The testing ban is working!

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I talked to the New Symrna track officials, who said their testing schedule is booked solid, including a visit from Hendrick Motorsports.
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Greg Erwin, Greg Biffle’s crew chief, surprised me a bit when he said they were looking for facilities other than short tracks and had decided on Texas World Speedway. I thought that place was defunct but it’s still standing and now stands to profit from the testing ban. The track owner recognized an opportunity to make money with the NASCAR testinglimitations, so he refurbished the two-mile track and Biffle will be the first NASCAR driver to test there in years.
Teams also are testing at Rockingham. Roush Fenway Racing is at The Rock this week and the Gillett Evernham/Petty team arrives next week. Teams are also going to Pikes Peak, a one-mile, somewhat D-shaped track out in Colorado.
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It's definently saving teams money. ;)

Some guys told me a particular team is considering loading a couple of race cars onto a boat or airplane and shipping them to Japan. In the event they cannot test in the U.S. for some reason during the season, they will fly the team over to Japan to test at Twin Ring Motegi. That’s the most outlandish but creative testing idea I’ve ever heard. Twin Ring Motegi is an oval track with two vastly different corners – one is wide and sweeping, the other tight and narrow – and teams could probably learn a lot because of those differences.
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There's no major spending on testing going on anymore. Happy happy joy joy. :D

We've got a level playing field now.
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Jack Roush was the one crying about somebody won't stick to their agreement of no testing at these other tracks and he's the one doing it.
 
MRM said:
Jack Roush was the one crying about somebody won't stick to their agreement of no testing at these other tracks and he's the one doing it.
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I really think Jack Roush was the one who funded, at least in part, the repairs to Texas World Speedway.
 
I thought PPIR got torn down last year that is a great track, I used to live about 10 miles from it. Heard that it got sold then it was to be leveled for condos? As far as Jack goes he is sly and a liar.
 
Ban testing over seas too :growl:

Shipping cars to Japan is the most ignorant thing I've ever heard
 
I met McMurray's hauler friday on my way home from work. It was heading east on I-20. So he was out west testing somewhere. There was another hauler in front of his, but I did not see a name on it.
 
Biffle was just on speed talkin about running at Texas World Speedway. And kyle busch called him and roush out on it pretty quick lol
 
Kyle should keep his mouth shut... he was at New Smyrna. LOL

http://www.jayski.com/stats/testing/testing2009.htm

Testing at many tracks: Sprint Cup Series teams are still testing and many with nearly the same frequency as before. They’re just getting their track time in at places other than California, Las Vegas and Daytona. #18-Kyle Busch and his Joe Gibbs Racing team is at New Symrna Speedway working on brake packages. The teams used to do this type of work at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina, but since NASCAR sanctions races there, Greenville is off the table. SPEED's Bob Dilner talked to the New Symrna track officials, who said their testing schedule is booked solid, including a visit from Hendrick Motorsports. Teams also are testing at Rockingham. Roush Fenway Racing is at The Rock this week and the Gillett Evernham/Petty team arrives next week. Teams are also going to Pikes Peak, a one-mile, somewhat D-shaped track out in Colorado.(SPEEDtv)(1-16-2009)

Biffle to test at Texas World Speedway: on SPEED's NASCAR Preseason Thunder show on Wednesday, #16-Greg Biffle said he and his team were going to Texas World Speedway on Thursday, January 15th, to test the 2-mile superspeedway and see how it measures up for a test track in 2009. Biffle didn't say if other Roush teams/drivers would be part of the test.(1-15-2009)

Teams test at GM Proving Grounds: Working around NASCAR's test ban, fourteen teams will wrap up three days of testing their Chevy Impala's at the General Motors Proving Grounds today in Mesa, Arizona. Richard Childress had all four of his Sprint Cup Series teams out there. #29-Kevin Harvick's crew chief Todd Berrier also told PRN's Garage Pass they will test later this month on the half-mile track built just outside the big track at Rockingham and they'll shake down their road race cars at Virginia International Raceway. Other drivers testing included Earnhardt Ganassi Racing's #42-Juan Pablo Montoya and #8-Aric Almirola and Hendrick Motorsports teams of #5-Mark Martin, #88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and #24-Jeff Gordon. Also the #0 Chevy tested, but no word what team or driver.(PRN's Garage Pass)(1-14-2009)
 
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