Daytona ready for test Run
December 15th 2010 20:09
Did a pot hole ever get so much attention as it did last year during the Daytona 500.
So Daytona International Speedway was repaved and is now open for testing.
Testing will run from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. ET Wednesday and Thursday, with fan viewing allowed from the Oldfield Grandstand with access through the Daytona ticket office. Officially, the tire test will be used to determine compounds for next year's Speedweeks. But for the drivers taking part, it's also an opportunity to get a feel for just how different the new track will be from the old one, which was rutted and bumpy from decades of competition.
Talladega Superspeedway, the other restrictor-plate venue on the Sprint Cup circuit, was re-paved in 2006, and the new asphalt there allowed drivers to run side-by-side longer on the same set of tires. Drivers expect the new Daytona surface to behave much the same way, the fresh asphalt removing the emphasis on handling that was always so essential on the old, bumpy track.
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