Happy Hour practice for the Brickyard 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is being over, after 90 scheduled minutes, the top 5, slowest, notes:
#16-Biffle 182.587
#4-Kahne 182.441
#22-Busch 181.829
#6-Ragan 181.800
#99-Edwards 181.514
slowest: #23-TLabonte 173.554 & #36-Blaney 175.200
no speed: #66-McDowell
Qualifying Order [2:00pm/et on Saturday, ESPN2] was set by the first practice.(7-29-2011)
Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#21-Trevor Bayne, 15th fastest overall
#37-Scott Speed, 25th
#30-David Stremme, 32nd
#38-Travis Kvapil, 35th
#55-J.J. Yeley, 36th
#71-Andy Lally, 37th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 38th
#23-Terry Labonte [PC], 47th but makes field thru past champ prov
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#46-Erik Darnell, 40th
#50-T.J. Bell, 42nd
#77-Scott Wimmer, 43rd
#60-Mike Skinner, 45th
#66-Michael McDowell, 48th, no speed
[PC] = [past champion and order, 1 is more recent champ]
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Final Practice
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
18th Annual Brickyard 400 presented by BigMachineRecords.com
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, July 30, 2011 @ 11:36 AM Eastern
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 182.567 | 49.297 | 177.840 | 19 | 19 |
| 2 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | 182.441 | 49.331 | 177.357 | 24 | 24 |
| 3 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 181.829 | 49.497 | 176.829 | 26 | 26 |
| 4 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | 181.800 | 49.505 | 176.924 | 22 | 22 |
| 5 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 181.514 | 49.583 | 181.209 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chevy | 181.368 | 49.623 | 176.775 | 19 | 19 |
| 7 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | 181.346 | 49.629 | 176.471 | 26 | 26 |
| 8 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 181.258 | 49.653 | 177.016 | 23 | 23 |
| 9 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 181.251 | 49.655 | 176.026 | 29 | 29 |
| 10 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevy | 181.229 | 49.661 | 180.559 | 9 | 9 |
| 11 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevy | 181.181 | 49.674 | 178.997 | 12 | 14 |
| 12 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 181.170 | 49.677 | 175.899 | 24 | 24 |
| 13 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevy | 180.937 | 49.741 | 176.858 | 23 | 23 |
| 14 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 180.915 | 49.747 | 176.394 | 38 | 38 |
| 15 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 180.912 | 49.748 | 180.395 | 5 | 5 |
| 16 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevy | 180.781 | 49.784 | 175.972 | 27 | 27 |
| 17 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevy | 180.654 | 49.819 | 176.862 | 28 | 28 |
| 18 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | 180.639 | 49.823 | 175.419 | 16 | 16 |
| 19 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevy | 180.563 | 49.844 | 177.090 | 17 | 17 |
| 20 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 180.408 | 49.887 | 176.285 | 18 | 20 |
| 21 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 180.353 | 49.902 | 176.299 | 24 | 26 |
| 22 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevy | 180.317 | 49.912 | 176.712 | 20 | 20 |
| 23 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 179.950 | 50.014 | 177.750 | 12 | 16 |
| 24 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevy | 179.845 | 50.043 | 175.936 | 36 | 36 |
| 25 | 37 | Scott Speed | Ford | 179.347 | 50.182 | 176.654 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevy | 179.311 | 50.192 | 176.419 | 27 | 27 |
| 27 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevy | 179.240 | 50.212 | 175.948 | 1 | 40 |
| 28 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 179.229 | 50.215 | 176.503 | 1 | 45 |
| 29 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevy | 179.101 | 50.251 | 176.173 | 1 | 34 |
| 30 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevy | 178.898 | 50.308 | 175.674 | 20 | 20 |
| 31 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 178.873 | 50.315 | 175.483 | 19 | 19 |
| 32 | 30 | David Stremme | Chevy | 178.735 | 50.354 | 177.376 | 11 | 11 |
| 33 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | 178.664 | 50.374 | 178.148 | 1 | 3 |
| 34 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 178.341 | 50.465 | 176.202 | 29 | 37 |
| 35 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | 178.232 | 50.496 | 176.165 | 9 | 9 |
| 36 | 55 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | 178.091 | 50.536 | 176.235 | 1 | 7 |
| 37 | 71 | Andy Lally | Ford | 177.869 | 50.599 | 176.299 | 9 | 9 |
| 38 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 177.757 | 50.631 | 175.872 | 1 | 5 |
| 39 | 32 | Mike Bliss | Ford | 177.736 | 50.637 | 177.736 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | 46 | Erik Darnell | Ford | 177.725 | 50.640 | 177.656 | 1 | 3 |
| 41 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevy | 177.722 | 50.641 | 175.470 | 1 | 26 |
| 42 | 50 | TJ Bell | Chevy | 177.644 | 50.663 | 176.739 | 7 | 9 |
| 43 | 77 | Scott Wimmer | Dodge | 177.396 | 50.734 | 176.402 | 3 | 5 |
| 44 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | 177.361 | 50.744 | 172.762 | 6 | 6 |
| 45 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | 177.350 | 50.747 | 176.985 | 8 | 8 |
| 46 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevy | 175.200 | 51.370 | 173.411 | 2 | 21 |
| 47 | 23 | Terry Labonte | Ford | 173.554 | 51.857 | 172.974 | 3 | 3 |
| x | 66 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender
| Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | From Lap | To Lap | Avg Speed | |||
| 1 | 27 | Paul Menard | 1 | 10 | 177.414 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 10 | 177.339 | |||
| 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 10 | 177.317 | |||
| 4 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | 1 | 10 | 177.124 | |||
| 5 | 78 | Regan Smith | 1 | 10 | 177.057 | |||
| 6 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 10 | 177.049 | |||
| 7 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 13 | 22 | 176.900 | |||
| 8 | 00 | David Reutimann | 11 | 20 | 176.024 | |||
| 9 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 14 | 23 | 176.022 | |||
| 10 | 31 | Jeff Burton | 26 | 35 | 175.954 | |||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
Second Friday practice for the Brickyard 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is over, after 81 minutes, the top 5, slowest, notes:
#16-Biffle 178.310
#56-Truex Jr. 178.172
#48-Johnson 177.669
#13-Mears 177.289
#29-Harvick 177.249
slowest: #38-Kvapil 172.058 & #77-Wimmer 172.358
notes: #11-Hamlin lost an engine late in the session.
Qualifying Order [2:00pm/et on Saturday, ESPN2] was set by the first practice.(7-29-2011)
Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#66-Michael McDowell, 12th fastest over
#37-Scott Speed, 16th
#60-Mike Skinner, 20th
#46-Erik Darnell, 33rd
#50-T.J. Bell, 36th
#55-J.J. Yeley, 37th
#23-Terry Labonte [PC], 38th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 40th
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#21-Trevor Bayne, 41st
#71-Andy Lally, 42nd
#30-David Stremme, 44th
#77-Scott Wimmer, 47th
#38-Travis Kvapil, 48th
[PC] = [past champion and order, 1 is more recent champ]
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 178.310 | 50.474 | 174.719 | 24 | 27 |
| 2 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 178.172 | 50.513 | 174.126 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevy | 177.669 | 50.656 | 174.698 | 30 | 36 |
| 4 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | 177.288 | 50.765 | 173.445 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevy | 177.249 | 50.776 | 174.741 | 26 | 27 |
| 6 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 177.228 | 50.782 | 175.022 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 177.019 | 50.842 | 174.047 | 15 | 15 |
| 8 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 176.984 | 50.852 | 176.245 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevy | 176.904 | 50.875 | 174.571 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 176.817 | 50.900 | 174.239 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevy | 176.800 | 50.905 | 174.142 | 22 | 22 |
| 12 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | 176.762 | 50.916 | 176.668 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | 176.720 | 50.928 | 174.375 | 1 | 32 |
| 14 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevy | 176.661 | 50.945 | 173.895 | 1 | 31 |
| 15 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 176.588 | 50.966 | 173.910 | 14 | 27 |
| 16 | 37 | Scott Speed | Ford | 176.457 | 51.004 | 175.538 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevy | 176.436 | 51.010 | 174.019 | 1 | 20 |
| 18 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 176.350 | 51.035 | 174.396 | 25 | 27 |
| 19 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 176.191 | 51.081 | 174.106 | 12 | 22 |
| 20 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | 176.184 | 51.083 | 175.121 | 6 | 6 |
| 21 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | 176.036 | 51.126 | 173.529 | 22 | 28 |
| 22 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevy | 176.005 | 51.135 | 173.807 | 12 | 15 |
| 23 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevy | 175.915 | 51.161 | 173.430 | 2 | 30 |
| 24 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevy | 175.912 | 51.162 | 173.813 | 13 | 22 |
| 25 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevy | 175.908 | 51.163 | 174.211 | 1 | 24 |
| 26 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevy | 175.812 | 51.191 | 172.929 | 18 | 30 |
| 27 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | 175.809 | 51.192 | 168.392 | 1 | 29 |
| 28 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 175.713 | 51.220 | 173.980 | 18 | 23 |
| 29 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 175.702 | 51.223 | 173.949 | 1 | 24 |
| 30 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevy | 175.552 | 51.267 | 173.514 | 2 | 34 |
| 31 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chevy | 175.268 | 51.350 | 173.608 | 7 | 17 |
| 32 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 175.258 | 51.353 | 173.635 | 19 | 20 |
| 33 | 46 | Erik Darnell | Ford | 175.104 | 51.398 | 174.451 | 3 | 7 |
| 34 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevy | 174.717 | 51.512 | 171.765 | 16 | 21 |
| 35 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 174.523 | 51.569 | 172.641 | 18 | 28 |
| 36 | 50 | TJ Bell | Chevy | 174.327 | 51.627 | 173.583 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | 55 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | 174.297 | 51.636 | 173.324 | 7 | 7 |
| 38 | 23 | Terry Labonte | Ford | 174.253 | 51.649 | 172.197 | 5 | 5 |
| 39 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | 174.230 | 51.656 | 171.072 | 9 | 9 |
| 40 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 173.722 | 51.807 | 172.791 | 3 | 5 |
| 41 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 173.400 | 51.903 | 172.152 | 17 | 25 |
| 42 | 71 | Andy Lally | Ford | 173.264 | 51.944 | 168.690 | 12 | 12 |
| 43 | 32 | Mike Bliss | Ford | 173.110 | 51.990 | 165.202 | 15 | 16 |
| 44 | 30 | David Stremme | Chevy | 173.067 | 52.003 | 171.059 | 7 | 15 |
| 45 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | 172.751 | 52.098 | 171.121 | 13 | 21 |
| 46 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevy | 172.543 | 52.161 | 171.592 | 2 | 12 |
| 47 | 77 | Scott Wimmer | Dodge | 172.358 | 52.217 | 171.583 | 5 | 5 |
| 48 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | 172.058 | 52.308 | 169.597 | 2 | 17 |
# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender
Required to qualify on time in RED
Required to qualify on time but has Past Champ provisional to use in BLUE
Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average |
First Friday practice for the Brickyard 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is being over, after 75 scheduled minutes, the top 5, slowest, notes:
#17-Kenseth 181.203
#4-Kahne 181.178
#11-Hamlin 181.050
#99-Edwards 180.658
#6-Ragan 180.404
slowest: #77-Wimmer 169.383 & #23-TLabonte 169.514
Qualifying Order [2:00pm/et on Saturday, ESPN2] will be set by the first practice.(7-29-2011)
Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#21-Trevor Bayne, 24th fastest overall
#66-Michael McDowell, 29th
#60-Mike Skinner, 31st
#30-David Stremme, 34th
#46-Erik Darnell, 35th
#38-Travis Kvapil, 36th
#55-J.J. Yeley, 37th
#23-Terry Labonte [PC], 47th, but has past champ prov to use
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#87-Joe Nemechek, 39th
#50-T.J. Bell, 42nd
#37-Scott Speed, 43rd
#71-Andy Lally, 44th
#77-Scott Wimmer, 48th
[PC] = [past champion and order, 1 is more recent champ]
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 181.203 | 49.668 | 175.297 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | 181.178 | 49.675 | 179.815 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 181.050 | 49.710 | 179.992 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 180.658 | 49.818 | 175.907 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | 180.404 | 49.888 | 179.407 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 180.270 | 49.925 | 178.812 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chevy | 180.144 | 49.960 | 179.899 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevy | 179.634 | 50.102 | 179.336 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevy | 179.519 | 50.134 | 175.749 | 15 | 15 |
| 10 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevy | 179.412 | 50.164 | 176.701 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevy | 179.236 | 50.213 | 176.831 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevy | 179.090 | 50.254 | 176.805 | 10 | 10 |
| 13 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevy | 178.998 | 50.280 | 178.425 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | 178.880 | 50.313 | 177.880 | 8 | 8 |
| 15 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevy | 178.834 | 50.326 | 177.910 | 6 | 8 |
| 16 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 178.820 | 50.330 | 175.668 | 13 | 13 |
| 17 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevy | 178.798 | 50.336 | 175.781 | 10 | 10 |
| 18 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 178.696 | 50.365 | 175.282 | 16 | 16 |
| 19 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevy | 178.664 | 50.374 | 176.133 | 10 | 10 |
| 20 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 178.614 | 50.388 | 175.302 | 15 | 15 |
| 21 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevy | 178.543 | 50.408 | 178.146 | 1 | 7 |
| 22 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 178.497 | 50.421 | 176.979 | 7 | 9 |
| 23 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevy | 178.183 | 50.510 | 177.458 | 3 | 9 |
| 24 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 177.711 | 50.644 | 174.496 | 12 | 12 |
| 25 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 176.350 | 51.035 | 174.412 | 1 | 10 |
| 26 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | 176.315 | 51.045 | 172.655 | 6 | 6 |
| 27 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 176.246 | 51.065 | 174.133 | 3 | 14 |
| 28 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 176.167 | 51.088 | 174.106 | 1 | 26 |
| 29 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | 176.149 | 51.093 | 175.478 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevy | 175.908 | 51.163 | 174.481 | 1 | 22 |
| 31 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | 175.685 | 51.228 | 175.079 | 3 | 5 |
| 32 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevy | 175.562 | 51.264 | 174.485 | 1 | 16 |
| 33 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 175.528 | 51.274 | 173.714 | 7 | 17 |
| 34 | 30 | David Stremme | Chevy | 175.237 | 51.359 | 172.988 | 7 | 7 |
| 35 | 46 | Erik Darnell | Ford | 175.165 | 51.380 | 171.720 | 7 | 7 |
| 36 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | 175.056 | 51.412 | 174.474 | 1 | 7 |
| 37 | 55 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | 175.019 | 51.423 | 174.365 | 1 | 3 |
| 38 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | 174.859 | 51.470 | 172.890 | 1 | 14 |
| 39 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 174.747 | 51.503 | 174.617 | 1 | 3 |
| 40 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 174.615 | 51.542 | 164.571 | 12 | 16 |
| 41 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevy | 174.608 | 51.544 | 173.155 | 4 | 4 |
| 42 | 50 | TJ Bell | Chevy | 173.591 | 51.846 | 169.256 | 10 | 10 |
| 43 | 37 | Scott Speed | Ford | 172.788 | 52.087 | 172.260 | 3 | 4 |
| 44 | 71 | Andy Lally | Ford | 171.220 | 52.564 | 169.038 | 5 | 7 |
| 45 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | 171.025 | 52.624 | 170.251 | 3 | 4 |
| 46 | 32 | Mike Bliss | Ford | 170.917 | 52.657 | 168.598 | 9 | 11 |
| 47 | 23 | Terry Labonte [PC] | Ford | 169.514 | 53.093 | 168.693 | 2 | 2 |
| 48 | 77 | Scott Wimmer | Dodge | 169.383 | 53.134 | 169.383 | 2 | 2 |
# Rookie of the Year Contender
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Required to qualify on time but has Past Champ provisional to use in BLUE
| Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | From Lap | To Lap | Avg Speed | Overall Rank | ||
| no driver ran 10 Consecutive Laps | ||||||||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
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