Hermie Sadler and Ricky Hendrick ran the fastest unofficial practice laps for their respective Cup and BGN teams on Tuesday, the final day of testing at Homestead. Sadler ran a lap of 154.950mph in the #60 Power Team Winston Cup Chevy owned by Joe Bessey, beating the time of 154.639mph recorded on Monday by Kevin Harvick, driving Dale Earnhardts #3 GM Goodwrench Chevy. Hendrick unofficially shattered the Speedways BGN track record, running a lap of 150.796mph in the #24 GMAC Chevry owned by his father, Rick Hendrick. Hut Stricklin holds the track BGN record at 149.456mph. The team will field a pair of Chevy in the Nov. 11 Miami 300, to be driven by Hendrick(#14 GMAC Chevy) and Winston Cup driver Jeff Gordon(#24 Pepsi Chevy). David Green, the Homestead-Miami Speedway Winston Cup track record holder, assisted the Hendrick team during the test, and also bettered the track BGN record with a lap of 150.292mph. Also impressive in Tuesdays final testing was Geoffrey Bodine, who ran the third-fastest lap of pre-race testing, 152.715mph, driving the #98 Miccosukee Ford owned by Chip MacPherson. Also testing was driver Doug Reid, driving a Busch Series Chevy owned by Marcrum Motorsports(HMS PR)(11-1-2000)
