FONTANA, Calif. (April 21, 2004) - NASCAR Busch Series driver and Raybestos
Rookie of the Year contender Billy Parker finished a one-day test at
California Speedway on Wednesday, April 21.  During a full day on track, in
which the No. 66 Duraflame Dodge
took long and short runs around the 2-mile, D-shaped oval and completed 116
laps with the quickest at 39.66 seconds (181.60 mph).

"We are real happy with the test," said Crew Chief Blake
Bainbridge.  "We ran mostly race trim.  Our goal was mainly getting
[Parker] seat time, race trim seat time, as we could."  The team's
quickest lap, which was achieved in race trim, was good enough
to put them in the third starting position for last year's Busch Series
event at the superspeedway. "We ran as many laps as we could and only
did two qualifying runs."  They tested the same car they ran at Las
Vegas in March.

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