| Session |
DRIVER |
POS |
TIME |
MPH |
|
Tues |
James Hylton |
22 |
53.243 |
179.855 |
|
Wed - AM |
James Hylton |
19 |
52.700 |
181.708 |
|
Wed - PM |
James Hylton |
19 |
52.281 |
183.164 |
| |
Jill George |
21 |
52.340 |
182.958 |
TALLADEGA TEST NOTES:
There are 25 driver/team
combinations scheduled to participate in the two day ARCA Racing
Series Test Session at Talladega, Alabama.
The
test session marks the debut of Hylton Motorsports new Ford Fusion
Superspeedway car. The car (pictured at left with Hylton
Motorsport's Terry Strange) was built by Roush Racing and was last
campaigned by driver Carl Edwards during the 2007 NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series. The car will make its ARCA Racing Series debut during
April at Talladega. The car is powered by a Roush/Yates Racing
engine
Driver James Harvey Hylton is
one of motorsport's most experienced drivers at the 2.66 mile
high-banked speedway. Hylton has 30 starts (25 NASCAR Cup and
5 ARCA) with 1 Win, 4
Top-Fives and 10 Top-Ten finishes at Talladega. In April 2009,
Hylton ran with the leaders all day until a late race encounter
resulted in a 15th place finish.
"The car is a good car and we
should get it sorted out tomorrow," stated Hylton Wednesday
night "we will be ready
to give them a good run in April."
Hylton's lap of 183.164 mph breaks his
personal restrictor plate top speed best of 181.680 mph (April 23,
2009 - Talladega, Alabama)
The all-time Hylton Motorsport speed record of
201.113 mph was set on May 25, 1987 at Talladega by driver Ronnie
Thomas. Thomas, of Christiansburg VA, piloted a 1987 Chevrolet
Monte Carlo SS with an unrestricted 358 cubic inch motor.
Hylton's crew chief for the test is long-time
friend Bernard Alvarez. During his tenure as a driver, Alvarez
accumulated 9 NASCAR Sprint Cup starts. Alvarez also has 25
starts as a car owner in NASCAR's top series. Alvarez's best
finish as an owner was in the 1966 Islip 300, when driver Ned
Jarrett piloted his Ford to a third place finish behind winner Bobby
Allison and second place finisher James Hylton.
"We ran by ourselves on the track today,"
stated Hylton Wednesday after practice "we stayed out of the draft
to try to figure out what we had for qualifying in April.
Overall, we had a good test."