Testing at Kentucky: PPI Motorsports Cup drivers #32-Ricky Craven and #96-Andy Houston as well as Morgan-McClure Motorsports Cup driver #4-Kevin Lepge completed two days of testing on Kentucky Speedway’s 1.5-mile tri-oval on Tuesday, May 15. Craven brought two new cars to Kentucky. “We’re testing everything,” he said. “Testing on this tri-oval doesn’t count against us so this track is a commodity. It’s valuable to us. Straight away speeds here are in the range of what we need. We have two brand new cars, so the fastest horse will win. It will probably be our car at Charlotte.” Houston added chassis analysis to his test schedule. “We enjoy coming to test this track because it has good grip and we can go several laps on a set of tires. That gives us a good read,” Houston said. “We’re working on our intermediate track program – testing different shock and spring combinations and doing some chassis related tests. This track is good to test because it simulates a lot of places – Charlotte, and they tell me Chicagoland and Kansas.” Lepage shook down his #4 Kodak Film Chevy to test the attitude of shock and spring combinations. “We’re here trying to get as much information as we can,” Lepage said. “We’re testing the attitudes of springs and shocks, spending more time with our crew chief and getting some help from GM Racing. Once we test the different shocks and springs we can talk back to them to tell them if the changes help or hurt.”(Kentucky Speedway PR)(5-16-2001)
