Nov.13 (GMM) An official for top Nascar team Roush Racing has played down speculation that former F1 champion Jacques Villeneuve is on the verge of following Juan Pablo Montoya into America's premier motor racing series.
Roush's general manager Geoff Smith said the chance was remote that French Canadian Villeneuve, 35, would race for the team in the lesser Busch category in 2007 ahead of a full-blown Nascar assault.
"We're nowhere in that regard for '07," Smith told the Canadian daily newspaper 'Calgary Sun'.
"There are just general discussions that are going on, but I don't see us being able to make an arrangement to pull together a programme (from) where we are today. It's an outside shot given the time of the year."
He added that Roush was 'interested' in working with Villeneuve, but insisted that a contract was not near signing.
Written: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:29:12
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