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Four Cup drivers participate in Goodyear tire test at Texas Motor Speedway
By SceneDaily Staff
Friday, January 09, 2009
Richard Childress Racing’s Jeff Burton, Penske Racing’s Kurt Busch, Yates Racing’s Travis Kvapil and Michael Waltrip Racing’s David Reutimann participated in a Goodyear tire test on Thursday at Texas Motor Speedway that saw each of NASCAR’s four manufacturers represented.
The test, scheduled to assist Goodyear’s tire choice for the Samsung 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race in April, gave the four drivers a rare opportunity to log laps at a track prior to a race weekend in the upcoming season because of NASCAR’s one-year ban on testing at all its tracks that host Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Truck, East and West series races.
“Testing days are limited, and with us being able to get on a track that we race on with the potential tire that we use in April makes it a vital day,” said Busch, who represented the Dodge camp. “Track time is one of the things you put on the top of your list. These days are few and far between.”
Kvapil hopes his participation in the test can give his team a jumpstart on 2009.
“It’s very important to take home all the info we can,” said Kvapil, who represented Ford. “It gives us a chance to try a few things, try a few ideas. To come to place like Texas, where it’s fast and you really have to be up on the wheel, it’s exciting.”
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9 responses to "Four Cup drivers participate in Goodyear tire test at Texas Motor Speedway". Post a Comment.
Bernadette Motherway said:
Jan 9, 2009 at 4:38 PMDoes anybody know how they (Goodyear/NASCAR) came up with these 4 owners and drivers?
Brenda Thompson said:
Jan 9, 2009 at 7:21 PMHey, don't forget to test 'em at Indy
Anonymous said:
Jan 9, 2009 at 7:51 PMYou can bet Tony isn't invited to test Unless Goodyear uses non- Winston Cup...OOPS I mean whoever NASCAR can make the most MONEY from as a sponsor the practice ban is not fair to the whole field...says Steve Carknard.
Robert Osbourne said:
Jan 9, 2009 at 7:52 PMWe need answer to Bernadette Motherway's #1 question...please "Does anybody know how they (Goodyear/NASCAR) came up with these 4 owners and drivers?"
Bernadette Motherway said:
Jan 9, 2009 at 8:03 PMThanks, Robert.
Casey Forsythe said:
Jan 9, 2009 at 8:09 PMYea please test at indy.....
Werner Boehmert said:
Jan 9, 2009 at 8:58 PMaccording to this article it's Goodyear that hands out the invitations...http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/01/28/jburton.rcr.tires/
Jayne Deere said:
Jan 10, 2009 at 11:51 AMEach driver represents a different Manufacturer, at least I think so, not entirely sure what make of car Travis Kvapil drives. They probably picked Burton(Chevy) because there is the least likelihood that people will spin conspiracy theories about this testing giving him an advantage, same reason for Reutimann(Toyota), Busch(Dodge)chosen because GEM dodges are still figuring out who is driving for that team. And Kvapil(Ford?) because he hasn't been in the Chase or close to the Chase as most of the other Ford drivers. This is just my theory on how these teams were chosen for the tire testing, am interested in hearing what others think.
Jayne Deere said:
Jan 10, 2009 at 1:29 PMI should have read the article more thoroughly before posting my comment. Just skimmed it.