Daytona Dateline: Drivers Dish on First NASCAR Test Session

NASCAR Sprint Cup teams hit the high banks of the repaved Daytona International Speedway for the first day of a three-day test session. A press conference was held midday with Cup drivers Tony Stewart, Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards, Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot Chevrolet, was first up, and the hot questions for him from the media seemed more oriented toward his recent altercation at a track in Australia than the Daytona testing. Stewart acknowledged his embarrassment over the incident and said, "One bad night out of a 30-day trip." He added he hoped to return to Australia to vacation and race again.  On the subject of the new proposed point system: "Smo...

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