Earnhardt Jr. leads morning Sprint Cup test at Lowe's Motor Speedway

By SceneDaily Staff

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

 

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CONCORD, N.C. –– Dale Earnhardt Jr. led Tuesday morning’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series test session at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

Earnhardt Jr. paced the field with a top lap of 182.593 mph in his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Richard Childress Racing’s Jeff Burton followed with a lap of 182.439.

Only 10 drivers participated in the session. There are six sessions scheduled over the two-day test period, which started Monday, with each team eligible to compete in four of those. The teams return to the track at 1 p.m. EDT today with the final session at 6 p.m.
     
Hendrick’s Jeff Gordon was third fastest Tuesday morning, followed by Haas CNC Racing’s Johnny Sauter and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Juan Pablo Montoya.

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