Are speeds too fast at LVMS?

Stu Grant, Goodyear's head of racing, said he's finally got a tire for the newly repaved – and lightning fast – Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the Nextel Cup tour stop in three weeks. "I went out there for the Busch test to see what the problem was, and David Stremme said he was going into the corners at 212 mph and Kasey Kahne said he was going into the corners at 208 mph," Grant said. "And the Busch drivers are running flat-footed all the way around that track." That's a scary situation, created in large part by NASCAR's unwillingness to take horsepower out of the Cup motors. Engine builder Robert Yates said some of his motors are generating a stunning 900 horsepower. Grant said he has had to build new tires for the Las Vegas race. Winston Salem Journal