SHR does commercial shoot; see Dale Jr. on track
RELATED: Scenes from Day 1 of testing
Newly minted NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick was on hand Wednesday for Day 2 of the Goodyear Tire test at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Harvick wasn't laying down rubber, but instead filming a Mobil 1 video with other SHR drivers, according to the following tweet from Stewart-Haas Racing. Click on the link within the SHR tweet to see a cool shot of the fellas getting ready for their video shoot.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards, Sam Hornish Jr. and Paul Menard were testing for the past two days with new-look teams for Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing, respectively. Here's a look at some of the action.
Sticking with the concept of new-look teams, here's a shot that looks like it's from the JGR shop, where Kyle Busch is getting a seat-fitting and starting the process of working with new crew chief Adam Stevens, who replaced Dave Rogers in recent wholesale changes at JGR. For more on those changes, read this story.
"Conditions are really cool. There's not a lot of rubber on the racetrack. We're basically in the lower downforce 2016 trim," Edwards said of the conditions and setup for this week's test. "The biggest thing this test is helping me out with is to get used to this car, the new seat, (crew chief) Darian (Grubb) and the guys and how they do things here. It's been very good for me from that perspective."
Earnhardt said the test is a good chance to establish a winning chemistry with his new crew chief, Greg Ives, but also to keep his driving acumen sharp during the off season.
"We're definitely going to take advantage of every little bit of track time we can get because the testing rules are a little tighter this year," Earnhardt said. "It's good for me and Greg to get to work together – to get a little rapport going – so when we take off and go to Atlanta, Vegas and Phoenix, we're communicating really well.
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