NASCAR fans will get their first glimpse of the new sixth-generation NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars on the storied Daytona International Speedway for three days this week at Preseason Thunder, the unofficial on-track start of the 2013 NASCAR season. This weeks sessions will be the only test for the new car at Daytona prior to Speedweeks, which begins with The Sprint Unlimited on Feb. 16 and culminates with the 55th running of the Daytona 500 on Feb. 24. ‘This test is an opportunity for the teams to prepare their cars for Speedweeks and the 55th running of the Daytona 500’ said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of competition. ‘This is the teams test and provides an excellent lead in to the upcoming 2013 season. There has been a lot of work put into the development of the Gen-6 car by the manufacturers, teams and NASCAR. It will be exciting to see the new cars on the track for Daytona Preseason Thunder.” After several tests for the new car, including one restrictor plate test at Talladega Superspeedway, the rules package has been set heading into Preseason Thunder. The rules package for Daytona includes: “¢ Plate size – 29/32″³ (same plate size as 2012) “¢ Spoiler size – 4″³ high x 53″³ wide “¢ Spoiler angle – 70 degrees “¢ Front Grille size – 1-3/4″³ high x 23″³ wide “¢ Radiator Relief valve – 32 psi Teams participating in the test are: Car # Team Name Driver 1 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Jamie McMurray 2 Penske Racing Brad Keselowski 5 Hendrick Motorsports Kasey Kahne 9 Richard Petty Motorsports Marcos Ambrose 10 Stewart Haas Racing Danica Patrick 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Denny Hamlin 13 Germain Racing Casey Mears 14 Stewart Haas Racing Tony Stewart 15 Michael Waltrip Racing Clint Bowyer 16 Roush Fenway Racing Greg Biffle 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Kyle Busch 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Matt Kenseth 21 Wood Bros Racing Trevor Bayne 22 Penske Racing Joey Logano 24 Hendrick Motorsports Jeff Gordon 27 Richard Childress Racing Paul Menard 29 Richard Childress Racing Kevin Harvick 31 Richard Childress Racing Jeff Burton 33 Circle Sport / Joe Falk Austin Dillon 36 Tommy Baldwin Racing Dave Blaney 38 Front Row Motorsports Josh Wise 39 Stewart Haas Racing Ryan Newman 42 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Juan Pablo Montoya 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Aric Almirola 47 JTG-Daugherty Racing Bobby Labonte 48 Hendrick Motorsports Jimmie Johnson 51 Phoenix Racing Regan Smith 55 Michael Waltrip Racing Mark Martin 56 Michael Waltrip Racing Martin Truex 78 Furniture Row Racing Kurt Busch 83 BK Racing Travis Kvapil/David Reutimann 88 Hendrick Motorsports Dale Earnhardt Jr. 95 Leavine Family Racing Scott Speed 99 Roush Fenway Racing Carl Edwards
