NASCAR Nationwide Series Car of Tomorrow

Johnny Davis Motorsport's new Car of Tomorrow is scheduled for it's first test on Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 8 & 9, 2008) on the Richmond track after this weeks Nationwide race.

Danny Efland, the team's regular driver will share time with a couple of other more experienced drivers in shaking the car down.

Although some of the bigger teams have already privately tested their COTs, this will be the first NASCAR sanctioned test.

It is believed that the JDM Chevy will be the first attempt by one of the smaller independent teams to get a jump on the future with a COT. The COT may be used as early as the middle of the 2009 season on a limited basis but is expected to be required for 2010.

California!

The #01 Johnny Davis Motorsports Nationwide Series Chevy finished 27th in California Saturday night with Danny Efland aboard. After qualifying 39th with only 16 laps of practice, learning the track was left to the actual race. But learning was quick! By lap 50 Danny had progressed to 29th place and was feeling more and more comfortable in the draft at speeds approaching 200 miles per hour.

"We lost 4 laps in the first half of the race," said Danny "but only one more in the entire 2nd half. I passed the #28 car on the last lap to beat everyone on my lap. It would have been cool to run further as I was really beginning to feel comfortable. It will be great to come back to some of these tracks for a second time and actually even know what they look like!"

Danny and the team will arrive home Sunday night, the hauler arrives Tuesday and leaves with the Richmond cars on Wednesday night.

See you at the races!

PS Thanks to Sonja and Mick for the extra set of new tires - they made a difference on that last run where we gained 2 positions.

SAD NEWS

Last year when I first went to Johnny Davis Motorsports to attempt my first Nationwide (then Busch) series start, the team manager was Kenneth Campbell. Kenneth died this week very unexpectedly. In the short time I worked with Kenneth I learned he had great knowledge and was very patient. He left the team shortly afterwards but remained a good friend at the track. I will miss him and only wish I could have worked with him longer in order to learn a small part of what he knew.

Danny Efland