PRACTICE NOTES Have no way of getting and have not seen ANY site that does 10-15 laps averages or showing what lap is the slowest. Sometimes the NASCAR Leaderboard Average speeds are posted here, if they are accurate or they are combined with NASCAR Media speeds to get as much info posted as possible. Example if a driver slows down considerably on a lap [wreck or debris on the track], the average laps gets messed up and may not be posted. What you see posted is the best that could be found, no need to email and ask for other practice stats.
Happy Hour practice: for the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway is over, the top five:
#48-Johnson 185.478
#5-Martin 184.849
#11-Hamlin 184.685
#7-Gordon 184.237
#18-Busch 183.937
slowest: #08-Labonte 179.420 and #13-Papis 179.808
(10-16-2009)
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Final Practice| Happy Hour Practice Lowe's Motor Speedway Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
| 1 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | 185.478 | 29.110 | 181.200 | 2 | 47 |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Martin | Pop-Tarts / CARQUEST Chevy | 184.849 | 29.210 | 181.190 | 1 | 44 |
| 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Office Toyota | 184.685 | 29.240 | 181.074 | 1 | 53 |
| 4 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Freightliner Toyota | 184.237 | 29.310 | 180.422 | 1 | 29 |
| 5 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's/SusanGKomen Fndtn Toyota | 183.974 | 29.350 | 181.223 | 29 | 44 |
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | U.S. Army/Trnsfrmrs 2 Rvnge of the Fallen Chev | 183.730 | 29.390 | 179.888 | 1 | 45 |
| 7 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Clorox/Kingsford/Bush's Baked Beans Toyota | 183.661 | 29.400 | 180.611 | 1 | 33 |
| 8 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Budweiser Dodge | 183.611 | 29.410 | 180.866 | 37 | 40 |
| 9 | 98 | Paul Menard | Johns Manville / Menards Ford | 183.549 | 29.420 | 179.012 | 1 | 43 |
| 10 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Carhartt Ford | 183.530 | 29.420 | 179.964 | 35 | 39 |
| 11 | 25 | Brad Keselowski | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 183.436 | 29.440 | 180.682 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Old Spice / Office Depot Chevy | 183.343 | 29.450 | 180.939 | 3 | 25 |
| 13 | 71 | Mike Bliss | TaxSlayer.com Chevy | 183.299 | 29.460 | 179.887 | 34 | 42 |
| 14 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Dupont/Trnsfrmrs 2 Rvnge of the Fallen Chev | 183.138 | 29.490 | 179.471 | 17 | 39 |
| 15 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 183.063 | 29.500 | 179.198 | 1 | 44 |
| 16 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M / IDG Ford | 183.045 | 29.500 | 179.567 | 2 | 46 |
| 17 | 20 | Joey Logano | The Home Depot Toyota | 183.014 | 29.510 | 180.187 | 34 | 42 |
| 18 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell / Pennzoil Chevy | 182.939 | 29.520 | 180.401 | 1 | 46 |
| 19 | 00 | David Reutimann | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 182.933 | 29.520 | 180.050 | 1 | 57 |
| 20 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Mobil 1 Dodge | 182.846 | 29.530 | 179.109 | 2 | 48 |
| 21 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Guitar Hero / DJ Hero Chevy | 182.828 | 29.540 | 180.357 | 1 | 59 |
| 22 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevy | 182.797 | 29.540 | 180.509 | 4 | 30 |
| 23 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 182.716 | 29.550 | 178.932 | 1 | 35 |
| 24 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 182.710 | 29.560 | 179.506 | 1 | 41 |
| 25 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Lysol Chevy | 182.513 | 29.590 | 180.768 | 3 | 36 |
| 26 | 02 | David Gilliland | Farm Bureau Toyota | 182.513 | 29.590 | 180.086 | 2 | 29 |
| 27 | 44 | A.J. Allmendinger | Best Buy Dodge | 182.494 | 29.590 | 180.011 | 36 | 41 |
| 28 | 43 | Reed Sorenson | Super 8 Motels Dodge | 182.494 | 29.590 | 180.088 | 2 | 42 |
| 29 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Jeremiah Weed Southern Style Sweet Tea Ford | 182.488 | 29.590 | 179.671 | 1 | 43 |
| 30 | 07 | Casey Mears | Jack Daniel's Chevy | 182.469 | 29.590 | 179.520 | 1 | 40 |
| 31 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | AMP Energy / National Guard Chevy | 182.420 | 29.600 | 180.451 | 1 | 27 |
| 32 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | 182.414 | 29.600 | 180.268 | 1 | 33 |
| 33 | 12 | David Stremme | No. 12 Penske Dodge | 182.309 | 29.620 | 179.925 | 17 | 28 |
| 34 | 82 | Scott Speed | Red Bull Toyota | 182.285 | 29.620 | 179.284 | 1 | 29 |
| 35 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Stanley Dodge | 182.014 | 29.670 | 180.030 | 7 | 31 |
| 36 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite Dodge | 182.002 | 29.670 | 180.153 | 2 | 49 |
| 37 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 181.818 | 29.700 | 178.557 | 1 | 15 |
| 38 | 96 | Bobby Labonte | Ask.com / Search for the Cure Ford | 181.800 | 29.700 | 179.214 | 2 | 28 |
| 39 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA / Susan G. Komen Foundation Toyota | 181.439 | 29.760 | 179.753 | 5 | 22 |
| 40 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Warriors in Pink Powered by Ford | 180.905 | 29.850 | 178.524 | 8 | 22 |
| 41 | 34 | John Andretti | Taco Bell Chevy | 180.379 | 29.940 | 178.551 | 20 | 33 |
| 42 | 13 | Max Papis | GEICO Toyota | 179.808 | 30.030 | 178.524 | 9 | 24 |
| 43 | 08 | Terry Labonte | Carter/Simo Racing Toyota | 179.420 | 30.100 | 176.802 | 27 | 31 |
Chase drivers in GREEN
# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender
1st Friday practice: for the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway is over, the top five are:
#48-Johnson 187.162
#5-Martin 185.790
#16-Biffle 185.242
#17-Kenseth 184.805
#11-Hamlin 184.786
slowest: #13-Papis 179.485 and #08-Labonte 179.503
(10-16-2009)
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Practice 2
Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte
NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, October 16, 2009 @ 05:49 PM Eastern
| 2nd Practice Session Lowe's Motor Speedway Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
| 1 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | 187.162 | 28.852 | 182.204 | 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Martin | Pop-Tarts / Carquest Chevy | 185.790 | 29.065 | 181.445 | 1 | 33 |
| 3 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M / IDG Ford | 185.242 | 29.151 | 180.620 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Carhartt Ford | 184.805 | 29.220 | 179.745 | 1 | 32 |
| 5 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Office Toyota | 184.786 | 29.223 | 181.382 | 1 | 41 |
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | U.S. Army / Transformers Chevy | 184.609 | 29.251 | 180.727 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | 184.363 | 29.290 | 180.686 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's / Susan G Komen Toyota | 184.206 | 29.315 | 180.938 | 1 | 43 |
| 9 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Clorox Toyota | 184.106 | 29.331 | 181.034 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Budweiser Dodge | 184.106 | 29.331 | 181.227 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Lysol Chevy | 184.062 | 29.338 | 182.509 | 4 | 17 |
| 12 | 20 | Joey Logano | Home Depot Toyota | 184.062 | 29.338 | 181.068 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 184.062 | 29.338 | 180.605 | 1 | 28 |
| 14 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Old Spice / Office Depot Chevy | 183.930 | 29.359 | 181.286 | 2 | 25 |
| 15 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite Dodge | 183.736 | 29.390 | 179.571 | 1 | 28 |
| 16 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | AMP Energy / National Guard Chevy | 183.686 | 29.398 | 179.706 | 1 | 23 |
| 17 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 183.536 | 29.422 | 179.141 | 1 | 25 |
| 18 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Freightliner Toyota | 183.200 | 29.476 | 180.588 | 3 | 17 |
| 19 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Dupont / Transformers Chevy | 183.057 | 29.499 | 180.250 | 2 | 29 |
| 20 | 00 | David Reutimann | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 182.983 | 29.511 | 179.709 | 1 | 28 |
| 21 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell / Pennzoil Chevy | 182.976 | 29.512 | 180.447 | 5 | 24 |
| 22 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea Ford | 182.859 | 29.531 | 180.200 | 1 | 29 |
| 23 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | General Mills Monsters Chevy | 182.828 | 29.536 | 180.895 | 2 | 19 |
| 24 | 25 | Brad Keselowski | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 182.500 | 29.589 | 180.685 | 3 | 21 |
| 25 | 82 | Scott Speed | Red Bull Toyota | 182.457 | 29.596 | 180.427 | 1 | 18 |
| 26 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Guitar Hero / DJ Hero Chevy | 182.439 | 29.599 | 180.695 | 1 | 24 |
| 27 | 44 | A.J. Allmendinger | Best Buy Dodge | 182.377 | 29.609 | 180.652 | 1 | 24 |
| 28 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Mobil 1 Dodge | 182.291 | 29.623 | 180.233 | 1 | 32 |
| 29 | 98 | Paul Menard | Johns Manville / Menards Ford | 182.106 | 29.653 | 179.399 | 1 | 32 |
| 30 | 02 | David Gilliland | Farm Bureau Toyota | 181.965 | 29.676 | 180.439 | 6 | 12 |
| 31 | 12 | David Stremme | Penske Racing Dodge | 181.837 | 29.697 | 180.565 | 1 | 18 |
| 32 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA / Susan G. Komen Foundation Toyota | 181.800 | 29.703 | 179.568 | 1 | 15 |
| 33 | 71 | Mike Bliss | TaxSlayer.com Chevy | 181.647 | 29.728 | 177.922 | 5 | 28 |
| 34 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 181.342 | 29.778 | 180.416 | 3 | 7 |
| 35 | 96 | Bobby Labonte | Ask.com / Search for the Cure Ford | 181.257 | 29.792 | 178.825 | 4 | 24 |
| 36 | 07 | Casey Mears | Jack Daniel's Chevy | 181.238 | 29.795 | 179.184 | 4 | 19 |
| 37 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 181.184 | 29.804 | 178.830 | 2 | 24 |
| 38 | 43 | Reed Sorenson | Super 8 Motels Dodge | 180.911 | 29.849 | 179.336 | 2 | 25 |
| 39 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Stanley / Susan G Komen Dodge | 180.898 | 29.851 | 179.924 | 2 | 15 |
| 40 | 34 | John Andretti | Taco Bell Chevy | 180.808 | 29.866 | 178.648 | 2 | 23 |
| 41 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Warriors in Pink Powered by Ford | 180.662 | 29.890 | 179.719 | 7 | 15 |
| 42 | 08 | Terry Labonte | Carter / Simo Racing Toyota | 179.503 | 30.083 | 178.154 | 14 | 17 |
| 43 | 13 | Max Papis | GEICO Toyota | 179.485 | 30.086 | 175.594 | 2 | 20 |
Chase drivers in GREEN
# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender
Thursday practice: for the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway FINALLY was run after being delayed due to rain all day and is now over, practice ran about 45 minutes, the top five:
#48-Johnson 192.486
#5-Martin 191.401
#33-Bowyer 191.035
#16-Biffle 190.840
#14-Stewart 190.611
slowest: #09-Marlin 181.129 and #08-Labonte 185.027
incidents: #83-Vickers couldn't get his car to start early in the practice but finally got it running. #42-Montoya ran into the rear of #31-Burton, doing some damage to the nose of the car. #09-Marlin lost an engine, was smoking and on the apron before takling the car to the garage.(10-15-2009)
Where did the non top-35 drivers practice on Friday at Lowe's Motor Speedway:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#71-Mike Bliss, 7th fastest overall
#25-Brad Keselowski, 12th
#82-Scott Speed, 25th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 27th
#02-David Gilliland, 32nd
#66-Dave Blaney, 34th
#37-Travis Kvapil, 39th
#08-Terry Labonte [PC1], 46th, would use past champ prov
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#21-Bill Elliott [PC2], 40th
#36-Micheal McDowell, 42nd
#13-Max Papis, 43rd
#09-Sterling Marlin, 47th lost engine
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Practice 1
Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte
NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Thu, October 15, 2009
| 1st Practice Session Lowe's Motor Speedway Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
| 1 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | 192.486 | 28.054 | 190.056 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Martin | Pop-Tarts / CARQUEST Chevy | 191.401 | 28.213 | 189.657 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevy | 191.035 | 28.267 | 189.039 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M / IDG Ford | 190.840 | 28.296 | 186.862 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Old Spice / Office Depot Chevy | 190.611 | 28.330 | 188.551 | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | U.S. Army/Trnsfrmrs 2 RvngeoftheFlln Chevy | 190.590 | 28.333 | 189.362 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 71 | Mike Bliss | TaxSlayer.com Chevy | 190.389 | 28.363 | 189.500 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Dupont/Trnsfrmrs 2 RvngeoftheFallen Chevy | 190.248 | 28.384 | 187.521 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Mobil 1 Dodge | 190.194 | 28.392 | 188.462 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Budweiser Dodge | 190.040 | 28.415 | 188.640 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Jeremiah Weed Southern Style Sweet Tea Ford | 190.007 | 28.420 | 187.658 | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | 25 | Brad Keselowski | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 189.960 | 28.427 | 186.655 | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | AMP Energy / National Guard Chevy | 189.913 | 28.434 | 188.707 | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | The Home Depot Toyota | 189.713 | 28.464 | 186.492 | 7 | 8 |
| 15 | 20 | Joey Logano # | Lysol Chevy | 189.713 | 28.464 | 188.365 | 8 | 7 |
| 16 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's/SusanGKomen Fndtn Toyota | 189.534 | 28.491 | 185.833 | 7 | 7 |
| 17 | 12 | David Stremme | No. 12 Penske Dodge | 189.487 | 28.498 | 186.996 | 9 | 12 |
| 18 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Freightliner Toyota | 189.487 | 28.498 | 188.789 | 5 | 5 |
| 19 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Office Toyota | 189.427 | 28.507 | 187.700 | 6 | 6 |
| 20 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite Dodge | 189.367 | 28.516 | 184.865 | 14 | 14 |
| 21 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Clorox / Kingsford / Bush's Baked Beans Toyota | 189.321 | 28.523 | 188.136 | 7 | 7 |
| 22 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA/SusanGKomen Fndtn Toyota Cmry | 189.115 | 28.554 | 187.740 | 5 | 6 |
| 23 | 98 | Paul Menard | Johns Manville / Menards Ford | 189.069 | 28.561 | 188.223 | 7 | 8 |
| 24 | 44 | A.J. Allmendinger | Best Buy Dodge | 189.043 | 28.565 | 184.680 | 12 | 12 |
| 25 | 82 | Scott Speed # | Red Bull Toyota | 188.910 | 28.585 | 185.333 | 5 | 7 |
| 26 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell / Pennzoil Chevy | 188.904 | 28.586 | 187.303 | 6 | 6 |
| 27 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 188.554 | 28.639 | 188.038 | 4 | 7 |
| 28 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Carhartt Ford | 188.469 | 28.652 | 185.768 | 6 | 6 |
| 29 | 07 | Casey Mears | Jack Daniel's Chevy | 188.285 | 28.680 | 184.066 | 10 | 12 |
| 30 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Guitar Hero / DJ Hero Chevy | 188.271 | 28.682 | 187.445 | 8 | 8 |
| 31 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 188.265 | 28.683 | 186.632 | 7 | 7 |
| 32 | 02 | David Gilliland | Farm Bureau Toyota | 188.258 | 28.684 | 187.497 | 3 | 7 |
| 33 | 00 | David Reutimann | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 188.193 | 28.694 | 186.119 | 6 | 6 |
| 34 | 66 | Dave Blaney | The Denny Hamlin Foundation Toyota | 187.572 | 28.789 | 185.737 | 4 | 7 |
| 35 | 96 | Bobby Labonte | Ask.com / Search for the Cure Ford | 187.279 | 28.834 | 184.343 | 8 | 8 |
| 36 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | 187.220 | 28.843 | 186.038 | 8 | 8 |
| 37 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 187.162 | 28.852 | 181.555 | 5 | 5 |
| 38 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 186.896 | 28.893 | 181.035 | 8 | 9 |
| 39 | 37 | Travis Kvapil | Long John Silver's Dodge | 186.535 | 28.949 | 184.343 | 6 | 6 |
| 40 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Warriors in Pink Powered by Ford | 186.509 | 28.953 | 184.253 | 8 | 8 |
| 41 | 43 | Reed Sorenson | Super 8 Motels Dodge | 186.483 | 28.957 | 184.344 | 9 | 10 |
| 42 | 36 | Michael McDowell | Wave Energy Drink Toyota | 186.483 | 28.957 | 185.268 | 7 | 7 |
| 43 | 13 | Max Papis # | GEICO Toyota | 186.066 | 29.022 | 184.274 | 10 | 11 |
| 44 | 34 | John Andretti | Taco Bell Chevy | 185.829 | 29.059 | 185.058 | 4 | 5 |
| 45 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Stanley Dodge | 185.548 | 29.103 | 182.693 | 9 | 9 |
| 46 | 08 | Terry Labonte | Carter/Simo Racing Toyota | 185.027 | 29.185 | 182.447 | 6 | 7 |
| 47 | 09 | Sterling Marlin | Micco. Indian Gaming & Resort Dodge | 181.129 | 29.813 | 181.129 | 1 | 1 |
# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender
Chase drivers in GREEN
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