call_me_andrew
23rd December 2008, 22:00
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/miller-firestone-and-nascar/
I'll just give the highlights.
"Scott Pruett was testing one of Chip Ganassi's stock cars this week on the road course at Homestead-Miami Speedway and that's not really newsworthy.
But the fact he was on Firestone tires makes it very interesting.
SPEEDtv.com has confirmed that Pruett ran Ganassi's ARCA car on Wednesday and Thursday with Firestone rubber.
"It was not a Firestone test and it was not a NASCAR test, it was a technical exercise to try and develop current stock car technology," said Al Speyer, executive director of Firestone/Bridgestone motorsports."
"Goodyear has been the exclusive supplier for NASCAR since 2000 and has a contract through 2011."
""We used the road course because the natural progression is to start out with an easier application and work our way up to a superspeedway. We've got things started, we'll gather our results and we'll continue testing in 2009.""
I'll just give the highlights.
"Scott Pruett was testing one of Chip Ganassi's stock cars this week on the road course at Homestead-Miami Speedway and that's not really newsworthy.
But the fact he was on Firestone tires makes it very interesting.
SPEEDtv.com has confirmed that Pruett ran Ganassi's ARCA car on Wednesday and Thursday with Firestone rubber.
"It was not a Firestone test and it was not a NASCAR test, it was a technical exercise to try and develop current stock car technology," said Al Speyer, executive director of Firestone/Bridgestone motorsports."
"Goodyear has been the exclusive supplier for NASCAR since 2000 and has a contract through 2011."
""We used the road course because the natural progression is to start out with an easier application and work our way up to a superspeedway. We've got things started, we'll gather our results and we'll continue testing in 2009.""