Several NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams are testing tires for Goodyear today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The two-day test will conclude on Wednesday as the speedway was reserved for other activity on Tuesday. Among those testing Monday were #43-A.J. Allmendinger, #20-Joey Logano, #27-Paul Menard and #42-Juan Pablo Montoya. Allmendinger drives the #43 Best Buy Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports. While a crewman admitted thereâs not much technical data to gain during a tire test, his driver viewed it as an opportunity to sharpen his skills. âWeâre just working with Goodyear, testing different tire combinations today,â Allmendinger said. âWeâre working on a tire for next yearâs race here. Iâve struggled on the mile-and-a-half tracks and Las Vegas is my worst. This place is tough. Itâs my Achillesâ heel. So any time you can be in a car here, that helps. But itâs better to be coming here from Texas, where we did pretty well on Sunday (10th place) as opposed to coming here from a short track like Martinsville, for instance. I can take what I learned Sunday and it will help me here, especially since we only race here once a year. Any extra laps I can get here are good.â The Goodyear tire tests are not open to the public. Tickets for the LVMS 2012 NASCAR Weekend, including the March 11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 400 and NASCAR Nationwide Series Samâs Town 300 (March 10) may be purchased online at www.LVMS.com or by calling the ticket office at (702) 644-4444.(LVMS), see past tire testing notes on the Tire Testing News page.(11-9-2011)
