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 (Final) practice for the Aaron's 499 Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega SuperSpeedway is over, after 60 scheduled minutes, some speeds and notes:
#31-Burton 199.467mph (close to that 200mph barrier)
#12-Keselowski 199.463
#09-Bliss 197.268
#11-Hamlin 196.572
#88-Earnhardt Jr. 196.487
slowest: #26-Stremme 180.550 & #66-Blaney 180.980
38 of 45 cars have made it to the track
no speed listed: #24-Gordon, #83-Vickers, #78-Smith, #00-Reutimann, #1-McMurray, #82-Speed & #42-Montoya
Note: #39-Newman got tapped by #5-Martin when cars in front of Newman checked up, Newman got into the inside wall, damaging the left rear and slight damage to the right rear, Newman will go to a backup car.(4-23-2010)
Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#09-Mike Bliss, 3rd fastest
#13-Max Papis, 7th
#36-Johnny Sauter, 29th
#7-Robby Gordon, 30th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 31st
#55-Michael Waltrip, 34th
#35-Aric Almirola, 35th
#46-Terry Cook, 36th
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#66-Dave Blaney, 37th
#26-David Stremme, 38th
.(4-23-2010)
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Final Practice
Talladega Superspeedway
Aaron's 499 (41st Running)
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Fri, April 23, 2010 @ 03:33 PM Central
| Happy Hour Practice Talladega SuperSpeedway Friday, April 23, 2010 |
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| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 199.467 | 48.010 | 185.582 | 7 | 29 |
| 2 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Dodge | 199.463 | 48.010 | 184.879 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 09 | Mike Bliss | Phoenix Construction / Graceway Chevy | 197.268 | 48.540 | 166.018 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express Toyota | 196.572 | 48.720 | 185.950 | 16 | 24 |
| 5 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | National Guard / AMP Energy Chevy | 196.487 | 48.740 | 187.777 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite Dodge | 196.427 | 48.750 | 187.494 | 16 | 25 |
| 7 | 13 | Max Papis | GEICO Toyota | 196.419 | 48.750 | 182.328 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Insignia / Best Buy Ford | 196.025 | 48.850 | 186.763 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | BB&T Chevy | 196.017 | 48.850 | 184.313 | 13 | 15 |
| 10 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Budweiser Ford | 196.013 | 48.850 | 186.521 | 13 | 24 |
| 11 | 34 | Travis Kvapil | Long John Silver's Ford | 195.888 | 48.880 | 188.615 | 5 | 21 |
| 12 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Ford | 195.764 | 48.920 | 186.178 | 5 | 26 |
| 13 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Haas Automation / Office Depot Chevy | 195.760 | 48.920 | 180.548 | 7 | 16 |
| 14 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Old Spice Matterhorn Chevy | 195.648 | 48.940 | 188.784 | 8 | 8 |
| 15 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Valvoline Ford | 195.608 | 48.960 | 189.262 | 8 | 8 |
| 16 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Pedigree Toyota | 195.472 | 48.990 | 176.820 | 7 | 21 |
| 17 | 20 | Joey Logano | The Home Depot Toyota | 195.441 | 49.000 | 182.608 | 8 | 8 |
| 18 | 98 | Paul Menard | Turtle Wax / Menards Ford | 195.062 | 49.090 | 186.317 | 8 | 29 |
| 19 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Bush's Best Baked Beans / Kingsford Toyota | 194.563 | 49.220 | 177.317 | 13 | 17 |
| 20 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | 194.243 | 49.300 | 174.834 | 3 | 9 |
| 21 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 193.705 | 49.440 | 182.593 | 6 | 25 |
| 22 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Stanley / Bostitch Ford | 193.466 | 49.500 | 184.106 | 4 | 27 |
| 23 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 193.365 | 49.520 | 173.483 | 5 | 25 |
| 24 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | 193.177 | 49.570 | 180.537 | 8 | 17 |
| 25 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell / Pennzoil Chevy | 193.177 | 49.570 | 186.105 | 7 | 7 |
| 26 | 38 | Kevin Conway | Extenze Ford | 192.983 | 49.620 | 181.909 | 15 | 23 |
| 27 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 192.062 | 49.860 | 173.492 | 13 | 14 |
| 28 | 37 | Robert Richardson | Mahindra Tractors USA Ford | 186.966 | 51.220 | 167.316 | 3 | 30 |
| 29 | 36 | Johnny Sauter | Baldwin Automotive Chevy | 182.773 | 52.390 | 171.786 | 6 | 6 |
| 30 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Monster Energy Toyota | 182.570 | 52.450 | 172.833 | 7 | 11 |
| 31 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 182.358 | 52.510 | 172.839 | 7 | 11 |
| 32 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Penske Truck Rental / AAA Dodge | 182.265 | 52.540 | 177.818 | 3 | 6 |
| 33 | 71 | Bobby Labonte | TaxSlayer.com Chevy | 182.216 | 52.550 | 172.624 | 8 | 8 |
| 34 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Aaron's 55th Anniversary Toyota | 182.046 | 52.600 | 169.404 | 3 | 9 |
| 35 | 35 | Aric Almirola | MOHAWK Northeast Inc. Chevy | 181.615 | 52.730 | 172.746 | 3 | 11 |
| 36 | 46 | Terry Cook | Whitney Motorsports Dodge | 181.405 | 52.790 | 172.506 | 7 | 11 |
| 37 | 66 | Dave Blaney | PRISM Motorsports Toyota | 180.980 | 52.910 | 172.248 | 7 | 7 |
| 38 | 26 | David Stremme | Air National Guard Ford | 180.550 | 53.040 | 170.458 | 7 | 14 |
| x | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevy | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| x | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevy | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| x | 00 | David Reutimann | Alabama National Champions / Aaron's Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| x | 82 | Scott Speed | Red Bull Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| x | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| x | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing Chevy | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| x | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | TUMS Chevy | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender
Required to qualify on time in RED1st Friday practice for the Aaron's 499 Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega SuperSpeedway is over, after 45 scheduled minutes of practice, some speeds and notes:
#00-Reutimann 198.470
#78-Smith 198.466
#24-Gordon 196.201
#31-Burton 196.109
#47-Ambrose 194.943
slowest: #35-Almirola 180.383 & #26-Stremme 180.905
Note: teams are running in packs, so the top speeds are drafting speeds, not one car runs. #99-Edwards reported a vibration and the team is looking at the engine.(4-23-2010)
Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#7-Robby Gordon, 28th fastest
#09-Mike Bliss, 37th
#36-Johnny Sauter, 38th
#13-Max Papis, 39th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 40th
#46-Terry Cook, 41st
#55-Michael Waltrip, 42nd
#66-Dave Blaney, 43rd
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#26-David Stremme, 44th
#35-Aric Almirola, 45th/last.(4-23-2010)
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Practice 1
Talladega Superspeedway
Aaron's 499 (41st Running)
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Fri, April 23, 2010 @ 01:50 PM Central
| 1st Practice Session Talladega SuperSpeedway Friday, April 23, 2010 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
| 1 | 00 | David Reutimann | Alabama National Champions / Aaron's Toyota | 198.470 | 48.249 | 19 | 32 | |
| 2 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing Chevy | 198.466 | 48.250 | 11 | 18 | |
| 3 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevy | 196.201 | 48.807 | 25 | 25 | |
| 4 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 196.109 | 48.830 | 35 | 37 | |
| 5 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Bush's Best Baked Beans / Kingsford Toyota | 194.943 | 49.122 | 8 | 24 | |
| 6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express Toyota | 194.876 | 49.139 | 12 | 26 | |
| 7 | 20 | Joey Logano | The Home Depot Toyota | 194.793 | 49.160 | 10 | 23 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevy | 194.777 | 49.164 | 9 | 18 | |
| 9 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 194.618 | 49.204 | 16 | 21 | |
| 10 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | National Guard / AMP Energy Chevy | 194.610 | 49.206 | 22 | 24 | |
| 11 | 71 | Bobby Labonte | TaxSlayer.com Chevy | 194.523 | 49.228 | 20 | 24 | |
| 12 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | Insignia / Best Buy Ford | 194.512 | 49.231 | 16 | 16 | |
| 13 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 194.362 | 49.269 | 22 | 24 | |
| 14 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Valvoline Ford | 194.338 | 49.275 | 14 | 14 | |
| 15 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Dodge | 194.326 | 49.278 | 22 | 22 | |
| 16 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell / Pennzoil Chevy | 194.318 | 49.280 | 14 | 21 | |
| 17 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Penske Truck Rental / AAA Dodge | 194.302 | 49.284 | 21 | 27 | |
| 18 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Budweiser Ford | 194.239 | 49.300 | 15 | 18 | |
| 19 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite Dodge | 194.141 | 49.325 | 4 | 23 | |
| 20 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Pedigree Toyota | 194.113 | 49.332 | 17 | 27 | |
| 21 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Haas Automation / Office Depot Chevy | 194.019 | 49.356 | 12 | 15 | |
| 22 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | TUMS Chevy | 193.976 | 49.367 | 15 | 18 | |
| 23 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | BB&T Chevy | 193.591 | 49.465 | 16 | 20 | |
| 24 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Stanley / Bostitch Ford | 192.591 | 49.722 | 6 | 12 | |
| 25 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 192.564 | 49.729 | 6 | 18 | |
| 26 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Ford | 192.525 | 49.739 | 14 | 15 | |
| 27 | 82 | Scott Speed | Red Bull Toyota | 192.482 | 49.750 | 12 | 13 | |
| 28 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Monster Energy Toyota | 192.251 | 49.810 | 15 | 21 | |
| 29 | 98 | Paul Menard | Turtle Wax / Menards Ford | 192.185 | 49.827 | 6 | 12 | |
| 30 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Old Spice Matterhorn Chevy | 192.004 | 49.874 | 4 | 19 | |
| 31 | 37 | Robert Richardson Jr. | Mahindra Tractors USA Ford | 191.931 | 49.893 | 20 | 23 | |
| 32 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 191.823 | 49.921 | 12 | 14 | |
| 33 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | 191.222 | 50.078 | 4 | 22 | |
| 34 | 34 | Travis Kvapil | Long John Silver's Ford | 189.699 | 50.480 | 11 | 12 | |
| 35 | 38 | Kevin Conway # | Extenze Ford | 189.305 | 50.585 | 7 | 20 | |
| 36 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | 185.008 | 51.760 | 4 | 4 | |
| 37 | 09 | Mike Bliss | Phoenix Construction / Graceway Chevy | 183.098 | 52.300 | 3 | 7 | |
| 38 | 36 | Johnny Sauter | Baldwin Automotive Chevy | 182.835 | 52.375 | 3 | 3 | |
| 39 | 13 | Max Papis | GEICO Toyota | 182.254 | 52.542 | 7 | 12 | |
| 40 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 182.122 | 52.580 | 3 | 5 | |
| 41 | 46 | Terry Cook # | Whitney Motorsports Dodge | 181.632 | 52.722 | 7 | 7 | |
| 42 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Aaron's 55th Anniversary Toyota | 181.515 | 52.756 | 3 | 3 | |
| 43 | 66 | Dave Blaney | PRISM Motorsports Toyota | 180.928 | 52.927 | 3 | 3 | |
| 44 | 26 | David Stremme | Air National Guard Ford | 180.905 | 52.934 | 12 | 16 | |
| 45 | 35 | Aric Almirola | MOHAWK Northeast Inc. Chevy | 180.383 | 53.087 | 2 | 2 | |
# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender
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