Aero testing continues at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR's latest round of Winston Cup aerodynamic tweaking will take place Tuesday at Daytona International Speedway, where as many as 15 teams may share the 2.5-mile superspeedway.

NASCAR and Daytona officials confirmed that teams had been offered a second day of open testing on Wednesday not counting toward NASCAR's limit of seven tests per season.

	A pileup during the Aaron's 499 at Talladega in April involved 24 cars.

NASCAR vice president for corporate communications Jim Hunter said among the configurations that NASCAR president Mike Helton, Winston Cup director John Darby and managing director of competition Gary Nelson planned to monitor were different spoiler heights.

They also plan to monitor front valance ground clearances, different body locations and a continuation of the "bigger greenhouse" program designed to enlarge the car's driver compartment.

Hunter said test runs would also be made with the smaller capacity fuel cells that were mandated over the weekend solely for the Oct. 6 EA Sports Thunder 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

The ongoing test program is in pursuit of some solution to the clustered single-pack racing seen in recent years at Daytona and Talladega that competitors feel unavoidably results in "The Big One," or a violent multi-car accident.

Teams representing all four manufacturers were expected for the closed test, tentatively including Chevrolets for Bobby Hamilton, Kevin Harvick and Michael Waltrip; the Dodges of Bill Elliott, Ward Burton and Hut Stricklin; Ken Schrader's Pontiac; and the Fords of Dave Blaney and Geoffrey Bodine.

The Oldfield Grandstand outside Turn 4 will be open, as it usually is for test sessions, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.