Word throughout the garage area Friday morning is that NASCAR officials plan on announcing they have eliminated testing in an effort to help teams cut cost. Teams will no longer be allowed to test at any track that NASCAR's Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Truck or Camping World East and West Series run.

With the cost of running a successful Cup Series team skyrocketing more and more each week, NASCAR is poised to step in offer a break to not just those teams at the bottom, but everyone in the garage.

"It helps everybody set their budget for next year," team owner Len Wood explained Friday morning. "I think tough times are here and tougher times are coming. I think it was a wise move."

Wood explained the policy would not only cut the cost of the on-track testing, but also the process involved in setting up the car, traveling to the track, flying and paying the employees working the test. The single-car team owner added that teams would definitely find other ways around this ban on testing by implementing more seven post rig testing and utilizing non-NASCAR tracks such as Rockingham.

"I won't say it will level the playing field at all," Wood went on to say. "But, everybody's got to be feeling the hit. From the top to the bottom, from one side of the garage to the other, everybody's got to be feeling the hit. There will still be other ways of doing it, but we need to figure out better, smarter, more economical ways to race. That's a start right there - a good start."