Speeds in the afternoon test session saw 74 cars testing in the afternoon session on Day 2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with #42A-Montoya being the fastest at 186.761mph (the track record of 184.856mph was set last March) followed by #84A-Allmendinger in a Toyota, #5B-Mears in a Chevy, #9B-Kahne in a Dodge and #41A-Sorenson in a Dodge. The fastest Ford was #99A-Edwards in 8th. Slowest cars were #42B-Montoya at 178.743mph (ironically his #42A was fastest) and #21B-Wood at 178.737mph.
The afternoon session was shortened by about 10 minutes when #24-Jeff Gordon's car dropped oil on the track as darkness was closing in on the speedway. In other on-track incidents, #31-Jeff Burton wrecked his Chevrolet in the morning session, while #20-Tony Stewart scraped the wall in the afternoon and #55-Michael Waltrip spun his car.
Southern California race fans can get their first look at NASCAR's Cars of Tomorrow at a two-day testing session for Sprint Cup Series cars Thursday and Friday (Jan 31-Feb 1) at California Speedway. The session will put the car on the Fontana 2-mile oval for the first time. The Auto Club 500 is Feb. 24 at California Speedway, a week after the Cup season opens with the Daytona 500. The sessions will be open to the public, with free grandstand seating. There will be access to the infield rooftops to fans who buy Auto Club 500 tickets by Thursday, or for a $5 donation to the NASCAR Foundation for those who haven't bought tickets. Season-ticket holders who have renewed their seats for 2008 will have a question-and-answer session with #7-Robby Gordon after Friday's testing is complete. Testing will open Thursday, with sessions 9 a.m.-noon, 1-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. There are two sessions scheduled for Friday: 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5.
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