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CUP: Goodyear Tire Test Scheduled For Kansas
Sprint Cup Series teams will shake down the new Kansas Speedway surface on Aug. 28 and 29...
Media Release  |  Posted July 31, 2012   Kansas City, KS
Kansas Speedway hosts two annual Sprint Cup weekends. (Photo: Getty Images)
Kansas Speedway’s track reconfiguration project is nearing completion and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams are coming back to Kansas Speedway on Aug. 28-29 for their first look at the newly reconfigured track as they return for a Goodyear tire test.

The test will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time each day and will be open to the public and free of charge. Fans are asked to enter at Michigan Drive offSpeedway Blvd. Due to another event setting up at Kansas Speedway, fans will only be able to enter at Gate D (closest to Turn 1) and sit in sections 169 and 171. Parking will be available in lots 5 and 6. Parking lots and gates will open at 8:30 a.m. Sprint FanWalk will not be open during the test days.

Restroom facilities will be open during the test. Concessions will not be available during the test days, however fans will be permitted to bring in a 14x14x14-inch soft-sided cooler with their favorite food and Coca-Cola products.

This summer, crews have been adding variable banking to Kansas Speedway, changing the banking from the old 15 degrees to banking that is between 17 and 20 degrees in the turns. The banking on the frontstretch has also changed slightly, decreasing to 10 degrees (formerly 10.4 degrees), while the banking on the backstretch has increased slightly to 5.5 degrees (formerly five degrees). Crews also added an infield road course to Kansas Speedway.

Testing dates, track schedule and drivers/teams are subject to change due to weather or other circumstances.
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