NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Clint Bowyer, Marcos Ambrose and Elliott Sadler along with NASCAR Camping World Series drivers Aric Almirola and Timothy Peters participated in a Goodyear tire test Tuesday at the legendary Darlington Raceway.

While the drivers may have differing opinions when it comes to tires, they all agree on one thing, Darlington Raceway is the track "Too Tough To Tame."

"This place is like no other, it is as intimidating and challenging as it gets," said Marcos Ambrose. "You're winging it around the top with no room for error with a lot of speed and a lot of grip on the track. It will punish you if you don't drive it the right way, it's an amazing place. I think anyone who wants to run in NASCAR needs to come here to prove themselves because this is as tough as it gets."

Clint Bowyer pointed out the tracks location contributes to the slick surface so many drivers have had to deal with through the years.

"This track sits and sand and grit gets down in it and makes it really slick and it takes a while to burn that off," said Bowyer. "You would think that the jet dryers would blow that off but being this close to the beach it settles overtime. Now we've got it burned off and the speeds are doing good."

Almirola is looking forward to returning to Darlington for the Too Tough To Tame 200 Truck Series race on August 14, 2010.

"This is one of the coolest tracks we go to with a ton of history. Just getting here you drive down a two lane road, most of the racetracks we go to you get off the interstate, go down a six-lane road and pull into the racetrack," said Almirola. "This place still reminds me of Martinsville and the old school racetracks where it's out in the middle of nowhere and you're surrounded by a bunch of diehard NASCAR fans that come to watch the race. I think it's awesome that the Camping World Truck Series is coming here and it's going to put on one hell of a race, it's going to be exciting."

For Timothy Peters, winner of the season opening truck race at Daytona, Tuesday was the first time he had been on the South Carolina track.

"I was glad that we were able to come for Goodyear. It helps me out a lot; this is the first time I have been on the racetrack. I have been here to watch several races but I had to work my courage up to make myself get up close to the wall and get up to speed," said Peters. "I'm looking forward to getting to come here to race. It's going to be an exciting race for the fans, but it's going to be a challenge for us. We always run close together week-in and week-out, it's going to be action packed for sure."

For more information regarding events and tickets, hardcore race fans can contact the Darlington Raceway by calling 1-866-459-RACE or visit online at http://www.darlingtonraceway.com/tickets/.

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