Haas is working on a plan which would see Romain Grosjean make a NASCAR appearance, possibly as early as this year.
Since signing for F1's newest team Grosjean has said he would like to make an appearance in the stock car series, with team boss Gene Haas also co-owner of the Stewart-Haas outfit. The F1 team's chief operating officer Joe Custer says a plan is in motion to see if Stewart-Haas can accommodate the Frenchman at some point this season.
"It's definitely on our wish list," Custer told Motorsport.com. "We just have to make it work-- whether it be this year, next year, whenever that is. We're not sure."
"There would be nothing more interesting than a current F1 driver having a good run in a NASCAR race. I thing that would be good for everybody. It would drive more interest."
Custer says the Frenchman would prefer to make his appearance on a road course rather than an oval, given his lack of experience in the latter.
"He's made it clear that he wouldn't want his debut to be on an oval -- where he's never done it before. There's so much going on. We have to figure out the testing opportunities and all the things that would make it a success.
"That would be our first approach -- it is to evaluate what would make this a successful event with sponsors and get everything else aligned right. That takes time."
Despite F1's record 21-race calendar there are opportunities for Grosjean this year. Two of NASCAR's road course races -- Sonoma on June 26 and Watkins Glen on August 7 -- occur on weekends without a grand prix.
While Sonoma comes straight after the Canada/Azerbaijan double header, the Watkins Glen race might be more favourable as it comes in the middle of F1's four-week summer break. Stewart-Haas could be given provision to field a fifth car if Grosjean were to race as a rookie, but any appearance would need to be cleared by NASCAR.
"We would like to have him test. He would be a rookie. I don't think there are any barriers to any of this. We just have to figure it out and get it on the schedule.
"Then, five cars or four cars? Or does he work with another team in the garage. All of that. We have to work out the details and have enough time to make it happen."