Chevy’s new Monte Carlo won’t be at Indianapolis for next month’s NASCAR tests for the Brickyard 400 because NASCAR officials vetoed that plan. But the 2000 model will be at the Gateway track in St. Louis in the next few weeks for shakedown runs, with Terry Labonte penciled in as the test driver for Rick Hendrick’s Chevrolet. General Motors has another test of its own also scheduled for Gateway at the end of August. NASCAR officials would like to see the new Monte Carlo and the new Taurus on the track at the same time sometime this fall, probably at Talladega the Monday and Tuesday after the Winston 500 on Oct. 17. Also, Travis Carter(ownes the #23 and #66 Fords) is hinting he may switch to Chevrolets, but GM’s Ken Van Everly says that’s news to him.( PitNow )
