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The 22-year-old undertook a reconnaissance mission to the US in late March<\/a> amid talks with GM squad Kaulig Racing for possible Xfinity Series road course outings.<\/p>\n While his bid received strong support from Kaulig graduate and former Triple Eight teammate Shane van Gisbergen, Feeney has been unable to strike a deal.<\/p>\n Kaulig\u2019s spare seat at this weekend\u2019s Portland event has been taken by Feeney\u2019s current teammate Will Brown, whose call-up came after disappointment in the Chicago Cup race.<\/a><\/p>\n Brown had raised as much as $500,000 in sponsorship to join Kaulig for the Chicago race, where he was an innocent party in a multi-car accident on just the third lap.<\/p>\n Opening up on his NASCAR talks via the Lucky Dogs podcast with Brown and Brodie Kostecki, Feeney said the season\u2019s last non-oval \u2013 the October 4 Charlotte \u2018Roval\u2019 \u2013 is off the table due to its proximity to the Bathurst 1000.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d spoken to Kaulig at the start of the year and tried doing a race and we were just trying to make the right one fit,\u201d explained Feeney.<\/p>\n \u201cI was trying to do Portland and it didn\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n \u201cI probably could have done the Roval this year but it\u2019s the week before Bathurst and it\u2019s not worth, I think, compromising Bathurst.<\/p>\n \u201cA hard one next year for us\u2026 you start from fresh and have got to build new relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n How $500,000 wipeout triggered Will Brown NASCAR recall<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The need for new relationships comes due to Triple Eight\u2019s impending switch from GM to Ford.<\/p>\n That will impact the NASCAR ambitions of both Feeney and Brown, who debuted in the Cup Series with Richard Childress Racing at Sonoma in 2024 before linking with Kaulig this year.<\/p>\n Brown flagged the relative lack of opportunities on the Ford side of the fence in the top two NASCAR tiers \u2013 an issue that contributed to Cam Waters only racing in Trucks this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI guess the way we were put it, if they didn\u2019t have the opportunity for us, we probably could look at other options,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n \u201cBut there\u2019s not that many Cup Series opportunities in a Ford out there and I don\u2019t even know about Xfinity, if there\u2019s many, where it seems like in the GM there are a lot of opportunities.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I\u2019ve got a pretty good relationship with Kaulig and RCR. I was probably going to run with RCR at Chicago but it was because Austin Hill did it with his sponsor [that the Kaulig deal happened].<\/p>\n \u201cI still see Richard [Childress] when I\u2019m over there and he seems pretty keen, but I think to build those relationships\u2026 I don\u2019t even know who to talk to in a Ford setup.\u201d<\/p>\n Kaulig Racing will itself have split manufacturer allegiances next year, continuing its GM affiliation in Cup and Xfinity while running Dodge\u2019s new RAM Truck Series program.<\/p>\n