NASCAR exhibition at IMS?

NASCAR teams might not be finished at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the year after all, according to a report in the Indy Star. Track executives are talking about 'an exhibition' on the Formula One road course, with NASCAR cars and Grand American sports cars. The F1 course, built at considerable expense, isn't used for the U.S. Grand Prix anymore, since that contract ended. But the course will be used for a motorcycle event the weekend of August 28th, the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix. No more details are available, but that weekend NASCAR will have its Nationwide series at the Montreal F1 track, Gilles Villeneuve, so those NASCAR teams will have their road racing machines race-proven. And the Sprint Cup tour runs Watkins Glen August 9th. MikeMulhern.net

[Editor's Note: What would this prove? After watching the speed of F1 cars around the Indy circuit, watching NASCAR Cup Cars and Grand-Am cars would be like watching paint dry given how much slower they would be.]