Kurt Busch and Chad Reed get behind wheel of V8 Supercar at the Circuit of The Americas Texas car swap ... Busch and Reed turned laps of Austin in a V8 Supercar. THE first pictures have emerged from the great Texas Car Swap, as NASCAR racer Kurt Busch and Australian motocross star Chad Reed hopped behind the wheel of a V8 Supercar for a few laps of the Circuit of The Americas. The pair were joined by James Courtney and Fabian Coulthard, who spent the recent MotoGP weekend cutting laps at the circuit that will host V8 Supercars first event - the Austin 400 - in the United States next month. Coulthard, a winner at Symmons Plains and Albert Park this year, raved about the quality of the track, and can't wait to race on it in anger. "There's nothing like it," Coulthard said. It's one of those tracks that's got high speed, low speed, up and down, pretty much a driver's dream. The only place you can kind of put it next to is Bathurst, but Bathurst is very iconic and a stand-alone race. It's first rate, the facilities are great, the track's phenomenal, there's not a bump in sight - you can't ask for much more. Busch enjoyed his laps behind the wheel of a VF Holden Commodore as well as his usual Furniture Row Chevy NASCAR. V8 Supercars drivers James Courtney and Fabian Coulthard have been on track at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin with NASCAR driver Kurt Busch and Aussie World Motor cross champion Chad Reed. Picture: Supplied / Keith D Rizzo He called the new circuit "gorgeous" and "forgiving," referring to the Australian machine as a "bone-fide sports car." Courtney, meanwhile, turned a few laps behind the wheel of Busch's NASCAR and later tweeted: "That was the nuts ... Felt like I was wrestling a bear. The entire V8 Supercars field will descend on Texas for the first championship round in North America at the Austin 400 on May 17-19.