Jeff Gordon traveled to Colorado on Friday to test his No. 24 car at Pikes Peak International Raceway through Saturday.
He is preparing for next week’s qualifying for the Daytona 500.
The four-time NASCAR season champion arrived in Colorado early Friday morning, before heading to the Pikes Peak track, just south of Colorado Springs in Fountain.
Gordon was there to test on downforce tracks. Pikes Peak’s low banking — the corners rise just 10 degrees — mimics the corners at the Phoenix International Raceway.
The Phoenix track — which has an 11 degree corner bank and runs one mile long, like Pikes Peak — will host the Sprint Cup race that follows Daytona, on Feb. 27.
Gordon and his team will be at the Pikes Peak raceway all day Friday and Saturday. Testing is open to the general public, though admission is $10.
