But with the Indy 500 coming up, Burton admits that it'd beryllium bully to get down the instrumentality successful that race.

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NASCAR Cup Series operator Harrison Burton (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

"I similar to contention anything," Burton told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

Burton has had occurrence astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In his precise archetypal contention determination successful 2022, helium finished third.

But Burton's emotion for "motorsports successful general" unsocial has him astatine slightest somewhat funny successful moving the Indy 500.

"I ticker F1 each play that I can, IndyCar arsenic overmuch arsenic I can, rally cross, Formula E, motorcross, everything. I emotion it. For sure, if that accidental came," helium said.

"My existent passionateness is NASCAR, and I would ne'er privation to permission the NASCAR space. Getting to thrust successful Indy successful a Cup car was 1 of the coolest things I’ve ever done successful my career. Definitely spot the prestige and allure of the Indy 500, and gathering guys who person tally successful it, talking astir what it means to those guys, it’s truly cool."

Felix Rosenqvist of Sweden leads the tract during the Indianapolis 500 connected May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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For the clip being, Burton volition person to hold until July 26 until helium steps ft astatine Indianapolis, a way helium has successful his top-three, on with Daytona and Darlington.

"You spell to Indy, and you are hauling down the straightaway. You’re staring astatine a partition the full time, it’s a 90-degree turn, and you’re like, "OK, I spot precisely wherever I’m going to deed if I don’t marque this corner," Burton said. "It’s truthful fun. It’s ever chill to spell to a spot similar that, conscionable the past and the stories from there. It makes it much peculiar erstwhile you tin person a bully day."

Talladega was connected the extracurricular looking in, but "the ambiance is unmatched."

Harrison Burton, halfway right, celebrates with the title trophy aft winning a NASCAR Cup Series contention astatine Daytona International Speedway, Aug. 24, 2024, successful Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

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Burton volition beryllium backmost connected the way connected May 24, 1 time earlier the Indy 500, astatine the BetMGM 300 successful Charlotte.

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