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 like 190," Coleman said
> Friday at Nashville Super Speedway 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 was like,
> 'That's a coyote.'"
>
> "It just started smoking like crazy," Coleman said. "And it smelled
> terrible. I didn't see anything in the mirror, so I was like, 'I wonder
> where it 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.'"
>
> 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 like 190," Coleman said
> Friday at Nashville Super Speedway 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 was like,
> 'That's a coyote.'"
>
> "It just started smoking like crazy," Coleman said. "And it smelled
> terrible. I didn't see anything in the mirror, so I was like, 'I wonder
> where it 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.'"
>
