Grapevine: Busch plans F1 test with Toyota

"I'm planning on retiring at 30 and going Formula One racing. How's that?," Busch joked at Lowe's Motor Speedway when asked about how long he would compete in NASCAR in comparison to Dale Jarrett, who will retire this weekend, aged 51, after racing in the Sprint All-Star Challenge.

The 23-year-old said he is not too old for Formula One yet and went on to disclose his plan to drive an F1 car for the first time at the end of this year when he goes to Japan to do NASCAR exhibition runs for Toyota.

"We're working on a test session right now at the end of November, or the beginning of December, sometime going to Japan and doing a little exhibition, to see what it's like," he said.

"We'll take a Cup car over there too and just run around there at either Twin-Ring or somewhere like that to show them what the Cup cars are like and try to get into a Formula One car too."

Busch did not discard embarking on a Formula One career, but he said he first wants to sample the g-forces and physics of the car and see how he does before he can say if he would seriously consider a move.

"We'll see how well I test first," Busch added. "We'll see if my neck can stand the g-forces of braking and everything. I wouldn't mind. If I can do it and if I'm good at it then I'll give it a shot and try it."

However, Busch said the racing part of F1 appeals the least to him, given the little overtaking that there is relative to NASCAR.

"It seems as though the racing isn't all that great," he said. "They get stuck in line, the aero takes over everything and Toyota is not necessarily one of those companies at the moment that's like Ferrari or McLaren, or like Renault was a couple of years ago.

"I don't think it's only a driver that you put in the seat that's going to make it go, you know. You need a little bit more of a car."

Busch, who's in his fourth full season at NASCAR's top level, currently leads the Sprint Cup Series driver standings and has won eight races between Cup, the Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series.