NASCAR Touring Teams Test at New Hampshire

Total of 23 Teams Test at Loudon in Advance of June Races

LOUDON, N.H. - In a combined session today a total of 23 teams from
the NASCAR Camping World Series East and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
tested at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The NASCAR Camping World Series East had a strong contingent of teams
taking advantage of the test opportunity with a total of 18 cars. The
garage featured a mix of New Hampshire veterans like Steve Park and
Matt Kobyluck, as well as a host of rookies such as Austin Dillon,
winner of the season-opener at Greenville-Pickens Speedway on April
19.

The test session was held in advance of races for both series in June
at the New Hampshire. The NASCAR Camping World Series East will run at
the 1.058-mile track in the Heluva Good! Summer 125 on Friday, June 27
while the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will take to the track for the
New England 100 the next day.

For Dillon, the test was all about getting familiar with the track layout.

"I'm getting used to the type of track it is - the paper clip," Dillon
said. "Being able to drive into the corner is what I'm getting used
to. We've been at big tracks before, but they've had banking to hold
you. It's tricky, but I'm getting there. We're just trying to get as
much experience as we can, because we're a little behind on that right
now."

Other drivers to test from the NASCAR Camping World Series East on
Monday included Jeff Anton, James Buescher, Ricky Carmichael, Byron
Chew, Dustin Delaney, Max Dumarey, Patrick Dupree, Craig Goess, Jamie
Hayes, Eddie MacDonald, Joe Masessa, Mike Olsen, Peyton Sellers,
Jonathan Smith and Alan Tardiff.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour had five teams participate in the test
on Monday, including 2003 champion Todd Szegedy and defending NASCAR
Whelen Southern Modified Tour titlist L.W. Miller. Also in attendance
from the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour were James Civali, Rowan Pennink
and Glen Reen.

For the rookie Reen, it was his first time around the "Magic Mile" in
a Modified after previously running the track in shifters early in his
racing career.

"It's definitely different," Reen said. "Todd [Szegedy] and James
[Civali] were both saying that when you're going into the corner, and
you think you need to lift, that you count five seconds. By the time
you count five seconds you think, 'I should have lifted.' It's
absolutely insane going in there, but the car sticks."

Next up on the NASCAR Camping World Series docket is a combined race
with the NASCAR Camping World Series West this Sunday, May 18, at Iowa
Speedway in Newton, Iowa. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will be back
in action on Friday, May 23 at Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway.