From nascar.com
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams are taking part in a 2016 test with Goodyear tires this week at Kentucky Speedway. Jamie McMurray tweeted a picture of NASCAR's new digital dashboard.
"It has the ability to do a lot," McMurray tweeted. "Lap times, monitor tire PSI, pit stop page."
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Digital Dashboard. (Photo: Jamie McMurray Twitter) |
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Digital Dashboard. (Photo: Jamie McMurray Twitter) |
The Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates driver also showed a dial-based version of the dash by flipping a switch.
Per the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rule book, a digital dash display "may be used at all Events after August 5, 2015. Digital dash display use will not be permitted before August 5, 2015. Effective January 1, 2016, a digital dash display must be used at all Events."
McMurray is one of four drivers and teams testing tires Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, eight drivers and teams are scheduled to participate in an open test at Kentucky Speedway, including McMurray, Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Brett Moffitt Danica Patrick, Ryan Newman and Sam Hornish Jr.