DAVID COULTARD Going NASCAR??

David Coulthard is to make a day-trip to a NASCAR race next month - but only for promotional purposes and not as a scouting-trip for a potential career change.

The Red Bull Racing driver will visit the race at Dover as a guest of the NASCAR Red Bull Racing Team - whose drivers are Brian Vickers and AJ Allmendinger.

Speaking about the visit, which takes place a week before the Canadian Grand Prix, Coulthard said: "I'm interested in all sorts of racing, but hardly ever get a chance to see anything other than Formula One.

"So when Red Bull came up with the idea of shooting a promo film around their NASCAR operation on the week before the Canadian GP, it seemed like a great opportunity to go and see why this form of racing is so popular in the States."

In a press release issued by Red Bull previewing the trip, his team made it clear that Coulthard was there for fun - not to try and get a new job.

The statement said: "Please note that David is visiting this event solely to shoot a film for Red Bull and we would appreciate it if you did not start a load of silly rumours about him switching from F1 to NASCAR in 2009. Yee Ha!"