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Cars to be Dyno’d UPDATE 2:

February 15, 2003 at 12:00 AM

NASCAR is expected to put today’s top finishers of the 125’s on its chassis dyno to compare effective horsepower at the rear wheels of cars fresh off the track. NASCAR is also expected to chassis dyno Sunday’s top finishers. Drivers will be using their qualifying motors in the 125s, changing to new motors for the 500.( Winston Salem Journal )(2-13-2003) UPDATE: Following the Twin 125 qualifying races for the Daytona 500, NASCAR impounded eight cars for testing on the chassis dyno. The cars were called out on pit road and taken to the BGN garage, where NASCAR inspectors measured horsepower readings at the rear wheels. The Ford cars of #88-Dale Jarrett and #21-Ricky Rudd were selected from the first race while #54-Todd Bodine’s Taurus was tabbed from the second event. GM’s SB2 piece was represented on the dyno by the cars of #30-Jeff Green and #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. along with #20-Tony Stewart. One Dodge from each race was tested with #40-Sterling Marlin’s culled from race one and #2-Rusty Wallace’s from race two. Breaking down the engine builders, Robert Yates was tested in his #88 and with a lease customer (#54). Jack Roush was represented with a lease in the Wood Brothers car. GM’s engines were built by Richard Childress Racing (#30), Dale Earnhardt Inc. (#8) and Joe Gibbs Racing (#20). Dodge’s offering came from Ernie Elliott (#40) and Roger Penske (#2). There are times the NASCAR dyno numbers will float out into the garage, but with this being a new year and new NASCAR Winston Cup competition department things could well have changed.( Ford Racing ), no idea why no Pontiac were chosen.(2-14-2003) UPDATE 2: NASCAR, in addition to the cars they pulled from the line for mandatory dyno testing, ran a number of volunteer cars on the dyno. And while www.teamfordracing.com doesn’t have the results, yet, the high and low end numbers were aquired with the high end of the cars tested measuring at 380 hp while the bottom end was at 366 hp. It’s believed that it was a Joe Gibbs Racing motor on the top and that it was very likely that it was Ray Evernham’s at the bottom.( Ford Racing )(2-15-2003)