“NASCAR teams will turn their attention this week to Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which will be jammed today with 40 Winston Cup drivers expected to begin testing for the Aug. 1 Brickyard 400. More will test next week. The Brickyard has become more than an asphalt battleground. Because of its strategic spot on the NASCAR calendar, it is where big deals are made, where sponsorships are signed, where drivers are hired . . . and sometimes fired. But, because of the high-profile nature of the race, official word of deals made at the side frequently doesn’t come out until much later.
