Jerry Nadeau

Former NASCAR driver Nadeau will make a triumphant return behind the wheel of a racing machine as part of EnduranceKarting.coms Team USA in the 24 Hour race at Leira, Portugal June 1-3, endurancekarting.com reports.

Nadeau simply can't get racing out of his system. More than three years after a crash at Richmond nearly ended his life, he's looking to test an ARCA car. If that goes well, he'd like to enter a race either late this year or in 2007, scenedaily.com reports. Nadeau plans to test with MB2 Motorsports.

Nadeau is making his return to NASCAR racing. Nadeau will be a consultant for the newly-formed No. 84 Clay Andrews Racing and driver David Gilliland in the NASCAR Busch Series, jayski.com reports.

Doctors told Jerry Nadeau a few weeks ago to find something else to do besides driving a race car. But that cold reality doesn't preclude looking for work at a racetrack, and a new opportunity brought Nadeau back to New Hampshire International Speedway Richmond Times Dispatch reports. "I'd say my career is pretty much over," Nadeau said yesterday, sitting inside the hauler of the #01 U.S. Army Chevrolet he drove until May 2, 2003 at Richmond International Raceway. "My whole life I've been racing, so all I know how to do is that. My goal now is to be in the business of racing."

It doesn't look like Nadeau is going to return to competitive racing. "Quite honestly, it doesn't look as though Jerry Nadeau will ever return to the Cup Series ranks. I spoke with him Wednesday and he said the doctors continue to urge him not to return to racing," nascar.com / Marty Smith reports. "Right now they can't sign me off to go back racing, but I'm not giving up on it," Nadeau said. "If something comes up that attracts me that I could do something else, I'll do it. But right now I'm just trying to stay fit."