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NASCAR to add practice day to Darlington race weekend

Quote selected text Published March 17th, 2008 in NASCAR News

DarlingtonRobin Pemberton, NASCAR’s vice president of competition, says that Darlington Raceway will host a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice on the Thursday prior to the May 10 Dodge Challenger, so drivers will have more time on the tires being used there.

Pemberton said that Goodyear officials want to return to “reverify” the results from a recent tire test, so all teams will get an extra couple of hours on the track prior to the race.

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  1. 1 Jeff Registered User Mar 17th, 2008 at 2:00 pm Quote

    And why would it be so hard to do this at Texas, who has specifically asked for more testing time (or anywhere else for that matter)? Seems like any extra time that would help teams get a handle on this tire/car combo would be a good thing!

  2. 2 Sam Mar 17th, 2008 at 2:17 pm Quote

    Jeff wrote:

    And why would it be so hard to do this at Texas, who has specifically asked for more testing time (or anywhere else for that matter)? Seems like any extra time that would help teams get a handle on this tire/car combo would be a good thing!

    I was thinking the same thing! These are fast tracks and I want to see a good race. Most of the owners and drivers do not have a fix on this car/tire yet on these types of tracks. So let them test.

  3. 3 Anonymous Mar 17th, 2008 at 2:18 pm Quote

    Texas NOW needs one.
    Atlanta is close enough to the same track that having a test in Texas would have been a waste of time.
    But from the horrible tire problems and many complaints they now need a test at texas, to see if goodyear fixed the problem, or if they need to work more at it.

  4. 4 Bigdog Mar 17th, 2008 at 4:31 pm Quote

    While I agree with the decision to further test at Darlington considering the speeds achieved there during the recent tire testing, it seems at the same time somewhat ludicrous to ‘reverify’ something they will have no time to change should their ‘reverification’ turn up a problem.

    And, as others have stated, what of Texas? Could ownership of the two facilities be playing a part in some bad decision making on both NASCAR and Goodyear’s part?

    Sometimes I just have to shake my head in utter disbelief.

  5. 5 jgr20fan Mar 17th, 2008 at 5:54 pm Quote

    Francecar does not like Burton Smith, so anytime he can do something to affect a race at one of his tracks he will do it including less testing.

  6. 6 Fisha695 Registered User Mar 17th, 2008 at 6:09 pm Quote

    Didn’t they used to do this a lot at most tracks back in the day?

  7. 7 gonesouthern Registered User Mar 19th, 2008 at 2:47 pm Quote

    Bigdog wrote:

    While I agree with the decision to further test at Darlington considering the speeds achieved there during the recent tire testing, it seems at the same time somewhat ludicrous to ‘re verify’ something they will have no time to change should their ‘re-verification’ turn up a problem.

    And, as others have stated, what of Texas? Could ownership of the two facilities be playing a part in some bad decision making on both NASCAR and Goodyear’s part?

    Sometimes I just have to shake my head in utter disbelief.

    Good point Dog, what if the test shows a speed wear problem ?? No time to fix it then. Oh well Nascar/Goodyear will just say they feel it was a positive test and it will all work out…
    Get your PR going Boys…

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