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TESTING, TESTING
NASCAR gives teams more test dates
CSD Staff, April 16

After several complaints from teams, NASCAR announced Tuesday the addition of a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series test session May 5-6 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

Dale Jr. at Whiskey River

Dale Earnhardt Junior was at his new club Whisky River in Charlotte Tuesday night speaking to the media.

"I built it to come in here and hang out, come and have a good time on a Tuesday night," he said. "I don't enjoy going into a bar and seeing everybody took the best spot so we want every spot to be decent and average around here."

Whiskey River's grand opening is Friday night. Tickets for one of two grand opening parties this weekend are available at: www.whiskyrivercharlotte.com

NASCAR visited with the teams this past weekend at Phoenix about the possibility of adding a test to further prepare for the remaining 17 events the series has at intermediate tracks the rest of the season, including next month’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

The extra test gives the series seven sanctioned test sessions this year, the same number the teams had in 2007.

“We received input from the teams last weekend at Phoenix and a vast majority of them were receptive to adding a test next month at Lowe’s,” said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR Vice President of Competition. “We have 17 events ahead of us on intermediate tracks and the additional test allows the teams the opportunity to learn more about the new car, work on their setups and adjustments, and apply that information to these future races.”

H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler, president and general manager of Lowe's Motor Speedway, last week encouraged NASCAR to consider an additional test at the 1.5-mile superspeedway. He was relieved to receive Tuesday's news.

"I appreciate NASCAR being proactive and attempting to improve the racing on the intermediate tracks," Wheeler said. "It's become obvious that something needs to be done immediately to help these teams. Hopefully, the additional track time will provide them the opportunity to find some things that will help when they come back two weeks later.”

Next Sprint Cup Race:

What: AARON’S 499
Where: Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
GREEN FLAG: 2:30 p.m. ET April 27
TV: Fox, 2:00 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128.
Distance:188 Laps 500 miles
Track layout:2.66 paved track
2007 Winner: Jeff Gordon

Stories Elsewhere:

--Driver gets DUI citation after fatality at PIR

--Speedway mineral rights need open-to-public scrutiny

Todays Headlines:

--Montoya, Sorenson swap crew chiefs

--Stremme Hiring Clears way for Hornish Return to Indy 500

--Kentucky Speedway closed to testing because of seepage

--Pondering and Wondering

--Elledge surprised, but supportive of changes

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Montoya, Sorenson swap crew chiefs
CSD Staff, April 16

Juan Pablo Montoya and his teammate Reed Sorenson will swap their crew chiefs for the next Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega, Chip Ganassi Racing officials announced on Tuesday.

Stremme Hiring Clears way for Hornish Return to Indy 500
CSD Staff, April 16

Penske Racing officially announced Tuesday that they have hired David Stremme as a test driver for its NASCAR Sprint Cup program.

Kentucky Speedway closed to testing because of seepage
CSD STaff, April 16

Nine NASCAR Sprint Cup teams that were scheduled to test at Kentucky Speedway Wednesday will have to wait.

The View From Fanville
Pondering and Wondering
By Amy Hair,Senior Columnist,Cup Scene Daily, April 16

I am often amazed by the simple things in life, things that others don’t always find intriguing, but that’s okay, I’m used to being considered a little “weird”. I think it comes with being a writer, the senses are heightened and we tend to “see” things different than the average Joe on the street. So when I received a message from one of my readers, I was once again thrown into a different place, one I hadn’t been in for awhile…

Elledge surprised, but supportive of changes
By Lee Spencer, FOXSports.com,April 16

After a dismal start to the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, team owner Chip Ganassi decided it was time to make some changes.

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 16

0: Road course victories for Kyle Busch in six Cup and two Nationwide series races. Busch, who has four top-10 finishes, will try to become the first driver to win three consecutive Nationwide races since Ryan Newman in 2005 in Sunday's Corona Mexico 200 on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course in Mexico City.

This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 16

1964: Ned Jarrett wins his second race in two days, winning a 200-lap race on the half-mile dirt track of Columbia (S.C.) Speedway. On April 14, Jarrett won another 200-lap race on a half-mile dirt track, winning at Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds in Spartanburg, S.C.

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