Goodyear will conduct a tire test with the car of tomorrow Sept. 18-19 at Daytona International Speedway, a Goodyear spokesman said Wednesday. The restrictor-plate test, which will come a week after NASCAR’s open Nextel Cup test at Talladega Superspeedway will include five drivers: Joe Gibbs Racing’s #11-Denny Hamlin, Richard Childress Racing’s #07-Clint Bowyer, Yates/Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing’s #38-David Gilliland, Chip Ganassi Racing’s #40-David Stremme and Michael Waltrip Racing’s #55-Michael Waltrip. It will be the second time this year that a COT has hit the surface at DIS. #12-Ryan Newman and #2-Kurt Busch practiced in a COT during January testing. The first COT race at Daytona will be the 2008 Daytona 500.(SceneDaily.com)(8-31-2007)
