“Ford’s NASCAR race car of the future, the Taurus, took its first laps Tuesday at Daytona International Speedway, with Rusty Wallace and Bill Elliott taking the wheel of the Penske Racing South-built prototype. No specific times were reported, but Wallace did get the car into the 49-second bracket(Skinner ran a 47.415 in 2/97) in the afternoon before wrapping up the session.”(iRace) for more of the story see Taurus Makes Testing Debut (9-2-97)
