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Said gets in some testing at DIS:

January 12, 2004 at 12:00 AM
  • Boris Said had nothing to do but eat barbecue for the first two days of testing, but a rule relaxation allowed him his first experience on the track Thursday. As pole winner last season at Sonoma, CA, the road-racing specialist has a spot in the Feb.7 Bud Shootout in the MB2/MBV Motorsports #01 U.S. Army Chevy, but his only previous superspeedway experience was an ARCA race last year at Talladega. “Now that was cool,” said Said, who had to wedge his 6-foot-3 frame into a car prepared for 5-9 regular driver Joe Nemechek. “I can’t believe they go three-wide here. It’s a lot different than Talladega; you have to do a lot more driving here.” NASCAR originally told the team it would be charged a test if Said split time during the session, but allowed Scott Wimmer and Dave Blaney to share a test [#22 CAT Dodge] (Wimmer left to get married) and Mike McLaughlin to replace #20-Tony Stewart. The two #01 cars were consistently among the fastest all week, an “encouraging” development, Nemechek said, after producing a top-10 finish and good qualifying efforts in four races with his new team to end last season.(St. Petersburg Times)(1-9-2004)
    UPDATE: Boris Said, who will drive the #01 Chevy in the Bud Shootout (Feb. 7), joined Joe Nemechek and the U.S. Army team in Thursday’s final day of testing at Daytona International Speedway. “The goal was to get out there to feel the bumps, to feel the air and to just get a good handle of the track,” commented Said, who earned a spot in the Bud Shootout by qualifying on the pole when he drove the 01 Army Car in last year’s road race in Sonoma, CA. “This (superspeedway racing) is all new to me. The seat time I got today was valuable. Now I get to go home and think about it for a few weeks. I can’t wait to come back here and jump in the U.S. Army car for the Bud Shootout. That will be a dream come true.”(US Army Racing PR)(1-12-2004)