Reigning Supercꦇars champion Will Brown has downplayed speculation about a full-time switch to the NASCAR C🍰up Series ahead of his cameo appearance in Chicago in July.

Brown will make just his second Cup Series start at the Chicago street circuit on 6 July, driving a Chevrolet Camaro for Kaul﷽ig Racing.

It will follow just a year after his maiden outing with Richard Childress Racing at the Sonoma road course last June and continues a growing trend of Supercars stars t💫esting their mettle in American stock car racing.

Brown was only promoted to his current seat at Triple Eight Racing after team stalwart Shane van Gisbergen depart🌠ed for NASCAR in 2024, first joining the Xfinity Series before moving up to the Cup Series this season. Fellow Supercars stars Cam Waters and Brodie Kostecki also made one-off Cup Series appearanc🌄es last year.

However, Brown insists that he is committed to Supercar♔s, where he is currently battling teammate Broc Feeney to defend his title.

“I think it’s too soon to say, I’m pretty comfortable here 🌃in Australia,” the 26-year-old told Supercars’ official website.

“I actually took Shane’s seat when he l🐓eft, so I’m very glad that he went Stateside, I was happy ꦍto see him go.

“I’ve got a great team here around me at Red Bull Ampol, so you never know until the offer got put in front of you if therಞe ever was the opportunity. 

“But right now for me, i🧜t’s kind of scratching an itch, it’s going over there, competing against some of the bestꦜ in the world, seeing how I fare against them, and trying to do the Aussies proud.” 

Brown’s upcoming appearance comes two years after van Gisbergen shocked the NASCAR world by winning the samﷺe Chicago race on his Cup Series debut. Inspired by that performance, Brown had been eager to compete on the 2.2-mile street course, but a scheduling conflict with the Townsville Supercars round kept him sidelined in 2024.

“To be honest♏, it was very big after Shane won Chicago, a lot of people wanted to get over there and do it, and you saw my old teammate Brodiജe Kostecki went over, and Cam Waters,” he said.

“I would say this ⛎year, it’s probably more myself and Cam that have been pushing reall🤡y hard to get over here. 

“Just to get support behiꦿnd you, get sponsors behind you, and make the whole program work logistically and all of that with our events here in Australia, it’s not easy to put it together. 

“I think a lot o♑f guys would want to do it, but putting it toget👍her is another thing.” 

Brown is keen on making further starts in NASCAR later this year, should he be able to accrue𒀰 the nꦡecessary funding.

The Queensland na♑tive is also ꦦopen to stepping down to Xfinity or the Truck series if that allows him to get an entry into an oval race.

“I think the biggest thi🤪ng for us realistically, it comes down to sponsors and support. 

“If I can have a good run at Chicago, po𒈔tentially my sponsors and hopefully someone else will back me into maybe doing an Xfinity or Truck oval. 

“It’s very𝐆 hard to get the support and sponsors to go and run an oval straight away, because we probably are going to struggle the first one. 

“Just to get thatꦚ sponsorship on is the difficult part.”