NASCAR handed teams a draft of a new testing policy Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway. The sanctioning body will take more input from teams before finalizing it. The proposal gives each organization 24 test days at tracks where the Sprint Cup teams compete, with a maximum of two cars per test.
All of the team’s drivers can test, but no driver can test for a team for which he does not drive. New teams would get test days depending on how much they race. There is typically a week blackout period before a race and a blackout period from Nov. 1 through Jan. 15. The Daytona tests will remain and not be included. There is no rookie provision.
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I thought that 30 days would be better at any track they want or what like Kyle Petty said a couple weeks ago, have teams test either the day before the race weekend (most-likely Thursday) or the day after (most-likely Monday), the teams would be there for an extra day, this way they save money.
Here is something that I asked Jayski awhile back and he never really gave me clear answer.
Say a team build a car to NASCAR Rules however doesn’t get the car/chassis certified (so it is not an official NASCAR race car) could teams go to any track they want with that car and test?
In case I confused anybody here is a better example.
RCR creates a “Test Team” which is lets say is just like a full time Cup team however it does not have a registered number, nor does it have any connection to NASCAR (ie, driver of team is not a NASCAR licensed driver, etc) However it uses cars built to NASCAR rules (however not certified/approved by NASCAR), could that team in theory be able to contact a track and rent the track for a day or two and test.
I would think Yes, Jayski told me awhile back that the answer is no because the cars are built to NASCAR Rules, but really if I (or anybody that wanted to) had enough money we could buy a car that is built to NASCAR rules from a team just for the heck of it, so I don’t think Jay’s answer of it being a car built to NASCAR rules isn’t correct.
Fisha695 wrote:
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It would make sense that if the team is not associated with NASCAR, that nascar could not regulate that team or car: after all, how would nascar penalize that team? T
I like the day before or day after the race. That way it doesn’t
cost the teams that much more than a race. It would level the
playing field for teams that don’t have the Gibbs, Hendrick etc
money behind them.
Cut out all testing and run what you bring. if you cant get it right by friday you go home. just an added expense and more fuel.
Howie Motorsports Photography wrote:
I agree its a waste of time and money.
It’s a waste of nothing, the teams are their own companies they can spend their time and money the way they want. If they don’t have the time or money to test then that is their companies problem and not NASCARs. I mean you can’t say Pizza Hut should cut out in-store pickup because it’s a waste of time and money because more people get delivery, If Pizza Hut wants to spend their money on keeping their in-store pickup running then it’s their companies prerogative.
Fisha695 wrote:
And the point is its a waste of every teams money,they dont need to do it.
And nobody would be forcing them to.
Heck we can rent our local track out from Sunday till Friday and test 16 hours a day each day, but that doesn’t mean we have to or we will, but point being it’s our choice, if we have the money and we want to spend the money that way then we will, if we want to spend the money on going to a windtunnel then we will, if we want to spend the money to haul our car to a carshow then that is our choice on how to spend our money.