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Testing isn't fun or cheap--just necessary.(race car testing)
Crew members for Dave Blaney's No. 93 Dodge can barely keep their eyes open as the Beechcraft 1900 takes off for the Brickyard. Another week, another test.
It's early Tuesday morning--still dark outside--as aircraft N93BD ascends above the clouds. Now, most of the 10 crew members on Bill Davis Racing's research and development team are sleeping. It's the last bit of rest they'll enjoy before the first day of tests at Indianapolis--nine hours, two cars, one driver and plenty of trial and error. They test again the next day before flying home that evening.
They spend Thursday getting cars ready and loaded for the Pocono race and are back in the air late ...