Happy Hour practice for the Good Sam RV Insurance 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway is being over, after 90 scheduled minutes, the top five, slowest and any notes:
#9-Kahne 167.520
#5-Martin 166.834
#29-Harvick 166.756
#33-Bowyer 166.667
#42-Montoya 166.599
slowest: #32-Jason White 160.436 & #13-Mears 166.305
notes: #71-Lally spun off turn three midway thru practice.
Late in practice #2-Keselowski went high in turn 1 as he felt a tire going down and spun and slid, stopping on the track.(8-5-2011)
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Final Practice
Pocono Raceway
38th Annual Good Sam RV Insurance 500
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, August 05, 2011 @ 05:34 PM Eastern
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Toyota | 167.520 | 53.725 | 163.313 | 1 | 28 |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 166.834 | 53.946 | 162.786 | 1 | 31 |
| 3 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser Chevy | 166.756 | 53.971 | 162.909 | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Good Sam Club Chevy | 166.667 | 54.000 | 163.122 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target Chevy | 166.599 | 54.022 | 163.691 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 166.349 | 54.103 | 163.778 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Tornados Chevy | 166.322 | 54.112 | 163.148 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite Dodge | 166.217 | 54.146 | 162.961 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Chevy | 166.184 | 54.157 | 162.205 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ortho Home Defense Max Ford | 166.174 | 54.160 | 163.108 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Toyota | 166.033 | 54.206 | 162.746 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | 20 | Joey Logano | Home Depot Toyota | 165.923 | 54.242 | 163.153 | 1 | 27 |
| 13 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | DeWalt Ford | 165.877 | 54.257 | 162.684 | 1 | 28 |
| 14 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M/811 Ford | 165.874 | 54.258 | 162.862 | 1 | 32 |
| 15 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell/Pennzoil Dodge | 165.831 | 54.272 | 162.677 | 1 | 26 |
| 16 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 165.773 | 54.291 | 163.534 | 23 | 29 |
| 17 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | 165.749 | 54.299 | 162.964 | 1 | 40 |
| 18 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Drive To End Hunger Chevy | 165.740 | 54.302 | 162.923 | 1 | 35 |
| 19 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevy | 165.654 | 54.330 | 162.398 | 22 | 24 |
| 20 | 00 | David Reutimann | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 165.587 | 54.352 | 162.920 | 1 | 21 |
| 21 | 43 | AJ Allmendinger | Best Buy Ford | 165.526 | 54.372 | 162.673 | 1 | 30 |
| 22 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevy | 165.462 | 54.393 | 162.942 | 27 | 37 |
| 23 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | AMP Energy/National Guard Chevy | 165.453 | 54.396 | 162.970 | 35 | 41 |
| 24 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Office Toyota | 165.435 | 54.402 | 163.911 | 28 | 35 |
| 25 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 165.174 | 54.488 | 162.874 | 1 | 26 |
| 26 | 27 | Paul Menard | CertainTeed/Menards Chevy | 165.032 | 54.535 | 162.773 | 1 | 21 |
| 27 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal Ford | 164.745 | 54.630 | 162.561 | 1 | 25 |
| 28 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 164.690 | 54.648 | 161.915 | 1 | 29 |
| 29 | 37 | Scott Speed | Max Q Motorsports Ford | 164.678 | 54.652 | 163.836 | 7 | 7 |
| 30 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Reese Towpower/Highland Toyota | 164.426 | 54.736 | 161.568 | 1 | 27 |
| 31 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Long John Silver's Ford | 164.399 | 54.745 | 163.660 | 7 | 9 |
| 32 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Construction/Security Benefit Chevy | 164.300 | 54.778 | 163.567 | 9 | 9 |
| 33 | 35 | Geoffrey Bodine | Luke & Associates Chevy | 164.201 | 54.811 | 161.324 | 11 | 11 |
| 34 | 55 | J.J. Yeley | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 164.054 | 54.860 | 163.097 | 4 | 8 |
| 35 | 34 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 164.048 | 54.862 | 162.136 | 10 | 10 |
| 36 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | AM FM Energy Toyota | 164.048 | 54.862 | 163.052 | 7 | 7 |
| 37 | 46 | Erik Darnell | Red Line Ford | 164.003 | 54.877 | 163.165 | 7 | 7 |
| 38 | 7 | Robby Gordon | SPEED Energy Dodge | 163.908 | 54.909 | 161.725 | 8 | 10 |
| 39 | 66 | Todd Bodine | HP Racing, LLC Toyota | 163.863 | 54.924 | 162.906 | 1 | 8 |
| 40 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Golden Corral Chevy | 163.758 | 54.959 | 162.229 | 1 | 16 |
| 41 | 71 | Andy Lally | Interstate Moving Services Ford | 163.690 | 54.982 | 160.661 | 1 | 13 |
| 42 | 30 | David Stremme | Inception Motorsports Chevy | 163.274 | 55.122 | 162.608 | 9 | 9 |
| 43 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Big Red Toyota | 163.194 | 55.149 | 162.019 | 5 | 5 |
| 44 | 50 | T.J. Bell | Green Smoke Chevy | 162.487 | 55.389 | 161.507 | 7 | 9 |
| 45 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Toyota | 162.305 | 55.451 | 161.272 | 1 | 5 |
| 46 | 32 | Mike Bliss | Gunbroker.com Ford | 160.436 | 56.097 | 157.898 | 1 | 16 |
# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender
| Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | From Lap | To Lap | Avg Speed | Overall Rank | ||
| 1 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 14 | 23.000 | 163.193 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 10.000 | 163.192 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 27 | Paul Menard | 1 | 10.000 | 162.926 | 26 | ||
| 4 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 27 | 36.000 | 162.902 | 22 | ||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
1st Friday practice for the Good Sam RV Insurance 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway is over, after 90 scheduled minutes, the top five, slowest and any notes:
#39-Newman 170.026
#22-Busch 168.621
#43-Allmendinger 168.517
#99-Edwards 168.360
#5-Martin 168.300
slowest: #35-GBodine 158.837 & #32-Jason White 159.821
Todd Bodine is in the #66 Toyota as Michael McDowell is in Iowa running the Natiuonwide race this weekend.
#11-Hamlin was only 39th fastest, with qualifying set by this practice session, with slowest going out first and qualifying scheduled for Saturday at 10:40am/et, so going out early is ideal.....unless qualifying gets rained out.(8-5-2011)
Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#55-J.J. Yeley, 29th fastest overall
#7-Robby Gordon, 32nd
#66-Todd Bodine, 34th
#30-David Stremme, 36th
#38-Travis Kvapil, 37th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 38th
#60-Mike Skinner, 41st
#50-T.J. Bell, 42nd
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#37-Scott Speed, 43rd
#46-Erik Darnell, 44th
#35-Geoff Bodine, 46th/slowest
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Practice 1
Pocono Raceway
38th Annual Good Sam RV Insurance 500
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, August 05, 2011 @ 01:38 PM Eastern
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Tornados Chevy | 170.026 | 52.933 | 164.949 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell/Pennzoil Dodge | 168.621 | 53.374 | 164.388 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | 43 | AJ Allmendinger | Best Buy Ford | 168.517 | 53.407 | 163.398 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ortho Home Defense Max Ford | 168.360 | 53.457 | 163.421 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 168.300 | 53.476 | 163.683 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | 168.284 | 53.481 | 163.476 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 168.108 | 53.537 | 163.759 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | 27 | Paul Menard | CertainTeed/Menards Chevy | 168.039 | 53.559 | 163.325 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Toyota | 167.976 | 53.579 | 165.891 | 12 | 16 |
| 10 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite Dodge | 167.679 | 53.674 | 163.667 | 5 | 22 |
| 11 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal Ford | 167.517 | 53.726 | 164.225 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Chevy | 167.429 | 53.754 | 163.547 | 3 | 15 |
| 13 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevy | 167.361 | 53.776 | 164.270 | 17 | 19 |
| 14 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | DeWalt Ford | 167.302 | 53.795 | 163.148 | 3 | 17 |
| 15 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Toyota | 167.218 | 53.822 | 164.021 | 19 | 19 |
| 16 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 166.868 | 53.935 | 164.502 | 1 | 19 |
| 17 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | AMP Energy/National Guard Chevy | 166.815 | 53.952 | 164.120 | 18 | 20 |
| 18 | 00 | David Reutimann | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 166.713 | 53.985 | 163.764 | 1 | 15 |
| 19 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Golden Corral Chevy | 166.636 | 54.010 | 165.370 | 5 | 7 |
| 20 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M/811 Ford | 166.599 | 54.022 | 164.306 | 19 | 19 |
| 21 | 20 | Joey Logano | Home Depot Toyota | 166.596 | 54.023 | 163.935 | 18 | 20 |
| 22 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 166.553 | 54.037 | 165.662 | 13 | 13 |
| 23 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 166.466 | 54.065 | 163.296 | 1 | 26 |
| 24 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Good Sam Club Chevy | 166.000 | 54.217 | 163.402 | 1 | 24 |
| 25 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Drive To End Hunger Chevy | 165.997 | 54.218 | 162.794 | 3 | 19 |
| 26 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser Chevy | 165.926 | 54.241 | 164.238 | 1 | 22 |
| 27 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Toyota | 165.798 | 54.283 | 164.864 | 9 | 9 |
| 28 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Reese Towpower/Highland Toyota | 164.971 | 54.555 | 162.284 | 3 | 13 |
| 29 | 55 | J.J. Yeley | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 164.962 | 54.558 | 164.736 | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Construction/Security Benefit Chevy | 164.899 | 54.579 | 162.186 | 16 | 16 |
| 31 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target Chevy | 164.462 | 54.724 | 163.137 | 3 | 16 |
| 32 | 7 | Robby Gordon | SPEED Energy Dodge | 164.369 | 54.755 | 163.338 | 7 | 9 |
| 33 | 34 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 164.291 | 54.781 | 162.519 | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | 66 | Todd Bodine | HP Racing, LLC Toyota | 164.147 | 54.829 | 161.979 | 5 | 7 |
| 35 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevy | 163.905 | 54.910 | 161.692 | 2 | 23 |
| 36 | 30 | David Stremme | Inception Motorsports Chevy | 163.785 | 54.950 | 162.906 | 5 | 5 |
| 37 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Long John Silver's Ford | 163.598 | 55.013 | 160.685 | 1 | 20 |
| 38 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | AM FM Energy Toyota | 163.408 | 55.077 | 163.408 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Office Toyota | 163.348 | 55.097 | 162.672 | 6 | 19 |
| 40 | 71 | Andy Lally | Interstate Moving Services Ford | 162.690 | 55.320 | 160.779 | 2 | 16 |
| 41 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Big Red Toyota | 162.475 | 55.393 | 161.723 | 6 | 8 |
| 42 | 50 | T.J. Bell | Green Smoke Chevy | 162.426 | 55.410 | 161.534 | 1 | 9 |
| 43 | 37 | Scott Speed | Max Q Motorsports Ford | 160.519 | 56.068 | 160.281 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | 46 | Erik Darnell | Red Line Ford | 160.439 | 56.096 | 160.108 | 4 | 4 |
| 45 | 32 | Jason White | Gunbroker.com Ford | 159.821 | 56.313 | 157.011 | 2 | 22 |
| 46 | 35 | Geoff Bodine | Luke & Associates Chevy | 158.837 | 56.662 | 158.174 | 5 | 7 |
# 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | From Lap | To Lap | Avg Speed | Overall Rank | ||
| 1 | 27 | Paul Menard | 15 | 24 | 162.774 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 31 | Jeff Burton | 17 | 26 | 162.667 | 23 | ||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
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