Nine Teams Take Part in Two-Day Goodyear Tire Test

Nine teams shook down tires for Goodyear on Tuesday and Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway ahead of the 55th annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday, July 6.

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Goodyear Set for Tire Test at Daytona

Goodyear officials will conduct a two-day tire test at Daytona International Speedway April 16-17, with 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams tentatively scheduled to attend.

According to a release from track officials, Kasey Kahne and Regan Smith (Hendrick Motorsports), Danica Patrick (Stewart-Haas Racing), Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway Racing), Jamie McMurray (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing), Trevor Bayne (Wood Brothers Racing), Austin Dillon (Circle Sport) will participate in the test. Joe Gibbs Racing is also expected to attend, although no driver was named to represent the organization.

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Earnhardt Jr, Harvick, Patrick Among Drivers Taking Part in Food City Race Night at BMS

The ever-popular Food City Race Night, one of NASCAR’s largest and most successful fan events, features some of racing’s biggest stars at the free festivities Friday, March 15 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Drivers expected to take part in Food City Race Night include Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Danica Patrick, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Joey Logano, Clint Bowyer, Austin and Ty Dillon, Kasey Kahne, Trevor Bayne, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Justin Allgaier, Brian Vickers and Brian Scott, to name a few.

Earnhardt Jr., Harvick, Hamlin and Kahne all are scheduled to sign autographs while Austin, Ty and Mike Dillon, along with Bowyer and Vickers, are among personalities scheduled to put their competitive natures to the test with a variety of games held on stage.

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Kasey Kahne relieves Kole Kahne of spotting duties

Per FOXSports.com, Kasey Kahne will have a new voice on his radio this weekend as Shannon McGlamery takes over spotting duties for the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports driver.

Kole Kahne, Kasey's cousin, has been the driver's longtime spotter. But after Kahne was involved in an accident two weeks ago at Bristol, his spotter came under question. A source familiar with the situation said Kahne wanted to try something new.

McGlamery has served as a spotter for Jeff Gordon and as a mechanic at Hendrick.

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Kasey Kahne plans to enter Rockingham truck race

Per SportingNews.com, Kasey Kahne announced Thursday on Speed's NASCAR Race Hub that he'll drive the No. 4 Turner Motorsports truck in the upcoming Camping World Truck Series race at Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway on April 15.

"I'm excited to have Rockwell Tools be part of the Truck race at Rockingham," Kahne told NASCAR Race Hub host Steve Byrnes. "We're going to run that, which is the Sunday after Texas. Turner Motorsports, they have great trucks and have a lot of good people there.

"I'm excited to be on their team and be a part of it. Rockingham is a great track for me; I've run really well there in the past in both series that I've raced in, especially in the final Cup race there.

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Chinese solar company to sponsor Kasey Kahne

Per SceneDaily.com, Hendrick Motorsports is close to finalizing a nine-race primary sponsorship with Trina Solar, a Chinese solar panel manufacturer, for its No. 5 NASCAR Sprint Cup entry.

The deal will see Trina appear alongside Farmers Insurance on Kasey Kahne’s car at nine races this season.
Financial terms of the agreement weren’t available, but a deal of this size with a premier NASCAR team typically would be worth more than $5 million a year.

Trina Solar executives could not be reached before deadline. Hendrick Motorsports was unavailable for comment.

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