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Martin tests at Las Vegas

I hear on NASCAR Today on MRN that Mark Martin just completed a 3 day test at Vegas. Things went well, no speeds, but he backed a car into the wall on the final day.(MRN)(1-29-98) (01-29-1998)...
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From the test at Texas Motor Speedway

Jeff Gordon tested on 1/27 at TMS and he reported speeds at about 8mph lower then the best time in practice last year by Kyle Petty. They were running with the expected changes to the air dam and rear spoiler(Rear spoilers down from 6 to 5 inches, and front valances...
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Elliott tested at Talladega

Bill Elliott opted to privately test at Talladega twice in January and did not test at Daytona. Talladega doesn't release test speeds per teams requests, so no speeds are available. No idea why Chad Little did not test at Daytona. As for Elliott. his second team with...
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Jeff Gordon to test at Texas for Goodyear

Jeff Gordon will be at Texas Motor Speedway on 1/26 and 1/27 in his #24 DuPont Chevy testing Goodyear tires. This will be a closed test, so I doubt we'll hear any speeds or much about it at all. TMS is working on turn 4 to repave and remove the 'bump' that all the ...
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Testing at Atlanta

UPDATE: NASCAR conducted a test at Atlanta on Monday, 1/19 with one each Ford Taurus, Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Pontiac Grand Prix. They tested various Spoilers and possibly restrictor plates. The Chevy was the #3, the Pontiac was the #43 and the Ford was the #21(1...
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BGN testing at Daytona cancelled

A day of rain at Daytona cancelled the first day of BGN testing at Daytona scheduled for Jan 15th and 16th. The teams will jam their two-day test into one if the weather cooperates, which will conclude their test.(1-16-98)...
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Testing at Talladega

Bill Elliott was one of seven drivers at Talladega Superspeedway Tuesday testing for the upcoming season. Elliott also had Dennis Setzer and David Bonnett helping test cars for his 3-day test. Also testing NASCAR Winston Cup cars was Ricky Rudd with assistance from...
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Mattei at test

I hear Mattei Motorsports will be at the second Ford test with 2 brand new Taurus's, sponsorship is in the works(1-7-98)...
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Andretti tests at Talladega

Petty Enterprises got a jump start on the competition last weekend, as John Andretti tested the team's Pontiac at Talladega. Andretti tested last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, preparing for the upcoming Daytona 500 as well as April's DieHard 500 at Talladega. The #43...
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Bahari Racing test postponed

Weather forced Bahari Racing to postpone its test at Talladega Superspeedway, the team's first of the 1998 season with new driver Derrike Cope. Bahari Racing has scheduled a two-day test at the 2.66-mile track, beginning Tuesday. The team plans to test at the facility...
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Hendrick wind tunnel testing?

From a NASCAR Fans newsletter reader John: "I spotted team trailers from Hendricks Racing/Terry Labonte #5 and Childress/Dale Earnhardt #3 on site at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. The trailers were located in the vicinity of the Aerodynamics...
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Talladega speeds from RPM2Nite

Jimmy Spencer 190.723...
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Lake Speed happy with test

I hear Lake Speed is very estatic about the new Taurus and that he was the fastest at Talladega's 3 day test, sorry no times reported. I hear the big Ford teams were not quite as happy. Supposedly Speed feels the Taurus handled and felt so much better than the Thunderbird...
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Ford test speeds

Found out some very preliminary speeds at Ford's private test of the Taurus at Charlotte today: Dale Jarrett(88)-176.750mph; Jeff Burton(99)-176.298; Greg Sacks(98)-176.183; Brett Bodine(11)-176.068; Ricky Rudd(10)-176.010; Jimmy Spencer(23)-174-701; Michael Waltrip...
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Ford testing

Taurus Testing Not Going as Well as Hoped. For the past few days Talladega Superspeedway is a site that that is as heavily guarded and top secret as many government operations. Specifics are not easy to come by, but things are not going as well as Ford and the teams...
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Ford testing

UPDATE: The Ford teams get a rare chance to test in December as NASCAR has allowed them a chance to test the new Taurus at Talladega on Dec 16-18th, this test will not count toward the 7 tests WC teams are allowed to do during the season(WC Today)(12-3-97), sorry I...
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RCR testing

I hear that the #3 and the #31 were testing at Greenville-Pickens Speedway on 12/17/97.(12-18-97)...
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Testing schedule

WC Testing Schedule at Daytona: Jan 3-5 General Motors; Jan 6-8 Ford; Jan 12-14 GM; Jan 17-18 Dash; Jan 19-21 Ford(WC Scene)(12-11-97)...
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Talladega testing

I hear from a reader: The #3 and #31 cars were testing at the track, and Jay Sauter, Mike Dillon (Childress's son-in-law) and Dave Marcis were testing the #3 and #31 Chevy's at Talladega on Monday(11-10). Marcis put one of the cars in the wall during the test in the...
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No immediate changes for Atlanta

"NASCAR spokesman Kevin Triplett said no decision has been made on what steps, if any, should be taken to slow the cars (at Atlanta). But he said a testing session on Tuesday was more encouraging than the first trips around the repaved track a couple of weeks ago. ...