NASCAR announces 2008 testing schedule
Quote selected text Published December 4th, 2007 in NASCAR News
NASCAR announced the 2008 testing schedules for its three national series. NASCAR determined the test schedules based upon the input and cooperation from each of the teams’ crew chiefs. The Sprint Cup Series testing sessions begin at Daytona with NASCAR Preseason Thunder, starting Monday, Jan. 7 and running through Wednesday, Jan. 9 for approximately half of the teams.
Thursday, Jan. 10 is the rain date, if necessary. The following week, the remaining teams will test Monday, Jan. 14 through Wednesday, Jan. 16, with Thursday, Jan. 17 as the rain date. Test sessions at Daytona are scheduled for 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., weather permitting, with an hour lunch break from noon until 1 p.m. The remaining five tracks that will host test sessions for the Sprint Cup Series include:
* Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Jan. 28-29
* California Speedway – Jan. 31- Feb. 1
* Phoenix International Raceway – March 3-4
* Pocono Raceway – May 27-28
* Lowe’s Motor Speedway – Sept. 23-24
[NASCAR PR]
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no short track test dates???
My guess is the reason they are not having any short track test dates is b/c the COT has already run on short tracks. They don’t have as much experiance with them on the intermediate tracks. I know a few of them they have already run, but the teams probably want a little more testing on them to get the cars ready for the races. That’s just my guess!?
Not to mention that besides Kentucky and VIR, most of the teams are testing at short tracks weekly.
Im thinking about going to the Pocono test since its only a few minutes from me, now the question is, how much does it cost usually to get into a track to watch testing?
Wow! Fisha doesn’t know something! I’m shocked! I really am.