Several
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams took to the newly reconfigured Kansas Speedway
on Tuesday and several offered positive reviews as teams
navigated the variable banking for the first time.
“I
think they did a really nice job repaving,” said Matt Kenseth. “Drivers aren’t
huge fans of repaves, especially being the first ones on the track, by this
afternoon the cars were more comfortable on the track. I think the repave is
awesome.”
Regan
Smith agreed.
“We’ve
seen quite a few of these this year already. They did a pretty good job with
this one.”
For
Dale Earnhardt Jr., the day was about getting some time on the track.
“It’s
nice to get out on the track. It’s nice to see the track. I like this place,”
said Earnhardt, Jr. “The banking will add speed to the race track and one and
two definitely have more banking. This should be a fast little race
track.”
Kenseth,
who holds the track record of 180.856 mph set back in 2005, expects a new track
record this fall.
“We’re
already running, the last lap was 30.30 or something,” said Kenseth. “You know
it’s going to be faster when everybody runs in qualifying runs. I expect it to
be the high 28s in a qualifying run.”
