One of the busiest test sessions in speedway history will have drivers preparing Tuesday for the Dickies 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, Cup drivers scheduled to test include: #31-Jeff Burton, #44-Terry Labonte, #17-Matt Kenseth, #12-Ryan Newman, #18- Bobby Labonte, #6-Mark Martin, #19-Jeremy Mayfield [thought he was out of tests?], #1-Martin Truex Jr. and #77-Travis Kvapil.(TMS PR)(10-25-2005)
Tueday Testing update: #17-Matt Kenseth unofficially led Tuesday’s NASCAR NEXTEL Cup speed chart with a lap of 193.548mph. Other speeds reported were #1-Martin Truex Jr., 192.308; #6-Mark Martin, 190.678; #91-Jeremy Mayfield and #12-Ryan Newman, 188.811; #18-Bobby Labonte, 188.482; #44-Terry Labonte, 188.285 and #77-Travis Kvapil, 186.207. Other NEXTEL Cup testers were #97-Kurt and #5-Kyle Busch and #31-Jeff Burton.
Speeds from Weds Testing:
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
#44-Terry Labonte, 189.474 mph
# 5-Kyle Busch, 189.341
#31-Jeff Burton, 188.153
#91-Jeremy Mayfield, 188.153
#24-Jeff Gordon, 187.500
NASCAR Busch Series
#38-A.J. Foyt IV, 188.153
#20-Denny Hamlin, 184.932
#78-Jerry Robertson, 184.932
Test session was incident-free.(TMS)(10-27-2005)
