so far today, #41-Reed Sorenson wrecked, backing into the wall hard and #12-Ryan Newman spun, but didn’t hit anything. #9-Kasey Kahne received medical clearance Wednesday morning and is testing his #9 Dodge Dealers UAW-Dodge at Lowes Motor Speedway. “I feel great” said Kahne. “Obviously my hips and my shoulders are a little sore from getting hit in the side but they wanted to do some scans and just check me out and make sure everything was good and all the results were clear so we’re good to go.”(PRN’s Garage Pass Radio Show)
Afternoon Speeds: 71 cars took to the track in the afternoon session, with #38-Sadler the fastest at 181.622mph, followed by #20-Stewart 181.385, #18-Yeley 181.202, #42-Mears 181.087 and #31-Burton 180.832. Some notes: Johnny Sauter is testing a #70 Dodge for Haas CNC [not sure why not a Chevy like teammate #66-Green], Bill Elliott is testing a #00 Dodge, Terry Labonte is testing the #44 Chevy, Kevin Lepage is back testing the #49 Dodge…looks like the #61 team skipped testing, Carl Long is testing the #37 R.J. Racing Dodge [was the slowest of the session].
Evening Speeds: 65 cars took to the track Wednesday evening, speeds jumped up quite a bit with #40x-David Stremme leading the way at 186.929mph, almost 2mph over the next driver, #70-Johnny Sauter [now listed in a Chevy] at 185.179, then #21b-Ken Schrader 185.058, #32a-Travis Kvapil 183.874 and #11-Denny Hamlin 183.237. Michael Waltrip drove the #00 Dodge Bill Elliott had tested earlier; Carl Long and Kerry Earnhardt shared duties in the #37b Dodge. #37-Carl Long and #34-Chad Chaffin wrecked in the evening session.
See all the speeds from day 1 and 2 as well as and cumulative [best speed by driver overall with session listed] on my Lowe’s Motor Speedway Testing page.(5-3-2006)
