Nelson Piquet Jr., who became the source of a recent scandal known as crash-gate, will be testing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with an eye towards a future in NASCARs Sprint Cup Series with in two years. Piquet Jr., will get behind the wheel of a Toyota Tundra for Red Horse Racing on October 12th. He is expected in the teams Mooresville North Carolina shop Monday for a seat fitting. The Renault F1 team fired the 23-year-old Brazilian earlier this season for underperformance. Shortly after details emerged that Piquet had been ordered to cause a crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix that allowed his teammate Fernando Alonso to win. After an investigation and hearing, Formula Ones governing body, the FIA, held a hearing and banned Renault F1s team boss Flavio Briatore for life and the teams technical engineer Pat Symonds for five years. They also placed the team on a suspended ban for two years. Piquet Jr., was given immunity from sanctions in exchange for his testimony and many in Formula One now consider the son of two time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet to be damaged goods.(SPEEDtv)(10-4-2009)
