MARTINSVILLE, VA - OCTOBER 24:  Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, and Marcos Ambrose, driver of the #47 Dollar General Country Million Sweepstakes Toyota, lead the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 24, 2010 in Martinsville, Virginia.  (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR) | Getty Images
MARTINSVILLE, VA - OCTOBER 24: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, and Marcos Ambrose, driver of the #47 Dollar General Country Million Sweepstakes Toyota, lead the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 24, 2010 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR) | Getty Images

March 29 – Today in Jayski’s NASCAR history

March 29, 1997

      • Bobby Hamilton, Kenny Schrader, Dave Marcis and Jim Sauter tested Goodyear tires Monday through Thursday at the two-mile brand new California Speedway near Los Angeles. The four drivers combined for 1,108 laps with Hamilton clocking a fast lap of 179mph covering 2,216 miles. Hamilton used his #43 STP Pontiac, Schrader tested a Winston West series car while Marcis and Sauter tested the IROC Pontiac Firebirds. Winston Cup returns on May 5-7 for an open test session(3-29-97)
      • Saw a message on the R.A.S.N. newsgroup that the Albuquerque Journal reports that Al Unser Jr will run run a second Penske car at the Brickyard 400, as long as both teams are doing well. This rumor was reported here 2-23-97, now it seems it may come to fruition. I looked it up on the Albuquerque Journal online and could not find the article, and the message did not mention a date of the story(3-29-97)

 


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