Mika Salo to NASCAR?

UPDATE 41-year-old Salo was in attendance at Lowe's Motor Speedway this weekend, as he explores the possibility of NASCAR.

"I have a little interest, yeah, so just having a look to see if there's any opportunity or anything for me to at least try the thing and know if I like it," Salo told autosport.com while visiting the Sprint Cup garage. "I've driven everything else in the world, not NASCAR, so that's why I want to try it."

"I've been in contact with a few teams and yeah, there's serious contact," Salo said. "But I'd like to try the car first before I sort of go any further. Just trying to work on a test day for now and see then.

"I haven't signed anything for next year yet but I will probably next week. Then I'm stuck but maybe next year I can try one."

"They are good races. If I could choose I'd probably go to a road course first before the oval."

10/05/08 During SPEED's broadcast of "The Petit Le Mans" American Le Mans Series Sports car race from Road Atlanta Saturday, it was reported that Mika Salo is talking to NASCAR teams about a switch to stock cars in 2009. We doubt it will happen.