Kurt Busch: IndyCars not real race cars

Busch: A spec IndyCar not a real race car

Taxicab boys? Puppies? Real race cars? IndyCar president of competition Derrick Walker used all of those phrases Tuesday while talking about NASCAR regular Kurt Busch possibly driving in the Indianapolis 500 in May.

Busch got a chance to react Wednesday, saying "the real cars are over in Europe and they've got F1 tagged to them," not IndyCars 'spec' series. Spec cars are meant for development series, which makes IndyCar a glorified development series like Indy Lights, GP3, GP2, etc to F1 and NASCAR.

Busch's car owner, Gene Haas, is looking to potentially enter the Formula One series.

Walker created a stir at IndyCar media day in nearby Orlando when asked about helping Busch make the transition. "We have to help those little taxicab boys come out and race real cars." Walker was joking, but he didn't stop there. "We'll take those little puppies anytime they want to come up [to Indy]. Probably give them a thrill. They might not want to go back. [They'd say], 'Oh, this is what a real car feels like.'"

Busch reiterated Wednesday that he still wants to drive in the Indy 500 and is working out the details of landing a ride, but he has no plans to make a full-time switch.

"It's just not an option," Busch said. "I'm a NASCAR guy, that's what my blood is, it's what flows every day." [Editor's Note: It's an option until Busch gets a call in the middle of the night from someone in the France family empire that says, 'Boy, if you race in the Indy 500 and give free PR to the series we want to see dead you'll never win another NASCAR race again. Do I make myself clear boy?'