Updated: July 3, 2008, 7:48 AM EST Comment You know, folks, I have been reading about John Darby, Competition Director of NASCAR's Sprint Cup series, having met with the drivers, crew chiefs and owners about possible changes to the 2009 testing policy. I think the reason it is coming about is because NASCAR has learned its lesson on the tire leasing program for testing. One of the reasons they went to the tire leasing program was to cut down on testing so teams wouldn't go out and get other brands of tires to use. But it has ended up costing the teams more money, because instead of testing on the tires they race on and use every week, the teams were testing using old tires and other makes of tires from other manufacturers. It really has turned into a fiasco and never really accomplished what NASCAR had intended. Remember this...
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