Bill Elliott was the first of the COT drivers on track...and turned the first test laps with the '07 Red Bull Toyota Camry...11 COTs in all hit the banks of MIS...Jeff Gordon...Joe Nemechek, Carl Edwards, Mickael Waltrip, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, rookie pheenom Denny Hamlin among the chauffeurs. Elliott seemed to make the most laps...the Toyotas were equipped with NASCAR spec Truck series engines...Chevys, Dodges and Fords their Nextel Cup powerplants. Though uglier than original sin in profile, and, with a message to send, all painted up, the Camrys were gazed upon by the other teams like the "Aflac duck". More to come after the break.
Updated at 5:55 pm
Jeff Gordon told me he had issues with the way the car looked...said it was not sexy enough...that all the minds of NASCAR (hmm) and Detroit's engineers could have come up with a car that really looked like a race car...it did, however, drive OK by itself, says the four time champ, now 6th in points. Kurt Busch, says Toyota will have a steep learning curve before they become competitive. Bill Elliott ran not just the first but the most laps.
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