Having heard about some of the aerodynamic difficulties drivers encountered in early tests of the new 2013 Sprint Cup race cars on intermediate speedways, #2-Brad Keselowski was intrigued by the prospect of testing the car himself. The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup leader was so intrigued, in fact, that he was willing to take a break from intense preparation for the final four Cup races to drive the 2013 Ford Fusion instead of his customary #2 Dodge. He had his chance on Tuesday and Wednesday in a combination new car/Goodyear tire test at Phoenix, the first test of NASCAR’s 2013 models on a one-mile flat track. Keselowski, who will drive Fords next year when Penske Racing makes a manufacturer switch, liked what he saw and felt in the new car. ‘I thought it was a great test,’ Keselowski told the NASCAR Wire Service. ‘I had heard rumors that things weren ‘t going so well with that car, so it felt good to kind of just do it on my own and see what was really going on. I thought the test went really well. The cars seemed to have a lot of drivability, and it’s easy to work backwards from there, because certainly we have to balance that, if we make the cars too easy to drive then that’s not going to be great, but they also have to be drivable. And you ‘d rather start with drivable and work backwards than the alternative.(NASCAR Wire Service)(10-28-2012)
