Since the debut of the "car of tomorrow," NASCAR has taken the car of the race winner and one or two others back to its research and development center in Concord for examination of how the car handles the rigors of race conditions. Hendrick drivers have won all four COT races thus far this season.
NASCAR did the same this past week after Richmond, but because Johnson's team was not planning to run the car at Darlington, S.C., this weekend, Hendrick told NASCAR officials they could keep the car for additional study.
Johnson's passed post-race inspection at Richmond and there are no other issues with the car, NASCAR officials maintain.
"The No. 48 team was not using this car for Darlington and they volunteered to let us keep the car longer in an effort to increase the scope of our inspection process," said NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp. "There are no issues with the car whatsover.
"This is a good example of teams working with us as we adapt to the new car."
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2007-05-08
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