Regan Smith tests at Kentucky

Rookie-of-the-Year hopeful Regan Smith laid the groundwork for his first full Sprint Cup Series season by testing his new Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI), machine at Kentucky Speedway on Wednesday [and is scheduled to test Thursday also]. Smith will compete in the #01 Chevy in 2008 and is part of a new five-driver DEI Sprint Cup line-up that also will include Paul Menard in the #15 and Martin Truex, Jr., in the #1. Newcomer Aric Almirola and Mark Martin will split time in the team's #8 entry. Smith also was joined on the track by his teammate Menard and USAC star Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., who turned laps in a Roush Fenway ARCA RE/MAX Series car with guidance from 2003 Craftsman Truck Series champion Travis Kvapil. Kentucky Speedway PR