Found out some very preliminary speeds at Ford’s private test of the Taurus at Charlotte today: Dale Jarrett(88)-176.750mph; Jeff Burton(99)-176.298; Greg Sacks(98)-176.183; Brett Bodine(11)-176.068; Ricky Rudd(10)-176.010; Jimmy Spencer(23)-174-701; Michael Waltrip(21)-174.362; Dick Trickle(90)-174.250; Kenny Irwin, Jr(28)-172.084. Other teams there but no times: Ted Musgrave(16); Mark Martin(6); Rusty Wallace(2); Jeremy Mayfield(37); Lake Speed(9); Rick Mast(75); Jerry Nadeau(13). Kenny Irwin hit the wall around 4pm and wrecked the car pretty good, but was not hurt. For a measure:
Geoff Bodines pole speed in October was 184.256mph. Remember these are not official, just preliminary and the temperature today was only in the 60’s, plus I hear they were running race setups(12-20-97)
