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INDYCAR: Briscoe Open To Sports Car, IndyCar Opportunities
Ryan Briscoe isn’t sure what or where he’ll be driving this season, but the 8-time IndyCar Series race winner hasn’t given up on filling his dance card.
Ryan Briscoe's open-wheel experience was a perfect fit for prototype racing, earning three wins for Roger Penske and Porsche during the 2007 ALMS season. (Photo: Marshall Pruett)
Ryan Briscoe isn’t sure what or where he’ll be driving this season in North America, but the 8-time IndyCar Series race winner hasn’t given up on filling his dance card.
A call from Briscoe earlier in the week confirmed he’s out of the running for any of the fulltime IndyCar drives left in the series, but could return for the Indy 500 while seeking other opportunities in road racing.
“Opportunities have been dwindling, but my first priority is IndyCar,” said the 2012 Indy 500 polesitter. “That’s where I want to be first and foremost. We’re still working hard towards making something happen, but outside of that, we’ve been getting a lot of interest in doing part-time stuff in sports cars.”
Briscoe was in the running for a number of IndyCar drives soon after running his final race for Team Penske at Fontana in September. A.J. Foyt Racing, Rahal Letterman Racing and Dragon Racing were all suitors for Briscoe at some point during the offseason, but with those rides having been filled, and the remaining drives requiring significant sponsorship, the 31-year-old Aussie hopes to build on his sports car experience.
“I’d love to do the 12 Hours of Sebring again; I’d love to do any of the ALMS events or DP in GRAND-AM,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to race at Le Mans and a lot of the iconic endurance races, so I’m wide open to the right opportunity. And at this point in the game, a month out from the IndyCar season opener, of course we’re hopeful something will happen, but we’re looking at what ALMS or GRAND-AM seats could be open for me.
"I have three races later in the year with HRT (the factory Holden V8 Supercars team), but that’s it at the moment.”
The open-wheel veteran is no stranger to kick-starting his career through a detour into sports car racing.
Briscoe’s tenure in the IndyCar Series hit a few snags after a major accident in 2005 caused him to be sidelined, and with only a few one-off drives on offer in 2006, he accepted Roger Penske’s invitation to join the factory Porsche RS Spyder LMP2 program in the ALMS the following year.
A call from Briscoe earlier in the week confirmed he’s out of the running for any of the fulltime IndyCar drives left in the series, but could return for the Indy 500 while seeking other opportunities in road racing.
“Opportunities have been dwindling, but my first priority is IndyCar,” said the 2012 Indy 500 polesitter. “That’s where I want to be first and foremost. We’re still working hard towards making something happen, but outside of that, we’ve been getting a lot of interest in doing part-time stuff in sports cars.”
Briscoe was in the running for a number of IndyCar drives soon after running his final race for Team Penske at Fontana in September. A.J. Foyt Racing, Rahal Letterman Racing and Dragon Racing were all suitors for Briscoe at some point during the offseason, but with those rides having been filled, and the remaining drives requiring significant sponsorship, the 31-year-old Aussie hopes to build on his sports car experience.
“I’d love to do the 12 Hours of Sebring again; I’d love to do any of the ALMS events or DP in GRAND-AM,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to race at Le Mans and a lot of the iconic endurance races, so I’m wide open to the right opportunity. And at this point in the game, a month out from the IndyCar season opener, of course we’re hopeful something will happen, but we’re looking at what ALMS or GRAND-AM seats could be open for me.
"I have three races later in the year with HRT (the factory Holden V8 Supercars team), but that’s it at the moment.”
The open-wheel veteran is no stranger to kick-starting his career through a detour into sports car racing.
Briscoe’s tenure in the IndyCar Series hit a few snags after a major accident in 2005 caused him to be sidelined, and with only a few one-off drives on offer in 2006, he accepted Roger Penske’s invitation to join the factory Porsche RS Spyder LMP2 program in the ALMS the following year.
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