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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Ford NASCAR drivers in a
street-legal Mustang, a Tony Stewart-owned sprint car, two supermodifieds and a
world superbike champion will attempt to establish half-mile closed-course
records in the "World's Fastest Half-Mile Speed Trials" immediately following
the Scotts EZ Seed 300 Nationwide Series race on March 19.
Former Cup driver Brad Noffsinger, Mike Lichty
and Bryan Clauson will chase Sammy Swindell's all-time Bristol track record of
138.442 mph (13.860 seconds), set during qualifying for a World Of Outlaws
winged sprint car event at Bristol in June 2000.
Noffsinger and Lichty will be first to try out
supermodifieds, the most exotic cars to hit Bristol's high banks, while Clauson
will run one of Stewart's pavement sprint cars.
Former AMA and World Superbike champion Scott
Russell will attempt to set a half-mile closed-course motorcycle speed record
riding a Yamaha superbike. The five-time Daytona 200 winner brings substantial
experience on high banked ovals, though never one as tight as Bristol's
half-mile.
SPEED will air a 30-minute highlight show from
the World's Fastest Half-Mile Speed Trials at 4:30 p.m. ET on April 2, following
its live broadcast of the Camping World Truck Series race.
What they did leave out is Jason Blonde will be
driving a wing sprint car also.
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