COT to be tested at Talladega in Sept

NASCAR's decision to schedule a car-of-tomorrow test at Talladega Sept. 11, just after the Richmond cutoff for the Chase for the Championship, is probably a wise move, considering the troubles that the Talladega 500 Oct. 7 could present. NASCAR officials had pushed hard for teams to approve a car-of-tomorrow test at either Charlotte or Atlanta, to prepare for next year's even trickier car-of-tomorrow runs at the tour's midsize speedways. Brett Bodine, who, as director of cost research, is heading NASCAR’s car-of-tomorrow program, continues to wax enthusiastic about the car, despite a high center of gravity that makes it a bear in the turns. "The original design of the car of tomorrow has many characteristics of the current road-course car," Bodine said, "particularly in the fact that both are more symmetrical than the current standard oval-track cars." Winston Salem Journal