A two-day tire test hosted by Lowe’s Motor Speedway concluded Tuesday evening. Teams were able to try a number of things in preparation for the upcoming events at Lowe’s in May, as well as get more accustomed to the current car on the mile-and-a-half tracks.

Goodyear supplied the teams with the tire that will be used at LMS for both the All-Star event May 17th and the Coca-Cola 600, which will be run Memorial Day weekend May 25, 2008.

“It seems to be a safe tire as far as wear is concerned,” Red Bull Racing’s Brian Vickers explained Monday. “This [test] is definitely important – I think it’s a big race, it’s an important race for all the teams – it’s in their backyard. There’s a lot of track on the circuit that are very similar to this one and that adds a little bit to it. When you go to Phoenix and test, you still learn a lot, but most of it only applies to Phoenix. Here we can apply it to a lot of other tracks. I’m very glad and proud of NASCAR for taking the initiative to add this to the schedule after some of the issues we’ve had at mile-and-a-half tracks with the races.”

For some teams and drivers, simply having more track time is a blessing in itself.

“For us, any testing lately has been important,” Bill Davis Racing’s Dave Blaney said. Currently 36th in Owner Points, just seventy-one points away from being locked into the show and not being forced to qualify on time to make the race.

“We’ve been struggling,” Blaney admitted. “We tested Nashville (Superspeedway) last week and felt like we learned some stuff and that’s where we haven’t been testing enough I don’t think. I think it’s caught up with us so we’re trying to do more – two days last week, two days next week and hopefully we’ll come out of here with a better game plan as to how to go to Darlington and come back here and all the way down the line."

Teams will take what they have learned over the past two days at Lowe’s and be able to use that not only for the All-Star race and the Coca-Cola 600, but also throughout the year at other mile-and-a-half tracks.

Monday Morning Session

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88A, 182.352 mph 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88, 180.608 3. Jeff Burton, No. 31B, 180.596 4. Brad Keselowski, No. 70, 180.12 5. Kevin Harvick, No. 29B, 179.611 6. Kevin Harvick, No. 29, 179.241 7. Jeff Gordon, No. 24, 178.672 8. Brad Keselowski, No. 70B, 178.283 9. Jeff Burton, No. 31 ,178.247 10. Clint Bowyer, No. 07, 177.026

Monday Afternoon Session

1. Kyle Busch, 18b, 179.736; 2. Carl Edwards, 99, 179.42; 3. Jeff Burton, 31, 179.200; 4. Kurt Busch, 2b, 178.838; 5. Elliott Sadler, 19b, 178.832; 6. Jamie McMurray, 26, 178.784; 7. Mark Martin, 8, 178.784; 8. Kyle Busch, 18, 178.743; 9. Kurt Busch, 2, 178.719; 10. Greg Biffle, 16, 178.719; 11. Scott Riggs, 66b, 178.630; 12. Matt Kenseth, 17, 178.625; 13. Kasey Kahne, 9b, 178.577; 14. Kasey Kahne, 9, 178.394; 15. Ryan Newman, 12, 178.359; 16. Jimmie Johnson, 48, 178.336; 17. Casey Mears, 5b, 178.136; 18. A.J. Allmendinger, 84, 178.047; 19. Martin Truex Jr., 1, 178.006; 20. Elliott Sadler, 19, 177.936; 21. Dave Blaney, 22, 177.93; 22. Sterling Marlin, 40, 177.784; 23. Tony Stewart, 20, 177.749; 24. Kevin Harvick, 29, 177.713; 25. Denny Hamlin, 11b, 177.602; 26. Bobby Labonte, 43, 177.567; 27. David Reutimann, 44, 177.532; 28. David Ragan, 6, 177.468; 29. Travis Kvapil, 28, 177.404; 30. Clint Bowyer, 07b, 177.387; 31. Paul Menard, 15, 177.381; 32. Scott Wimmer, 33, 177.340; 33. Scott Riggs, 66, 177.235; 34. Dave Blaney, 22b, 177.212; 35. David Stremme, 06, 177.183; 36. Sam Hornish Jr., 77, 177.078; 37. Clint Bowyer, 07, 176.765; 38. Casey Mears, 5, 176.690; 39. Denny Hamlin, 11, 176.684; 40. David Gilliland, 38, 176.621; 41. Tony Stewart, 20b, 176.586; 42. Reed Sorenson, 41b, 176.580; 43. Brian Vickers, 83, 176.499; 44. Kevin Harvick, 29b, 176.102; 45. Regan Smith, 01, 176.102; 46. J.J. Yeley, 96, 175.953; 47. Patrick Carpentier, 10, 175.816; 48. Joe Nemechek, 78, 175.633; 49. Jon Wood, 21, 175.570; 50. Michael Waltrip, 55, 175.262; 51. Robby Gordon, 7b, 175.058; 52. Robby Gordon, 7, 174.967; 53. Juan Pablo Montoya, 42, 174.933; 54. Kyle Petty, 45, 174.729; 55. Juan Pablo Montoya, 42b, 174.661; 56. Michael McDowell, 00, 174.492; 57. Bobby Labonte, 43b, 174.436; 58. Sam Hornish Jr., 77b, 174.121; 59. Tony Raines, 08, 173.975: 60. Stanton Barrett, 50, 172.695.

Monday Evening Session

1. Elliott Sadler, 19b, 186.245; 2. A.J. Allmendinger, 84, 184.150; 3. Kevin Harvick, 29b, 184.118; 4. Kyle Busch, 18, 183.886; 5. Jamie McMurray, 26, 183.492; 6. Brad Keselowski, 70, 183.113; 7. Scott Wimmer, 33, 182.599; 8. Ryan Newman, 12b, 182.556; 9. Sam Hornish Jr., 182.328; 10. Paul Menard, 15, 182.315; 11. Denny Hamlin, 11b, 182.285; 12. Jimmie Johnson, 48, 182.211; 13. Kyle Busch 18b, 182.168; 14. Kasey Kahne, 9b, 182.156; 15. Robby Gordon, 7, 182.149; 16. Travis Kvapil, 28, 182.137; 17. Carl Edwards, 99, 182.002; 18. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 88b, 181.837; 19. Mark Martin, 8, 181.83; 20. Greg Biffle, 16,181.677; 21. Kurt Busch, 2b, 181.629; 22. Jeff Burton, 31, 181.586; 23. Scott Riggs, 66b, 181.555; 24. Kurt Busch, 2, 181.409; 25. Sam Hornish Jr., 77b, 181.269; 26. Casey Mears, 5b, 181.245; 27. Brian Vickers, 83, 181.068; 28. Tony Stewart, 20, 181.026; 29. Dave Blaney, 22b, 181.002; 30. Juan Pablo Montoya, 42, 180.953; 31. Dave Blaney, 22, 180.838; 32. Matt Kenseth, 17, 180.783; 33. David Gilliland, 38, 180.783; 34. David Ragan, 6, 180.717; 35. Sterling Marlin, 40, 180.705; 36. David Reutimann, 44, 180.638; 37. Tony Stewart, 20b, 180.572; 38. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 88, 180.536; 39. Reagan Smith, 01, 180.475; 40. Ryan Newman, 12, 180.445; 41. Kasey Kahne, 9, 180.439; 42. Martin Truex Jr., 1, 180.301; 43. J.J. Yeley, 96, 180.264; 44. Jeff Burton, 31b, 180.240; 45. Michael Waltrip, 55, 180.228; 46. Clint Bowyer, 07b, 180.192; 47. Jon Wood, 21, 180.066; 48. David Stremme, 06, 179.892; 49. Clint Bowyer, 07, 179.671. 50. Bobby Labonte, 43, 179.551; 51. Scott Riggs, 66, 179.390; 52. Casey Mears, 5, 179.372; 53. Reed Sorenson, 41b, 179.307; 54. Joe Nemechek, 78, 179.206; 55. Patrick Carpentier, 10, 179.194; 56. Stanton Barrett, 50, 179.063; 57. Robby Gordon, 7b, 178.595; 58. Bobby Labonte, 43b, 178.436; 59. Kevin Harvick, 29, 178.235; 60. Kyle Petty, 45, 178.094; 61. Michael McDowell, 00, 177.813; 62. Tony Raines, 08, 176.684.

Tuesday Morning Session

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 88b, 182.593; 2. Jeff Burton, 31, 182.439; 3. Jeff Gordon, 24, 182.125; 4. Johnny Sauter, 70, 181.135; 5. Juan Pablo Montoya, 42, 180.499; 6. Jeff Burton, 31b, 180.427; 7. Stanton Barrett, 50, 179.015; 8. Brian Vickers, 83, 178.630; 9. Johnny Sauter, 70b, 178.619; 10. Joe Nemechek, 78, 178.000; 11. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 88, 177.346; 12. Jeff Gordon, 24b, 176.910; 13. Jeff Green, 34, 174.177.

Tuesday Afternoon Session

1. Brian Vickers, No. 83, 181.830 mph 2. Kyle Busch, No. 18, 180.349 3. Mark Martin, No. 8, 180.276 4. Carl Edwards, No. 99, 180.240 5. Kyle Busch, No. 18, 180.162 6. Elliott Sadler, No. 19, 179.808 7. Jamie McMurray, No. 26, 179.259 8. Travis Kvapil, No. 28, 179.116 9. Jimmie Johnson, No. 48, 179.099 10. Scott Riggs, No. 66, 178.915 11. Reed Sorenson, No. 41, 178.891 12. AJ Allmendinger, No. 84, 178.855 13. Ryan Newman, No. 12, 178.719 14. Casey Mears, No. 5, 178.768 15. Kurt Busch, No. 2, 178.672 16. David Gilliland, No. 38, 178.666 17. Dave Blaney, No. 22, 178.642 18. Robby Gordon, No. 7, 178.501 19. Denny Hamlin, No. 11, 178.448 20. Reed Sorenson, No. 41, 178.365 21. David Reutimann, No. 44, 178.318 22. Dave Blaney, No. 22, 178.077 23. Jeff Gordon, No. 24, 178.036 24. David Stremme, No. 06, 177.924 25. Kasey Kahne, No. 9, 177.901 26. Paul Menard, No. 15, 177.866 27. Tony Stewart, No. 20, 177.788 28. Kasey Kahne, No. 9, 177.778 29. Sam Hornish Jr., No. 77, 177.766 30. Greg Biffle, No. 16, 177.731 31. Regan Smith, No. 01, 177.684 32. Matt Kenseth, No. 17, 177.667 33. Tony Stewart, No. 20, 177.451 34. David Ragan, No. 6, 177.427 35. Casey Mears, No. 5, 177,391 36. Sam Hornish Jr., No. 77, 177.299 37. Martin Truex Jr., No. 1, 177.288 38. Joe Nemechek, No. 78, 177.235 39. Scott Wimmer, No. 33, 177.119 40. Kyle Petty, No. 45, 177.113 41. Bobby Labonte, No. 43, 177.014 42. Michael McDowell, No. 00, 176.962 43. Jon Wood, No. 2, 176.765 44. Patrick Carpentier, No. 10, 176.759 45. J.J. Yeley, No. 96, 176.465 46. Ryan Newman, No. 12, 176.424 47. Jeff Green, No. 34, 176.240 48. Michael Waltrip, No. 55, 176.125 49. Joe Nemechek, No. 78, 174.797 50. Regan Smith, No. 01, 173.438 51. Tony Raines, No. 08, 173.049

Tuesday Evening Session

1. Jamie McMurray, 26, 185.720; 2. Ryan Newman, 12b, 184.856; 3. A.J. Allmendinger, 84, 184.571; 4. Scott Riggs, 66b, 184.168; 5. Patrick Carpentier, 10, 183.955; 6. Robby Gordon, 7b, 183.824; 7. Travis Kvapil, 28, 183.517; 8. Carl Edwards, 99, 183.057; 9. Johnny Sauter, 70, 182.970; 10. Scott Wimmer, 33, 182.840; 11. Jon Wood, 21, 182.322; 12. Paul Menard, 15, 182.315; 13. Denny Hamlin, 11b, 182.272; 14. Jeff Gordon, 24, 182.020; 15. Kyle Busch, 18, 181.971; 16. David Gilliland, 38, 181.928; 17. Kevin Harvick, 29b, 181.904; 18. Kyle Busch, 18b, 181757; 19. Elliott Sadler, 19b, 181.671; 20. Bobby Labonte, 43, 181.421; 21. Greg Biffle, 16, 181.415; 22. Kurt Busch, 2b, 181.330; 23. Kasey Kahne, 9, 181.245; 24. Jimmie Johnson, 48, 181.226; 25. David Ragan, 6, 181.159; 26. Dave Blaney, 22b, 180.923; 27. Reed Sorenson, 41, 180.911; 28. Sam Hornish Jr., 77b, 180.820; 29. J.J. Yeley, 96, 180.759; 30. David Stremme, 06, 180.590; 31. Dave Blaney, 22, 180.536; 32. Martin Truex Jr., 1, 180.475; 33. Kyle Petty, 45, 180.433; 34. Matt Kenseth, 17, 180.343; 35. Michael Waltrip, 55, 180.270; 36. Kasey Kahne, 9b, 180.078; 37. Tony Stewart, 20, 179.880; 38. Regan Smith, 01, 179.796; 39. Reed Sorenson, 41b, 179.718; 40. Brian Vickers, 83, 179.706; 41. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 88, 179.647; 42. Casey Mears, 5, 179.629; 43. Michael McDowell, 00, 179.563; 44. David Reutimann, 44, 179.503; 45. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 88b, 179.360; 46. Casey Mears, 5b, 179.289; 47. Stanton Barrett, 50, 178.980; 48. Mark Martin, 8, 178.548; 49. Jeff Green, 34, 178.347; 50. Kevin Harvick, 29, 178.283; 51. Tony Raines, 08b, 174.803.