TEST DUMMIES; Here's the lowdown on NASCAR preseason test days.(News)(National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing )
AutoWeek, February, 2004
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Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH Early in the afternoon of Jan. 14, NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Ryan Newman drove his Dodge nearly 187 mph in preseason testing at Daytona International Speedway. Exciting, yes? No. "If you take your rental car and drive through the tunnel, then back through the tunnel, then through the tunnel again, it's about the same thing,'' said Newman.
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There's a great deal of sitting and waiting, while the crew adjusts spoilers and tire pressures and checks spark plugs, then sends the driver out again for three or four laps. Rusty Wallace, Newman's Penske ...
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