Daytona Testing in Dec UPDATE no – whew: NASCAR has scheduled a one-day test in Daytona the week after the banquet (in New York City is set for Nov. 30. TV-TNT), probably on Dec. 5, with some of the possible rules packages that are expected to be debated at the meeting today. That would give teams barely 30 days to build the new cars and test them in wind tunnels before Daytona testing officially opens on Jan. 7.(Winston Salem Journal)(11-1-2001) UPDATE: Drivers told NASCAR last week that they did not want a December test session at Daytona to see if the new rules announced last Thursday would work well for the Daytona 500. NASCAR officials were ready to conduct a December test session, much like the Daytona test session in August 2000 after drivers complained about the inability to pass in restrictor-plate races and the Talladega test session this past August to limit the ability to run three-wide in the draft. Daytona and Talladega are the tracks where restrictor plates are used to slow the cars. “Everybody voted against going there in December — we’ve been racing all year, why would we want to go do something else in December?” said driver Dale Jarrett. “We’ll have three days in January to get this done.” There will be a pair of three-day test sessions at DIS in January. Unlike past years where each manufacturer had a test session, this year drivers’ testing dates will be determined by their position in the points standings.(Daytona Beach News Journal)(11-6-2001)
