Testing at Kansas UPDATE: hearing all four Roush Racing teams and the #24 Hendrick Motor Sports team will be testing on August 27-28th at Kansas Speedway(8-22-2001) UPDATE: Jeff Gordon said Monday that Kansas Speedway incorporates familiar elements from three other 1 1/2-mile tri-ovals, including the other track that opened this season in Joliet, Ill. Gordon ran well this season at all three tracks. “There are a couple of parts that remind me of Vegas, a couple that remind me of Chicago, a couple that remind me of Texas,” Gordon said after a late-morning session in preparation for the inaugural Protection One 400 on Sept. 30. But the similarities to the other tracks don’t extend to the racing surface at Kansas, Gordon and other drivers say. Like nearly everyone who’s driven on the new track, they remarked on its smoothness and lack of an outside groove. “I know I’m going to do my passing on the inside,” said Mark Martin, one of five Roush Racing drivers testing at the track. “I’m not going to be out there.” Roush driver Jeff Burton also likes the track. “I think you’re going to be amazed at how fast the laps are going to be,” Burton said.(Daytona Beach News Journal)(8-28-2001) (8-27-2001)
