Las Vegas Motor Speedway sets test dates for NASCAR

Las Vegas Motor Speedway has set 2009 test dates for both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series. The Nationwide cars will test on the 1.5-mile superspeedway on Wednesday, Jan. 28 and Thursday, Jan. 29. NASCAR has not announced a testing policy for the Sprint Cup teams for next year, but LVMS will be available to all Sprint Cup teams on Monday, Jan. 26 and Tuesday, Jan. 27 if testing is allowed by NASCAR. Race teams who test at LVMS will be preparing for the March 1 Shelby 427 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race and the Feb. 28 Sam's Town 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series event.