4-27-2007 - People think Colin going to NASCAR

Grand Am at VIR

Today's pitch from the Grand-Am PR folks is driver Colin Braun. He's a name NASCAR fans probably need to watch for. He's 18, a native of Texas and already has two DP-class wins under his belt. (He went back to back last year at Daytona and at Barber.). Better, he helped co-driver Jorg Bergmeister win last year's DP title.He won the Mexico pole this season and finished second, and he's fourth in the standings after three races. (He also races in the other U.S. sports car series that we're not allowed to talk about until Grand Am leaves town.)

Earlier today Braun had a couple of meetings in Charlotte with some race teams, so let's go ahead and start speculating as to when he'll end up in a NASCAR ride. David Smith has Braun ranked seventh on his famed Blackboard, and Braun says on his own Web site he wants a Busch or ARCA ride this year. The Busch Series has two more road races this season - early August in Montreal and the Glen. ARCA has ... oh, who cares what ARCA's doing. Take the Busch ride, kid.