All three NASCAR national series will test at Daytona International Speedway from Thursday, Jan. 9 to Tuesday, Jan. 14. FOX Sports 1 will broadcast Preseason Thunder testing live on Thursday and Friday from 1:00-5:00 pm/et, and on Saturday, from 3:00-7:00 pm/et (same day delay). The test sessions are scheduled to run each day from 9:00 am -12:00noon/et and 1:00-5:00 pm/et.
Fan Fest The Preseason Thunder Fan Fests are scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 9, for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Saturday, Jan. 11, for the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Drivers will participate in the Fan Fest, scheduled from 5:30 – 9:30pm/et both nights. Tickets are available at the gate and are $25 per person for Thursday, and $10 for Saturday. Kids 12 & under are free throughout testing.(DIS)
Teams/Drivers scheduled to test:
#1-Jamie McMurray
#2-Brad Keselowski & Rusty Wallace
#3-Austin Dillon
#4-Kevin Harvick
#5-Kasey Kahne
#7-Michael Annett
#9-Marocs Ambrose
#10-Danica Patrick
#11-Denny Hamlin
#13-Casey Mears
#14-Mark Martin (subbing for Tony Stewart)
#15-Clint Bowyer
#16-Greg Biffle
#17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
#18-Kyle Busch
#20-Matt Kenseth
#21-Trevor Bayne
#22-Joey Logano
#24-Jeff Gordon
#26-Cole Whitt
#27-Paul Menard
#30-Parker Kligerman
#31-Ryan Newman
#32-Reed Sorenson (for Terry Labonte)
#33-Brian Scott
#40-Landon Cassill
#41-Kurt Busch
#42-Kyle Larson
#43-Aric Almirola
#48-Jimmie Johnson
#51-Justin Allgaier
#52-Bobby Labonte (2nd Phoenix Racing car)
#55-Michael Waltrip
#66-Jeff Burton
#77-Dave Blaney
#83-Alex Bowman
#87-Joe Nemechek
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.
#93-Ryan Truex
#95-Michael McDowell
#99-Carl Edwards
#92-Brian Keselowski (but didn’t test)
Teams/Drivers not scheduled to test:
#34-David Ragan
#35-Front Row Motorsports
#36-J.J. Yeley
#38-David Gilliland
#47-A.J. Allmendinger
#78-Martin Truex Jr.
#98-Josh Wise
(NASCAR.com)(1-8-2014)
DAY 1 of testing was canceled due to rain. On-track testing on Friday will run through the lunch break.
