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NEXTEL Cup Teams Test The Milwaukee Mile
Kurt Busch, Hendrick, Ganassi, Evernham Teams Involved
Fans Will Get to Watch Wednesday Again From Grandstands 9am – 5pm
Milwaukee, Wis. (June 27) - If you’re into numbers and know your NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup Series teams, car numbers 2, 5, 24, 25, 48, 40, 41, 42 and 19 were
testing today at The Milwaukee Mile, on the heels of The Mile’s big AT&T
250 NASCAR Busch Series – Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Series race weekend.
In appreciation of our NASCAR supporters, the grandstands are open to this
private team test to any Milwaukee Mile NASCAR fan who presents a ticket stub
from The Milwaukee Mile’s June 23 or 24 NASCAR events, Wednesday June 28
from 9:00am – 5:00pm.
“The reason we test here at Milwaukee is that this track is
‘rubbered-in’ the best it can be. We are limited on tires and race
tracks we can test at, and with all the rubber laid down on the track from the
weekend, it really saves our tire wear,” said 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
champion Kurt Busch.
So what can point leader Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch and Brian
Vickers learn with their Hendrick Motorsports teams, in addition to Ganassi
Racing and their drives David Stremme, Reed Sorenson and Casey Mears, or for
that matter, Jeremy Mayfield?
“This track is very similar to New Hampshire, Phoenix, some small ideas
apply to Indy,” Kurt Busch said. “But The Mile is a sentimental
track for me, as I tested here the last three years with my old team just
trying to get ready for some of the flat tracks and what it can help you do
when you get down to the ‘Chase’ and how you have to gain points.
Of course, with Milwaukee being the home base of my sponsor Miller Lite,
it’s great to have some of the executives here today, hanging out and
smiling.”
Hendrick Motorsports also practiced with their Car of Tomorrow at America’s
Legendary Oval.
Most of the teams are expected to return Wednesday. No official times
were recorded.
For ticket information on The Mile’s upcoming ABC Supply / A.J. Foyt 225 IRL
IndyCar Series event weekend July 21-23, or the 500 miles of stock car racing
planned over The Mile’s August 25-27 Governor’s Cup weekend, call (414)
453-8277, or visit the speedway’s newly designed website, www.milwaukeemile.com.
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