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Gibbs Racing driver Brad Coleman was testing a
Gibbs NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series car at Toyota Arizona Proving Grounds
earlier this week and came onto the radio and told his crew
something rather unusual.
"Guys, I hit a coyote," Coleman
said.
Coleman was running close to 200 mph around the
10-mile test track when he saw the animal wander under the outside
guardrail.
"I'm in the middle of the corner, and I'm doing
190," Coleman said Friday at Nashville Superspeedway before
practicing his Nationwide Series car. "I'm just cruising. You run
the high line there, because that's where the most banking is.
It's the high-speed lane. There's just a guardrail there like on
the freeway.
"I see this thing, it must've been 100 feet in
front of me, just jump out. Right when I saw it come out from
under the guardrail, I thought, 'That's a coyote.'"
"The
engine started smoking like crazy," Coleman said. "And it smelled
terrible. I didn't see anything in the mirror, so I thought, 'I
wonder where the coyote went?' I said, 'Guys, I hit a coyote. I'm
going to come in because I think it screwed up the radiator. I
think it clogged up the grille a little
bit.'"
Joe
Gibbs Racing driver Brad Coleman was testing a
Gibbs NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series car at Toyota Arizona Proving Grounds
earlier this week and came onto the radio and told his crew
something rather unusual.
"Guys, I hit a coyote," Coleman
said.
Coleman was running close to 200 mph around the
10-mile test track when he saw the animal wander under the outside
guardrail.
"I'm in the middle of the corner, and I'm doing
190," Coleman said Friday at Nashville Superspeedway before
practicing his Nationwide Series car. "I'm just cruising. You run
the high line there, because that's where the most banking is.
It's the high-speed lane. There's just a guardrail there like on
the freeway.
"I see this thing, it must've been 100 feet in
front of me, just jump out. Right when I saw it come out from
under the guardrail, I thought, 'That's a coyote.'"
"The
engine started smoking like crazy," Coleman said. "And it smelled
terrible. I didn't see anything in the mirror, so I thought, 'I
wonder where the coyote went?' I said, 'Guys, I hit a coyote. I'm
going to come in because I think it screwed up the radiator. I
think it clogged up the grille a little
bit.'"