Twenty-two Cup and BGN teams will be testing the newly paved surface at The Glen including: Rusty Wallace, Michael Waltrip, Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte, David Green and from the BGN: Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Matt Kenseth, Randy Lajoie, Elton Sawyer and Jeff Green. When: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 from 10:00am – 4:00pm/et(Watkins Glen PR)(6-10-1999) – UPDATE 1: I hear Jeff Fuller was there too –
UPDATE 1: Some BGN Speeds – #1-Boris Said 120.665mph; #32-Jeff Green 120.000; #3-Dale Earnhardt,Jr 119.326; #1-Randy LaJoie 119.217; #98 Aston Lewis 118.522; #98-Elton Sawyer 117.870(RPM2Nite) – Justin Labonte had planned to test, but his Dad wrecked the #44 Slim Jim Chevy and it was too damaged to repair. Terry is uninjured(The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)(6-16-1999) –
UPDATE 2: Some notes – the test session turned into primarily a Busch test for the Lysol 200 with Terry Labonte being the only cup driver to show, and in fact he tested with son Justin in the #44 Busch car. Feedback from the test was positive, track surface is extremely smooth with lot’s of subtle changes in the corners and the ?????loop???? area. Boris Said was in Randy Lajoie’s car, just helping him prepare and repaying a favor. Lajoie helped Said improve his oval skills, Boris is helping Randy with the road course(they both have driven for Irvan-Simo this year) The track record is 117.675mph by Boris Said, also at noon/et on the 16th, also, Matt Kenseth had a fast lap of 112.514mph, probably went faster later in the day(6-17-1999)