Milwaukee Mile NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Teams Test Tues and Wed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


MILWAUKEE MILE

100 YEARS AND ACCELERATING

Contact:  Jim Tretow, Milwaukee Mile Media & Comm.,
jtretow@milwaukeemile.com, 414-453-5761

 

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.milwuakeemile.com <http://www.milwuakeemile.com/> .

 

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Photo caption for individual car shot:

Kurt Busch tested his Miller Lite-sponsored NASCAR NEXTEL Cup car, one of
nine teams from NASCAR's top division testing at The Milwaukee Mile this
week.

Photo caption for overhead shot:

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup teams from Ganassi Racing, Evernham Motorsports, Hendrick
Motorsports and Penske Racing were in full test mode Tuesday.

Photo credit:  Russ Lake/The Milwaukee Mile