Atlanta Testing: For the second straight day, #00-Buckshot Jones led the speed charts during a two-day test of ten Winston Cup and Busch teams testing for the Oct. 25-27 NAPA 500 weekend. Jones, driving for Michael Waltrip Racing, turned a lap of 187.869mph). Just a tick behind Jones was #16-Greg Biffle, who will be attempting to run both the Aaron’s 312 BGN race and the NAPA 500, with a lap of 187.108. After a successful stint as a stand-in for the injured Bobby Hamilton, Biffle will attempt to qualify Roush’s #16 Grainger Ford in the NAPA 500. Third fastest in Wednesday’s test session was #9-Bill Elliott at 183.333. Testing will resume next week, when at least a dozen Winston Cup and BGN teams are expected to test for the upcoming NAPA 500 weekend. Among those expected for the Oct. 7-8 test are Winston Cup drivers #7-Casey Atwood, #99-Jeff Burton, #44-Jerry Nadeau and #83-Kerry Earnhardt, and BGN drivers #5-Ricky Hendrick, #24-Jack Sprague, #57-Jason Keller, #87-Joe Nemechek and #30-Christian Fittipaldi. The speeds: CUP #00-Buckshot Jones, 187.869 #16-Greg Biffle, 187.108 #9-Bill Elliott, 183.333 #09-Geoffrey Bodine, 178.145 #27-Scott Wimmer, 178.092 BGN #99-Michael Waltrip, 181.532 #2-ohnny Sauter, 178.378 #1-Jimmy Spencer, 178.378 #21-Jeff Green, 179.534 #66-Casey Mears, 176.280 (AMS PR)(10-2-2002)
