The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will test at Daytona International Speedway in an effort to evaluate and prepare aerodynamic baseline packages for 2012 Preseason Thunder.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams will test at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday, Nov. 15 in an effort to evaluate and prepare aerodynamic baseline packages for Preseason Thunder on January 12-14. Teams will be on track from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. There is a 30-minute lunch break scheduled at 1 p.m.

Teams scheduled to participate include: Hendrick Motorsports (two cars with drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Aric Almirola); Roush Fenway Racing (two cars with drivers David Ragan and Marcos Ambrose); Joe Gibbs Racing (one car with driver Joey Logano), Michael Waltrip Racing (one car with driver Martin Truex Jr.), and NEMCO Motorsports (one car with driver Joe Nemechek).

A section of the Oldfield Grandstands will be open free to the public with access available through the lobby of the Daytona International Speedway ticket office.

Tickets for the 54th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 26 as well as other Speedweeks 2012 events can be purchased online at http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP. New for the 2012 Daytona 500 is special youth pricing. Children 12 and under will receive 50 percent off all Superstretch grandstand seats for the Daytona 500. The special offer expires Feb. 1.