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Texas is next test for NASCAR's new Sprint Cup car
NASCAR Texas Auto Rac Heal
Greg Biffle walks up pit road along side his car during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series NRA 500 auto race at Texas Motor Speedway, Friday April 12, 2013, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp) - photo by Associated Press
FORT WORTH, Texas — One of the key moments in the development of NASCAR's new Sprint Cup car came in a multicar test at Texas last fall. Now six races into the first season with the new model cars, they get to race on that 1½-mile high-banked track Saturday night. "Texas really was one of the pivotal moments of the development of this car and the package that we handed off to the teams to race this year, " Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of competition, said Thursday.