Testing

Will the BAM 49 car be testing also..It seams that it would be a good chance to get a couple more cars on the track...I hope Robby brings at least 2 cars but 4 would be alot better..

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Plowman on March 23, 2010 at 2:31pm

Not sure, haven't heard anything other than "pending sponsorship" from RCR. It would be nice to see the #49 at road courses and plate tracks, especially if the Top 35 is ever in question.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 23, 2010 at 2:54pm

10-4 on the 2nd car at a road course. Just as long as it isnt a s&p

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Permalink Reply by vak7 on March 23, 2010 at 5:10pm

Earlier there were 8 races that Robby had sponsored, and those were when we'd see the #49 Warner Music. Is that no longer the case? They won't run events when we have Monster on board?

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 23, 2010 at 5:16pm

the '8' race deal mentioned in Sept 2009 was way before Bam & Monster entered the 2010 picture. Bam and RGM running races 'together' changed the landscape of the 2010 season. The #7 will run all 36 races, some of them as a RGM/BAM car(warner) and the others as just an RGM car ( Monster,Polaris,Menards, etc )- warner on the car as an associate.

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Permalink Reply by vak7 on March 23, 2010 at 5:21pm

Thanks, so hard to keep up with it all!!

Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on March 23, 2010 at 4:01pm

Any speeds from the test? Where did RGM/BAM fall on the speed chart?

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 23, 2010 at 4:04pm

Robby ran a 30.098 , 179.414 , in the A.M. session.

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on March 23, 2010 at 4:06pm

From Speed TV.com
http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-charlotte-spoiler-tests-going...

Drivers expressed satisfaction with speeds and car stability Tuesday morning as NASCAR began a two-day test of rear-deck spoilers at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The metal spoilers, which will replace the rear-deck wings that debuted when NASCAR introduced the Car of Tomorrow, will be used in competition for the first time this weekend at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. The first significant run at a fast track, however, will be April 18 at Texas Motor Speedway, and Tuesday and Wednesday tests this week at CMS will provide significant information about possible performance at that track.

“The car is driving very well,” said Kurt Busch. “It feels very stable with the spoiler on. The biggest difference is that the car has a lot more drag, so it’s going slower down the straightaway, but we’ll probably maintain good speed in the corners.”

Speeds were generally in the expected mid-180s range. Juan Pablo Montoya had the morning’s top speed – 185.976 mph. Sam Hornish, David Reutimann, Brian Vickers and Jamie McMurray followed in the top five.

Forty-seven cars ran laps in the morning session.

“It feels a bit different with the spoiler,” Kasey Kahne said. “There’s a little more drag down the straightaways. But it will all change so much when we come back to race here (in May). Right now there’s a lot of grip and everybody’s pretty quick.

“So far I haven’t felt a big difference. The car probably handles pretty similarly (to the wing configuration). When you get side by side and racing people, that’s when it will be a bigger difference.”

Teams ran single-car runs in the morning session.

Kevin Harvick said his team was using the test session to gather information that should be beneficial in shop simulations.

“The car looks a lot better,” he said. “It looks like you would expect a car to look in NASCAR racing. It’s what our sport was built around. We need to make it look cool and fast and appealing to the eye. That’s the first thing everybody went after, to get it back to the basic look.

“As far as the racing, there’s really no way to tell. The first real answer will be at Texas.”