Goodyear to test tires for COT at Daytona next month

Goodyear will conduct a car of tomorrow tire test Sept. 18-19 at Daytona International Speedway, a Goodyear spokesman confirmed Wednesday.

The restrictor-plate test, which will be a week after NASCAR's open Nextel Cup test at Talladega Superspeedway will consist of five drivers: Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin, Richard Childress Racing's Clint Bowyer, Yates/Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing's David Gilliland, Chip Ganassi Racing's David Stremme and Michael Waltrip Racing's Michael Waltrip.

It will be the second time this year that a COT has hit the surface at DIS. Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch practiced in a COT during January testing. The first COT race at Daytona will be the 2008 Daytona 500.