Tracy gets green light for NASCAR go

UPDATE This rumor is now 'fact.' Paul Tracy was telling reporters at the Molson Indy yesterday that Forsythe Championship Racing will let him drive in NASCAR races if the opportunity arises. Tracy was miffed last season when team owner Gerry Forsythe nixed a deal Tracy had with Richard Childress Racing to run the No. 30 Chevrolet at the Nextel Cup event in Sonoma, Calif. The problem, however, is that there is only one road-course race left on the NASCAR calendar – next month at Watkins Glen – and it's unlikely there will be a car available for Tracy on such short notice. And with Tracy's contract with Forsythe about to expire at the end of the season, the whole NASCAR thing is rather moot. Edmonton Sun 07/08/05 AutoRacing1.com is hearing in Toronto that Gerald Forsythe has given provisional pole sitter for the Toronto Champ Car race, Paul Tracy, permission to test a NASCAR Nextel Cup car and to drive one race in 2005. Tracy has been invited by Richard Childress to give NASCAR a go previously. Now we'll see if he means it. Mark C.