DARLINGTON, S.C. -- They may have been "white-of-your-eyes" fast during a test earlier this week, but don't expect those same outrageous speeds when NASCAR returns to Michigan International Speedway to race. Five drivers took part in a two-day Goodyear tire test at the 2-mile oval, with a few of them taking to social media to report speeds that crept toward the 220 mph mark. Those colder conditions provided plenty of grip, and promised to be much different from what Sprint Cup Series teams will experience when they return in June for the first of its two annual events at the facility in Brooklyn, Mich. And teams won't race on the tire that generated those eye-popping speeds, he added. The track record at Michigan is 203.949 mph, set by Joey Logano in qualifying last year.
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