Goodyear will conduct a car of tomorrow tire test Sept. 18-19 at
Daytona International Speedway, a Goodyear spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
The restrictor-plate test, which will be a week after
NASCAR's open
Nextel Cup test at Talladega Superspeedway will consist of five drivers:
Joe Gibbs Racing's
Denny Hamlin,
Richard Childress Racing's Clint Bowyer, Yates/Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing's David Gilliland, Chip Ganassi Racing's
David Stremme and
Michael Waltrip Racing's Michael Waltrip.
It will be the second time this year that a COT has hit the surface at DIS.
Ryan Newman and
Kurt Busch practiced in a COT during January testing.
The first COT race at Daytona will be the 2008 Daytona 500.
Goodyear to test tires for COT at Daytona next month