CUMULATIVE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES TEST SPEEDS AT DAYTONA
DAYTONA GENERAL MOTORS TEST NOTES -- 1-22-94

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A random sampling of driver notes and quotes
from the first General Motors test session, Jan. 10-12, at Daytona
International Speedway, preparing for stock car Speedweeks, Feb. 8-19:

GREG SACKS (#40 Kendall Pontiac) -- "We've got this car and we're
building another one for the Busch Clash. Hopefully, we'll have two
nearly identical cars to work with when we come back for Speedweeks."

(Sacks was wearing his "Navy" driving suit, which he had last worn
during the Speedway's salute to the troops of Operation Desert Storm,
when cars were fielded representing various branches of the Armed
Forces.)

"Our driving suits aren't done yet, so I was looking through my closet
for one to wear. I thought I just might wear the ones I have with "Cole
Trickle" on them to see if anybody would recognize the name." Sacks did
much of the driving in the film "Days Of Thunder," as the stunt double
for actor Tom Cruise, who portrayed the character Cole Trickle in the
film.

ROBERT PRESSLEY (#33 Skoal Bandit Chevrolet) -- "We spent day two seeing
what was good and what wasn't with the cars. I think we're in pretty
good shape to run for speed today (Thursday, when Pressley eventually
equaled the fastest lap, to date, run this winter)."

(On being in Winston Cup) "As long as I've been around, having a yellow
stripe on the rear bumper and being known as a rookie is kind of funny.
I guess Dick Trickle must have felt real funny being called 'rookie.'
We've got a good team. I spent a lot of time last year watching how
Harry and the team worked and I learned from that. The team wants to win
and I want to win. There will be pressure on me, I know -- probably a
lot of what I put on myself. We DO need to do good this year."

RICKY CRAVEN (#41 Kodiak Chevrolet) -- "The Busch Grand National Series
was good for me, but after finishing second in the title chase two years
in a row, there was no real incentive to stay. It was the right time to
move up to Winston Cup. I was presented with a good opportunity and I
took advantage of it. I'll still do some Busch races, the 10 which are
companion races to the Winston Cup events."

"It's taken the first two days of the test for us to get comfortable
with each other. I'm new to the team, they're new to me...this is a
different situation than being an owner/driver; the Monte Carlo is a new
car for both of us; and the Cup car is new to me. It's all different,
but I'm encouraged by what we've done so far. It will take a while
before we begin to understand each other and communicate the way we need
to."

WADDELL WILSON (Crew chief, #41 Kodiak Chevrolet) -- "This is two years
in a row that we've started the season with a rookie driver. Last year,
we had Joe Nemechek driving for us. We knew what Joe's plans were when
we started. He and his family wanted their own operation. It's the way
they had been racing. We had a good year with Joe."

"Ricky also comes from the owner/driver background, but he doesn't want
to go back to that. He wants to be a driver and leave the rest to us. He
wants to stay and grow with the team and that's something we can build
on. He's eager to learn and he pays attention. He's easing into things.
It's all new to him just like he's new to us."

BOBBY HAMILTON (#43 STP Pontiac) -- "I'm pretty excited about the
coming season. I think we've got a chance to do good this year. We'll
struggle a bit for top speed because the Pontiac just isn't as fast as
the Chevrolet or Ford. It's not a good car for fast qualifying laps on
a big track like Daytona or Talladega. The car does stick to the track
really good and I think we're going to surprise some people, especially
on tracks that get slick. The shame is that what makes the car stick so
good to the track is what hurts your top-end speed. I think my plus for
the team is that I already have a year driving the Pontiac with Felix
Sabates' and Dick Brooks' team, so I don't have to get used to the car.

"I'm going to spend a lot of time here at Daytona. I'll be back for the
three-day Busch Series test and than just stick around for the next
GM test. I'll drive some Busch races, along with Kyle Petty, in a car
owned by Kyle and Felix. I'll drive the Goody's 300 here and we'll split
driving in about 10 more races (with sponsorship from Curad's Band-Aid
brand)."

RICHARD PETTY (Team owner, #43 STP Pontiac) -- (On his second year as
a team owner) "Man, the second year is even more frustrating than the
first. You see so many things you can't control, now that you're the
owner and not the driver anymore. I knew how the car needed to be and
how I wanted it (when he was driving). I don't have much hand in that
anymore. Don't get me wrong, Bobby (Hamilton) is a good driver and a
good communicator. But I'd feel the same frustrations if Kyle was in the
car."

"The changes they've made to the Pontiac, a bit longer nose, will make
the car race better. At tracks like Daytona and Talladega, we're still
pushing too much air to really run fast. We're probably about one second
off what the best cars are running right now. That's too much. We've
learned some. We'll be better when we come back for the next test."

DARRELL WALTRIP (#17 Western Auto Chevrolet) -- "We're pleased with the
car and where we are. This was the first test of the Monte Carlo for us.
Everyone who went to Talladega is a leg up on us. We're slowly narrowing
the gap. We're near to where we need to be at this point."

KENNY SCHRADER (#25 Budweiser Chevrolet) -- "It's about the same as
always. Testing is testing. We're getting there. We're going good. It's
our first time with the car so we've got a bit to learn. You pick up
bits from here and there and put them together." NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
TEST NOTES -- DAYTONA 1/20-22/95



DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Joe Nemechek had a big smile on hi face after 49s
NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Division team finished a three-day s
test session preparing for the Feb. 18 Goody'                          s
300 on Jan. 20-22 at Daytona International Speedway.

Nemechek was at or near the top of the list all three days of testing,
finally logging a lap of 187.970 mph on Sunday afternoon in one of two
Chevies he had on hand. Nemechek and Jeff Purvis had swapped-off as
quickest the first two days of testing, with equivalent 48.28/186.413
laps.

Late in the afternoon on Sunday, Purvis ran a 47.92/187.813 before
Nemechek cranked off his 47.88.

"I know they (9.5/1 V8s) sound like real race cars again," said
Nemechek, grinning, after his big run. "The V8 is going to be the way to
go, here. They're at least a couple tenths better."

In fact, of all the cars that tested, only two drivers, Glenn Sullivan
and Steve Perry, used V6s.

But, as the test came to a close, Nemechek and Purvis weren't the only
ones smiling.

"We're pretty well pleased with the speeds we've seen here these three
days," said Busch Series Director Ray Hill, grinning wider as he
continued. "I think some of these guys have gone out of their way to
maybe get a little extra publicity, down here.

"That's OK, because I know, when they come back, they'll have to go
through me, before they qualify. I really think that our qualifying
speed is going to be between a 48.50 and a 48.80. That's about what we
saw between testing and qualifying last year."

Derrike Cope ran three different cars at the test, two from Zook Racing
and the debut of his own BGN Ford. He shook-down his own car since his
driver, upstate New York NASCAR Sportsman vet Tim Bender, was at a
snowmobile event.

"We're not sure if we'll be here or not," said Cope of his team's plans
for the Goody's 300. "We're planning to run 10 races. It'll depend on a
few things, like what our motor situation is."

Two accidents, without driver injuries, marred the test session. On
Saturday, a reported mechanical failure caused former Winston Modified
Tour and '95 Penrose Rookie Challenge candidate Jeff Fuller to hit the
wall in the trioval.

On Sunday, a broken oil line caused driver Rick Wilson to hit the turn
one wall in Charley Henderson's Chevrolet. Wilson had earlier recorded
the 10th-quickest lap of the session.

Driver Tim Fedewa stayed on after running for three days in one of
Radius Motorsports' NASCAR Winston Cup Fords. Radius' Cup crew chief,
Sandy Jones, said Fedewa would run both that car, in the Feb. 16
Gatorade Twin 125s and Feb. 19 Daytona 500; and D-R Racing's BGN T-bird
in the Goody's 300.

"I think Tim's ready to go after the Busch Series championship," said
the veteran Jones. "The whole team's ready to do some good. I think
Tim's run better in the heavier cars, so adding 100 pounds (to the Busch
cars) will help him even better."

Jones said ASA driver Glenn Allen Jr., who got some limited time in
Radius' second Ford, would drive five Busch Series races for D-R. Jones
said Allen ran a 48.50 in the Winston Cup car.

"That wasn't too bad for the experience he's had," said Jones. "He's got
a good head, a good attitude. He doesn't feel like he has to do it NOW.
He goes at it like he wants to learn and do it right."

An interesting pairing was former Winston Cup driver and more recent
Nashville Motor Raceway terror Darryl Sage and Jerry Foyt, son of former
Daytona 500 and Pepsi 400 winner A.J. Foyt; in a pair of Wayne Day
Chevrolets.

One of the longest faces in the garage belonged to L.W. Miller. The
Pennsylvanian, who has prepared for his '95 Penrose Rookie Challenge run
with two seasons in the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Supercar Series, did not get
on the race track until Sunday morning, and then the engine promptly
broke in his Team III Motorsports Chevrolet. NASCAR Winston Cup driver
Todd Bodine is one of the principals in the operation, and may do some
BGN races later this season.