The CARFAX 250 is a NASCAR Nationwide Series race that takes place at Michigan International Speedway. First held in 1992, the race was a 200 miles (320 km) event from its inception through 1999, and was extended to 250 miles starting with the 2000 race.
The 2007 CARFAX 250 was the first-ever carbon neutral stock car event. Through partnerships with The Conservation Fund and Carbonfund.org, Carfax offset all carbon emissions generated by the race, including carbon emissions from fans attending the race
The second race with the new Nationwide Series car has some drivers a little worried.
Well, maybe a lot worried.
"I'm actually terrified, to be honest with you," Steve Wallace said. "I think we all are."
Why is Wallace, normally a fearless young race driver, afraid? Because the new car has never been run on a track like 2-mile Michigan International Speedway, site of Saturday's Carfax 250. The car has been tested at 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway and ran last month at 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway.
But it had never seen a track like Michigan until Thursday's test day.
"We've only run our car one time," Wallace said. "We haven't been able to test it anywhere. We tested it at Daytona, we raced Daytona and we come back and they've been sitting on jack stands since then. We've been to the seven-post rig a lot. We've done a lot of work like that, but as far as on-track activities, we haven't been able to tweak or tune on these things.
"To be quite honest, we're just kind of going there with what Toyota has seen on all of the shaker rigs and kind of what they're recommending. … It's going to be wild—for us at least."
Fellow Toyota driver Jason Leffler understands Wallace's sentiment.
"Daytona was so different, but it was fun at the same time," Leffler said. "Your adjustments were different and everything you did with the racecar. Everybody is learning, and I think the show was pretty good. I think the new car looks good on the racetrack. It's something that everybody in the Nationwide Series should be proud of.
"Michigan will be fun. At the same time I can see where Steve is coming from. It would be nice for all of us to be able to test some more and try to get a handle on the things, but we're all in the same boat. You can't test so we're learning as we go and you'll see a lot of learning going on in the race at Michigan. But it should be fun."
And since no one turned laps at Michigan in the new car until Thursday's extended practice, it could be an opportunity for someone to take an advantage.
"I'm excited because we're all blind going into this, pretty much," Justin Allgaier said. "We all want to see how it's going to turn out. Our car was horrible at Michigan last year. I'm not going to lie. We were way off-base and very uncomfortable. With change brings a totally different setup."
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NASCAR Nationwide Series: Carfax 250
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NASCAR Nationwide Series CARFAX 250
Michigan Intl. Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
NASCAR Nationwide Series
The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. It is promoted as NASCAR's lower circuit, and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's CUP circuit, the Sprint Cup. Nationwide Series races are frequently held in the same venue as, and a day prior to, the Sprint Cup race scheduled for that weekend, encouraging fans to attend both events.
The series was previously called the NASCAR Busch Series and the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series. In December 2006, NASCAR officials confirmed that Anheuser-Busch, parent company for Busch Beer, would not renew its sponsorship of NASCAR's No. 2 series after the end of the 2007 Season. On October 3, 2007, it was announced Nationwide Insurance would become the title sponsor beginning with the 2008 season.
NASCAR Nationwide Series: Carfax 250