{"id":1210,"date":"2022-12-21T20:16:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T00:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/budmoore.us\/nascar\/?page_id=1210"},"modified":"2022-12-21T20:42:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T00:42:31","slug":"cms1997","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.budmoore.us\/nascar\/1996-race-results\/cms1997\/","title":{"rendered":"cms1997"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/budmoore.us\/images\/15bme005.gif\" alt=\"Bud Moore Engineering\" width=\"200\" height=\"109\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,univers; font-size: x-large;\"> <b>Charlotte Practice<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr size=\"3\" width=\"69%\" \/>\n<table width=\"302\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/budmoore.us\/images\/97bm0902.jpg\" alt=\"thunderbird\" width=\"302\" height=\"131\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/budmoore.us\/images\/97bm0905.jpg\" alt=\"spotting\" width=\"302\" height=\"193\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/budmoore.us\/images\/97bm0904.jpg\" alt=\"bud and greg\" width=\"302\" height=\"190\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/budmoore.us\/images\/97bm0903.jpg\" alt=\"bud and preston\" width=\"302\" height=\"195\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>On Tuesday, September 23, 1997, two primered Ford Thunderbirds from the Bud Moore Engineering shops circled Charlotte Motor Speedway as a part of the open test session for the upcoming 500 mile NASCAR Winston Cup race. Greg Sacks was the driver as the team prepared for a return to competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1160\" src=\"https:\/\/budmoore.us\/nascar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/97bm0909.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"237\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We left Charlotte feeling pretty good that we had tested two cars and come away with the third quickest time of the Tuesday open testing session,&#8221; said Greg Moore. &#8220;That was until we picked up this morning&#8217;s paper and it reported that we were one of the three slowest teams instead of one of the three quickest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,univers; font-size: medium;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/budmoore.us\/images\/97bm0911.jpg\" alt=\"Greg Sacks\" width=\"152\" height=\"282\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The impact of that error in reporting has made it very difficult for us to even sell a one race sponsorship. If Charlotte plans to release speeds from a  testing session like that, they should put transponders in the cars to record every lap, like they do at Indy.&#8221;<\/p> <div data-ad-id=\"1917\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:px; margin-bottom:px; margin-left:px; margin-right:px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_custom  afw_ad afwadid-1917  \">\r\n                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndiAcation.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 468x60, created 8\/12\/08 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\nstyle=\"display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px\"\r\ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5434442289371222\"\r\ndata-ad-slot=\"8459100845\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n<p>The Bud Moore Engineering team with Greg Sacks driving never ran more than four or five laps at a time, but they consistently recorded times in the 30.50 second bracket on old tires. New tires made them three-tenths quicker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took us just a little while to get back in the saddle,&#8221; Greg Moore admitted. &#8220;But, once we got the cars all balanced out with shocks and tire pressures both cars got a whole lot quicker. Sacks really help us with his input.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sacks communicated with us real well right from the start,&#8221; Bud Moore smiled. &#8220;After a few laps we decided that we had a pretty good fit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/budmoore.us\/images\/97bm0908.jpg\" alt=\"garage 15\" width=\"152\" height=\"232\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"5\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/budmoore.us\/images\/97bm0907.jpg\" alt=\"garage 15\" width=\"152\" height=\"237\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"5\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/budmoore.us\/images\/97bm0906.jpg\" alt=\"garage 15\" width=\"152\" height=\"235\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<hr size=\"3\" width=\"69%\" \/>\n<p><center><b><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,univers; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/center><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,univers; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr size=\"3\" width=\"69%\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,univers; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,univers; font-size: small;\"> <b>\u00a9 2022 <a href=\"..\/\"><i>Bud Moore.US<\/i><\/a> &#8212; All Rights Reserved<\/b><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte Practice &nbsp; On Tuesday, September 23, 1997, two primered Ford Thunderbirds from the Bud Moore Engineering shops circled Charlotte Motor Speedway as a part of the open test session for the upcoming 500 mile NASCAR Winston Cup race. 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New tires made them three-tenths quicker.  &quot;It took us just a little while to get back in the saddle,&quot; Greg Moore admitted. &quot;But, once we got the cars all balanced out with shocks and tire pressures both cars got a whole lot quicker. 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