Lowe’s to be one groove track?

Lowe's Motor Speedway President H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler says it remains to be seen whether fans will see a second racing groove on the newly paved track in this month's races.

This Saturday's Nextel All-Star Challenge will be the first race following a $3.5 million repaving project that took advantage of the latest race track paving technology. "It's as smooth as you can get," Wheeler said. "That's good and bad. That's good in the fact that it is fairly consistent. It's bad in the fact that nobody is used to it.

"They're going to have to get used to it, and they're going to have to figure it out, but that's what Nextel Cup is all about, adjustment." NASCAR Daily Scene