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Lowe's Motor Speedway was repaved in April 2006 and Stremme said the surface is aging gracefully.

"The race track has seasoned well. I was fortunate enough to run on the old race track before it got ground, and then when it got ground and then with the new asphalt," he said. "I'm really happy at how it's still Charlotte. You've got to be careful in Turns 3 and 4 during the hot weather.

Then you can look around on the race track and still run up by the wall or on the bottom. It makes for a lot of fun."

Veteran Jeff Burton, driver of the No. 29 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, praised Goodyear for the tire engineers selected for the May races at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

"I had a scheduling conflict so we kind of got a late start, but everything is going well, Burton said during the dinner break. "I really like these tires on this surface. I think it's the best Goodyear has done so far at this race track, and the few laps I've run have been good."

The most serious incident of the day took place during the afternoon session when veteran David Green slammed the outside SAFER barrier in Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 83 Chevrolet. Green said he was making just his third lap when the right-front tire went down and the car shot to the outside.
Green was evaluated and released from the Carolinas HealthCare System Infield Medical Center.

Robert Richardson Jr. spun during the afternoon session, but did not make wall contact.

NASCAR Nationwide Series testing for the May 24 CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 continues from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and the frontstretch grandstand will be open free of charge.

Tickets for all May events at Lowe's Motor Speedway, including Saturday's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and the May 25 Coca-Cola 600, can be purchased by calling the track ticket office at 1-800-455-FANS or online at the track's website.