http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06759/181202454_Jzsuj-Ti.jpg http://larre.smugmug.com/gallery/3269818_uqZDe/ 2007-08-06T11:54:41Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Goodyear Tire had all sorts of testing gages in use.</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181202454_Jzsuj" title="Goodyear Tire had all sorts of testing gages in use."><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06759/181202454_Jzsuj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Goodyear Tire had all sorts of testing gages in use." title="Goodyear Tire had all sorts of testing gages in use." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-10T08:41:57Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06759/181202454_Jzsuj-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 13:43:09 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Brian Vickers tells the Goodyear tire people how the new tires felt.</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181202610_9WifU" title="Brian Vickers tells the Goodyear tire people how the new tires felt."><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06760/181202610_9WifU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="134" alt="Brian Vickers tells the Goodyear tire people how the new tires felt." title="Brian Vickers tells the Goodyear tire people how the new tires felt." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-15T10:57:43Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06760/181202610_9WifU-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 13:43:47 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />With the temperature outside in the parking lot at 112 this ice sculpture was a very popular spot.</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181203023_6G74i" title="With the temperature outside in the parking lot at 112 this ice sculpture was a very popular spot."><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06761/181203023_6G74i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="With the temperature outside in the parking lot at 112 this ice sculpture was a very popular spot." title="With the temperature outside in the parking lot at 112 this ice sculpture was a very popular spot." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-24T23:49:22Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06761/181203023_6G74i-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 13:49:04 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Humpy Wheeler talks with David Ragan</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181203207_2yUTN" title="Humpy Wheeler talks with David Ragan"><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06762/181203207_2yUTN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="117" alt="Humpy Wheeler talks with David Ragan" title="Humpy Wheeler talks with David Ragan" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-15T11:05:40Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06762/181203207_2yUTN-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 13:52:56 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Crew chief on the #6 Roush car Jimmy Fennig takes a rest.</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181203281_WXjE2" title="Crew chief on the #6 Roush car Jimmy Fennig takes a rest."><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06763/181203281_WXjE2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="114" alt="Crew chief on the #6 Roush car Jimmy Fennig takes a rest." title="Crew chief on the #6 Roush car Jimmy Fennig takes a rest." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-24T23:49:06Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06763/181203281_WXjE2-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 13:53:42 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Ready for any set up that the Goodyear reps want</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181203658_iiGFZ" title="Ready for any set up that the Goodyear reps want"><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06764/181203658_iiGFZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ready for any set up that the Goodyear reps want" title="Ready for any set up that the Goodyear reps want" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-05T16:55:38Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06764/181203658_iiGFZ-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 13:54:41 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Humpy Wheeler, Jerry Gapens and Brian Vickers</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181203820_2DyXZ" title="Humpy Wheeler, Jerry Gapens and Brian Vickers"><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06765/181203820_2DyXZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Humpy Wheeler, Jerry Gapens and Brian Vickers" title="Humpy Wheeler, Jerry Gapens and Brian Vickers" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-05T18:22:12Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06765/181203820_2DyXZ-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 13:55:57 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Ryan Newman and Humpy's ride</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181204124_gJWSZ" title="Ryan Newman and Humpy's ride"><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06766/181204124_gJWSZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ryan Newman and Humpy's ride" title="Ryan Newman and Humpy's ride" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-05T17:33:13Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06766/181204124_gJWSZ-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 13:57:43 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Humpy shows Ryan Newman that this car has none of those fancy gadgets to get in your way.</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181204324_GFKNg" title="Humpy shows Ryan Newman that this car has none of those fancy gadgets to get in your way."><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06767/181204324_GFKNg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="88" alt="Humpy shows Ryan Newman that this car has none of those fancy gadgets to get in your way." title="Humpy shows Ryan Newman that this car has none of those fancy gadgets to get in your way." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-24T23:49:47Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06767/181204324_GFKNg-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 13:58:11 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Ryan and Humpy cool off by the ice sculpture.</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181204484_ae9qT" title="Ryan and Humpy cool off by the ice sculpture."><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06769/181204484_ae9qT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Ryan and Humpy cool off by the ice sculpture." title="Ryan and Humpy cool off by the ice sculpture." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-15T11:42:07Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06769/181204484_ae9qT-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 14:00:02 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Just after I took this shot I ran up and shook hands with Humpy. Wonder why?</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181204728_4nMzR" title="Just after I took this shot I ran up and shook hands with Humpy. Wonder why?"><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06770/181204728_4nMzR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Just after I took this shot I ran up and shook hands with Humpy. Wonder why?" title="Just after I took this shot I ran up and shook hands with Humpy. Wonder why?" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-05T18:37:54Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06770/181204728_4nMzR-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 14:00:31 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Jimmy Fennig and David Ragan compare notes on the tire test.</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181204916_xLtSL" title="Jimmy Fennig and David Ragan compare notes on the tire test."><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06771/181204916_xLtSL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="133" alt="Jimmy Fennig and David Ragan compare notes on the tire test." title="Jimmy Fennig and David Ragan compare notes on the tire test." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-15T11:44:55Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06771/181204916_xLtSL-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 14:06:13 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Martin Truex is interviewed during a break from tire testing</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181205102_D8oAu" title="Martin Truex is interviewed during a break from tire testing"><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06772/181205102_D8oAu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Martin Truex is interviewed during a break from tire testing" title="Martin Truex is interviewed during a break from tire testing" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-24T23:50:16Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06772/181205102_D8oAu-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 14:07:38 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />David Ragan is interviewed by SPEED TV</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181205170_Zp237" title="David Ragan is interviewed by SPEED TV"><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06774/181205170_Zp237-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="David Ragan is interviewed by SPEED TV" title="David Ragan is interviewed by SPEED TV" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-15T11:03:16Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06774/181205170_Zp237-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 14:10:35 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Humpy tries out the old buggy.</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181205359_JwLjF" title="Humpy tries out the old buggy."><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06775/181205359_JwLjF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Humpy tries out the old buggy." title="Humpy tries out the old buggy." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-05T18:25:36Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06775/181205359_JwLjF-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 14:21:15 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Front air dam on the Car Of Tomorrow. Even with all the openings taped up air can still go up and through the opening in the "over bite" area.</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181205511_q6BLf" title="Front air dam on the Car Of Tomorrow. Even with all the openings taped up air can still go up and through the opening in the "over bite" area."><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06776/181205511_q6BLf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Front air dam on the Car Of Tomorrow. Even with all the openings taped up air can still go up and through the opening in the "over bite" area." title="Front air dam on the Car Of Tomorrow. Even with all the openings taped up air can still go up and through the opening in the "over bite" area." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-05T17:57:53Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06776/181205511_q6BLf-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 14:21:52 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />the DEI team found out that you have to use the wing mounts that NASCAR tell you to.</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181205695_mGA3t" title="the DEI team found out that you have to use the wing mounts that NASCAR tell you to."><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06777/181205695_mGA3t-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="the DEI team found out that you have to use the wing mounts that NASCAR tell you to." title="the DEI team found out that you have to use the wing mounts that NASCAR tell you to." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-05T16:32:47Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06777/181205695_mGA3t-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 14:22:27 <p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com">Larrie Ervin (LarrE)</a><br />Oh no! The "Pitroad Paparazzi". No pictures! No pictures!</p><p><a href="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/3269818_uqZDe#181205775_LzQvu" title="Oh no! The "Pitroad Paparazzi". No pictures! No pictures!"><img src="http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06779/181205775_LzQvu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Oh no! The "Pitroad Paparazzi". No pictures! No pictures!" title="Oh no! The "Pitroad Paparazzi". No pictures! No pictures!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-05T17:50:36Z Larrie Ervin (LarrE) http://larre.smugmug.com http://larre.smugmug.com/Sprint-Cars/NASCAR-tire-test-Lowes-Aug-6/DSC06779/181205775_LzQvu-Th.jpg 2007-08-06 16:00:53