NASCAR’s Ferrucci to cherry-pick the Indy 500

Santino Ferrucci told media Wednesday there’s a “good chance” he’ll return to the Indy 500 where he finished seventh as the race Rookie of the Year in 2019, followed by fourth last August.

Though he didn’t specify, Ferrucci said he has spoken with teams already about the possibility, though his focus will be on stock cars until April 9, which marks the end of his five-race run at Homestead (Feb. 27), Las Vegas (March 6), Phoenix (March 13), Atlanta (March 20) and Martinsville (April 9).

“May is coming up pretty quick, but I’ve started to put everything on hold (regarding prospective Indy 500 talks) to really focus on these next five races,” he said. “But I definitely think there would be a good chance we’ll be in the 500 in May.”

If my schedule can fit running ovals with an IndyCar team, I will 100% do it because experience is experience, laps are laps, and I truly believe we can win some races if we’re with the right team in an Indy car on ovals.”