A replica of the car Yarborough used to win the 1969 Motor State 500 will be on display in Victory Lane. Michigan Speedway has made several improvements to its track since last season. Two-time Daytona polesitter Mike Skinner posted the fastest time of 12 Winston Cup stock car teams participating in a special night testing session Monday at Daytona International Speedway. The testing session is in preparation for the July 4 Pepsi 400, which will be run at night for the first time. Skinner, who won the pole for the 1997 Daytona 500 and Pepsi 400, posted a speed of 189.873 mph.
Testing concludes today.
Winston Cup driver Johnny Benson, along with Jeff Burton and Ted Musgrave, will meet Friday at Michigan Speedway with the third grade class from Dudley Elementary School from Grand Rapids, Mich., to sign autographs. Benson grew up in Grand Rapids and looks forward to being in his home area. It's nice to spend time with family and friends. Daytona International Speedway will add 6,000 luxury seats to its Winston Tower in time for the 1999 Daytona 500. The ARCA 200 race, scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Saturday at Michigan Speedway, is the first ARCA race on a superspeedway for the new Ford chassis.