NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers Kyle Busch and David Stremme had a successful test session in their CRA Super Series late models in preparation for the upcoming 36th Annual Winchester 400 Presented By Ed Martin Auto Group and Renegade on Sunday, October 14th. Some morning rain showers kept them from getting laps until after lunch, but both drivers were able to dial-in their cars in hopes of coming away with a victory in the famed 400 lap marathon on the famous High Banks of Winchester Speedway.
The test was very important for both drivers since they will not arrive at the track for the 400 until that morning after competing in the NASCAR Nextel Cup event that Saturday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. They will get a few practice laps that morning, but will have to start the event on the tail as the two promoters options since they will miss qualifying on Saturday.
Famed crew chief Ritchie Wauters heads up the Kyle Busch Motorsports team and turns the wrench’s on the #51 Chevrolet. Busch hopes to improve upon his past results in Winchester 400 events, he was involved in accidents in both events that kept him from getting good finishes. Busch also competed with the CRA Super Series in a 200 lap tune up event for the Winchester 400 in 2002. A broken wheel lost him four laps in the pits, he made up 3 of those laps to get a top ten finish one lap down.
Stremme has always been fast on High Banked half mile tracks, in fact he set the track record in his first ever visit to Winchester Speedway in 1999 in his first ever CRA Super Series event. Stremme has a CRA Super Series and ASA Racing Series victory at Salem Speedway.
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