by McLaren CEO Zak Brown has revealed the team’s exciting plans for the NASCAR Cup Series.
Under Brown and team boss Andrea Stella, McLaren has taken the lead in the constructors’ championship for the first time in a decade.
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While the team benefited from Red Bull’s decline and Sergio Perez’s poor performance, the driver pairing of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri is undoubtedly one of the strongest on the grid.
Norris remains 52 points behind Max Verstappen in the drivers’ championship and with six races to go, McLaren is fighting for both titles.
The leaders of the F1 championship are looking for new adventures
However, McLaren’s ambitions are not limited to success in Formula 1, as the British team is keen to bolster its growing reputation in the US.
Arrow McLaren currently competes in IndyCar and Brown has opened up the prospect of moving into another top-level motorsport arena.
On a recent episode of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Dirty Mo Media, the 52-year-old explained that while he would like to get involved in NASCAR, the practicalities would make it challenging.
However, he admitted that he would be open to the possibility of racing a McLaren car in the legendary Daytona 500 at some point in the future.
The 500-mile endurance race is widely considered the most prestigious event on the NASCAR calendar, and Brown refuses to rule out a one-off appearance for his team.
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“I think it probably won’t work for us because it’s a huge commitment, right? And it’s multi-car teams and it’s full-time,” Brown explained.
“On the way here I was asked, ‘What could your relationship be with?’ [NASCAR team owner at Hendrick Motorsports] Rick Hendrick be long-term?’.
“And I don’t know the answer to that other than I would like to have a relationship with his team forever. They’re great.”
“Would we perhaps launch a car at Daytona one day? Yes, I might see something like that with Rick Hendrick.
“I think it would probably be too big of a commitment being based in England and things like that, but the Daytona 500 would be pretty cool.”
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