No problems were seen. Jerry Nadeau, Jeremy Mayfield, Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart all turned in laps in the 23.5 range. Winston Cup teams kept an eye on Saturday's Busch Series race, where a few teams had tire problems. However, Goodyear officials examined the tires and determined that none of the problems were structural. The Busch race started on a green track, washed by a thunderstorm Friday night.
Clean concrete is abrasive.
Track conditions should be better for Sunday's 400-mile run. Blaney was to start 27th. He will drop to the rear at the green flag. Off the pace were Bobby Hamilton, Darrell Waltrip and Stacy Compton. Compton experienced transmission trouble at the end of the practice.