Richard Childress Racing has confirmed Paul Tracy will test with the NASCAR team at Michigan next weekend with a goal to racing in the GFS Marketplace 400 later this month.
"Paul and I have talked about an opportunity like this for the past couple years and it has finally come together for Michigan," said Childress in a statement. "I'd like to thank Gerry Forsythe and Forsythe Championship Racing for allowing us the chance to give this a try.
"This will be Paul's first shot in a stock car but he obviously has a great deal of talent and knows how to win races and championships. We'll take a look at how things go after the test and, if all goes according to plan, get him ready for the Cup race the next week."
Tracy will test an ARCA stock car this week before testing one of Childress' cars.
"Driving a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup car will be totally new to me but my focus is to develop a package that will help Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Dave Blaney and their teams for the race weekend," said Tracy. "I want to do whatever I can to help."
Tracy, who has raced at MIS 10 times between 1991 and 2001, would pilot the No. 33 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the August 21 race.
The race comes inbetween Champ Car events in Denver and Montreal.