The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is scheduled to have a Goodyear Tire Test at Texas Motor Speedway on Tuesday October 9th, 2012. This event will be FREE and open to the public. Drivers scheduled to test; #16-Greg Biffle, #18-Kyle Busch, #42-Juan Pablo Montoya & #27-Paul Menard. Gate 4 will be open from 9:00am to 5:00pm, coolers are allowed (no glass or alcohol)(TMS), all the other activities announced last week have been canceled.(10-9-2012)
UPDATE: Next year’s redesigned race cars are on the fast track, literally. Last week, the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car tested at Talladega. On Tuesday, the next step was taken in the 2013 car rollout during the first of a two-day Goodyear tire test at 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway. Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch, Paul Menard and Juan Pablo Montoya tested Goodyear Eagle’s on the next generation cars that debut next season. ‘Moving into 2013 we ‘ve worked hand in hand with Goodyear and their engineers to get a plan together to build tires specifically for this new race car and optimize the grip,’ said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of competition. ‘We have built this car with the mindset that we are going after more of a mechanical grip and reduce some of the aero dependencies of the car for 2013. & This test at Texas is actually our very first test with multiple cars with the new aero package.’ Tuesday’s test session is part of a rigorous testing schedule for NASCAR and Goodyear heading into the highly-anticipated 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Biffle, Busch, Menard and Montoya will test the new models again Wednesday at Texas, with future tests at Phoenix International Raceway and Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 23-24 and Nov. 6-7, respectively. NASCAR has worked with Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota to develop the next generation of race cars that will make their debut during Speedweeks 2013 at Daytona International Speedway. The new race cars are designed to mirror their production counterparts in appearance.(NASCAR), see images of the 2013 cars on the 2013 Manufacturer Images and Notes page.(10-10-2012)
