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Happy Hour practice for the Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway is over, after 110 scheduled minutes, the top five, slowest and notes:
#5-Martin 187.642
#18-Busch 187.417
#48-Johnson 187.407
#16-Biffle 187.393
#24-Gordon 187.246
slowest: #60-Skinner 179.789 & #87-Nemechek/Yeley 179.820
J.J. Yeley also practiced the #87 car as Nemechek is in Montreal for the Nationwide race.(8-20-2011)
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Final Practice
Michigan International Speedway
42nd Annual Pure Michigan 400
Sat, August 20, 2011 @ 12:03 PM Eastern
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mark Martin | CARQUEST / GoDaddy.com Chevy | 187.642 | 38.371 | 181.081 | 1 | 52 |
| 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Interstate Batteries Toyota | 187.417 | 38.417 | 181.249 | 1 | 53 |
| 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | 187.407 | 38.419 | 179.901 | 1 | 68 |
| 4 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Pure Michigan Ford | 187.393 | 38.422 | 181.041 | 1 | 54 |
| 5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevy | 187.246 | 38.452 | 180.575 | 1 | 47 |
| 6 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell Pennzoil Dodge | 187.086 | 38.485 | 181.310 | 1 | 48 |
| 7 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Kroger Ford | 187.003 | 38.502 | 181.377 | 2 | 50 |
| 8 | 39 | Ryan Newman | WIX Filters Chevy | 186.916 | 38.520 | 180.641 | 1 | 60 |
| 9 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 186.901 | 38.523 | 179.900 | 1 | 49 |
| 10 | 27 | Paul Menard | Duracell / Menards Chevy | 186.693 | 38.566 | 181.721 | 1 | 43 |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Freight Toyota | 186.669 | 38.571 | 181.152 | 1 | 45 |
| 12 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | National Guard / AMP Energy Chevy | 186.596 | 38.586 | 181.064 | 1 | 39 |
| 13 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevy | 186.229 | 38.662 | 181.407 | 1 | 53 |
| 14 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | 186.099 | 38.689 | 180.272 | 1 | 35 |
| 15 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Mobil 1 / Office Depot Chevy | 186.047 | 38.700 | 180.632 | 1 | 47 |
| 16 | 78 | Regan Smith | FurnitureRowRacing/FarmAmerican Chev | 185.974 | 38.715 | 180.424 | 1 | 54 |
| 17 | 31 | Jeff Burton | CAT Financial Chevy | 185.811 | 38.749 | 180.542 | 1 | 44 |
| 18 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Toyota | 185.806 | 38.750 | 180.282 | 1 | 45 |
| 19 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target Chevy | 185.682 | 38.776 | 180.740 | 1 | 35 |
| 20 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Jimmy John's Chevy | 185.596 | 38.794 | 181.207 | 1 | 53 |
| 21 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite Dodge | 185.562 | 38.801 | 181.198 | 1 | 60 |
| 22 | 43 | AJ Allmendinger | Best Buy Ford | 185.171 | 38.883 | 180.518 | 1 | 44 |
| 23 | 20 | Joey Logano | The Home Depot Toyota | 185.114 | 38.895 | 180.222 | 1 | 48 |
| 24 | 00 | David Reutimann | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 185.019 | 38.915 | 180.021 | 2 | 49 |
| 25 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Stanley Ford | 184.914 | 38.937 | 180.929 | 2 | 51 |
| 26 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevy | 184.814 | 38.958 | 180.729 | 1 | 43 |
| 27 | 30 | David Stremme | Inception Motorsports Chevy | 184.762 | 38.969 | 178.153 | 1 | 18 |
| 28 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 184.620 | 38.999 | 180.401 | 1 | 49 |
| 29 | 21 | Trevor Bayne (i) | JDRF / Motorcraft / Quick Lane Ford | 183.323 | 39.275 | 180.688 | 4 | 44 |
| 30 | 51 | Landon Cassill (i) | PhoenixCnstrctn/ThankATchrToday Chev | 183.132 | 39.316 | 178.482 | 1 | 34 |
| 31 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 183.024 | 39.339 | 179.541 | 36 | 45 |
| 32 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Toyota | 182.736 | 39.401 | 181.157 | 2 | 9 |
| 33 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Kingsford / Bush's Baked Beans Toyota | 182.658 | 39.418 | 179.491 | 1 | 39 |
| 34 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Accell Construction Chevy | 182.057 | 39.548 | 178.495 | 1 | 25 |
| 35 | 55 | J.J. Yeley | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 181.470 | 39.676 | 177.087 | 2 | 19 |
| 36 | 34 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 181.342 | 39.704 | 178.190 | 1 | 37 |
| 37 | 32 | Ken Schrader | KOMA Unwind Ford | 181.232 | 39.728 | 177.856 | 2 | 41 |
| 38 | 66 | Todd Bodine (i) | HP Racing Toyota | 181.210 | 39.733 | 178.622 | 3 | 10 |
| 39 | 71 | Andy Lally # | Interstate Moving Services Ford | 181.032 | 39.772 | 177.592 | 38 | 45 |
| 40 | 38 | Travis Kvapil (i) | Long John Silver's Ford | 180.796 | 39.824 | 178.525 | 2 | 31 |
| 41 | 37 | Tony Raines | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 180.032 | 39.993 | 179.204 | 2 | 8 |
| 42 | 87 | J.J. Yeley | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 179.820 | 40.040 | 179.650 | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | 60 | Mike Skinner(i) | Big Red Toyota | 179.789 | 40.047 | 177.290 | 1 | 17 |
# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender
(i) Ineligible for points in this series
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 | 1 | 10 | 183.837 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 10 | 183.616 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 22 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 10 | 183.610 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | 1 | 10 | 183.343 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 10 | 183.153 | 21 | ||
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | 1 | 10 | 182.950 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 27 | 36 | 181.439 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | 38 | 47 | 181.416 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 40 | 49 | 181.329 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 22 | 31 | 181.037 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 14 | 23 | 180.920 | 15 | ||
| 12 | 83 | Brian Vickers | 18 | 27 | 180.763 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 38 | 47 | 180.732 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 78 | Regan Smith | 17 | 26 | 180.711 | 16 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Mark Martin | 36 | 45 | 180.484 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 20 | Joey Logano | 17 | 26 | 180.057 | 23 | ||
| 17 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 47 | 56 | 180.007 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | 16 | 25 | 179.962 | 31 | ||
| 19 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | 36 | 45 | 179.376 | 18 | ||
| 20 | 6 | David Ragan | 24 | 33 | 179.103 | 9 | ||
| 21 | 34 | David Gilliland | 1 | 10 | 179.094 | 36 | ||
| 22 | 21 | Trevor Bayne(i) | 34 | 43 | 178.967 | 29 | ||
| 23 | 71 | Andy Lally # | 21 | 30 | 177.894 | 39 | ||
| 24 | 32 | Ken Schrader | 32 | 41 | 177.074 | 37 | ||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
Friday practice for the Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway is being run, after 88 of 90 scheduled minutes, the top five, slowest and notes:
#17-Kenseth 188.813
#39-Newman 188.506
#16-Biffle 188.467
#5-Martin 188.467
#6-Ragan 188.260
slowest: #37-Raines 181.626 & #50-Bell 182.343
#20-Logano spun between turn 3 & 4 halfway thru practice, flat tires, but no damage.
#11-Hamlin is running a Toyota Racing Development engine at MIS and will the remainder of 2011 with the exception of Bristol.
Johnny Sauter will practice and qualify the #7 Dodge for Robby Gordon, but Gordon will return to run the race on Sunday.(8-19-2011)
Friday Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers at Michigan:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#21-Trevor Bayne, 19th fastest overall
#30-David Stremme, 31st
#38-Travis Kvapil, 33rd
#55-J.J. Yeley, 35th
#66-Todd Bodine, 38th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 39th
#60-Mike Skinner, 41st
#7-Johnny Sauter, 42nd
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#46-Erik Darnell, 44th
#50-T.J. Bell, 45th
#37-Tony Raines, 46th/last
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Practice 1
Michigan International Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Fri, August 19, 2011 @ 01:46 PM Eastern
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 188.813 | 38.133 | 182.277 | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevy | 188.506 | 38.195 | 186.865 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 188.467 | 38.203 | 187.020 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevy | 188.462 | 38.204 | 186.981 | 11 | 11 |
| 5 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | 188.260 | 38.245 | 186.634 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevy | 187.990 | 38.300 | 187.282 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevy | 187.926 | 38.313 | 187.007 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevy | 187.842 | 38.330 | 183.643 | 15 | 15 |
| 9 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 187.754 | 38.348 | 186.856 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 187.696 | 38.360 | 186.680 | 9 | 9 |
| 11 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 187.607 | 38.378 | 184.459 | 18 | 18 |
| 12 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 187.437 | 38.413 | 181.571 | 3 | 27 |
| 13 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 187.412 | 38.418 | 186.734 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chevy | 187.359 | 38.429 | 184.096 | 10 | 12 |
| 15 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevy | 187.310 | 38.439 | 182.239 | 22 | 24 |
| 16 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 187.266 | 38.448 | 182.348 | 23 | 23 |
| 17 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | 187.135 | 38.475 | 182.979 | 23 | 25 |
| 18 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 187.062 | 38.490 | 185.043 | 1 | 9 |
| 19 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 187.037 | 38.495 | 186.420 | 1 | 9 |
| 20 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 186.994 | 38.504 | 186.051 | 1 | 10 |
| 21 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevy | 186.872 | 38.529 | 182.171 | 24 | 24 |
| 22 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevy | 186.800 | 38.544 | 184.201 | 18 | 18 |
| 23 | 43 | AJ Allmendinger | Ford | 186.790 | 38.546 | 186.243 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevy | 186.678 | 38.569 | 183.181 | 7 | 11 |
| 25 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 186.659 | 38.573 | 185.141 | 5 | 11 |
| 26 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevy | 186.640 | 38.577 | 185.609 | 1 | 9 |
| 27 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevy | 186.528 | 38.600 | 183.017 | 21 | 23 |
| 28 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 186.495 | 38.607 | 183.206 | 1 | 11 |
| 29 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chev | 186.490 | 38.608 | 182.662 | 19 | 21 |
| 30 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chev | 186.413 | 38.624 | 183.762 | 9 | 9 |
| 31 | 30 | David Stremme | Chevy | 186.253 | 38.657 | 184.902 | 5 | 9 |
| 32 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | 185.931 | 38.724 | 185.020 | 4 | 8 |
| 33 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | 185.922 | 38.726 | 184.757 | 5 | 9 |
| 34 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 185.577 | 38.798 | 184.884 | 1 | 9 |
| 35 | 55 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | 185.405 | 38.834 | 184.784 | 5 | 7 |
| 36 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevy | 185.376 | 38.840 | 183.999 | 1 | 7 |
| 37 | 71 | Andy Lally | Ford | 184.696 | 38.983 | 179.394 | 19 | 20 |
| 38 | 66 | Todd Bodine | Toyota | 184.620 | 38.999 | 184.217 | 3 | 5 |
| 39 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 184.308 | 39.065 | 183.842 | 5 | 7 |
| 40 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | 184.082 | 39.113 | 182.811 | 5 | 7 |
| 41 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | 183.781 | 39.177 | 182.118 | 8 | 8 |
| 42 | 7 | Johnny Sauter | Dodge | 183.192 | 39.303 | 180.789 | 7 | 7 |
| 43 | 32 | Ken Schrader | Ford | 183.127 | 39.317 | 182.818 | 3 | 7 |
| 44 | 46 | Erik Darnell | Ford | 182.352 | 39.484 | 181.305 | 3 | 13 |
| 45 | 50 | T.J. Bell | Chevy | 182.343 | 39.486 | 181.808 | 4 | 12 |
| 46 | 37 | Tony Raines | Ford | 181.626 | 39.642 | 180.721 | 8 | 12 |
# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender
(i) Ineligible for points in this series
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 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 14 | 181.234 | 12 | ||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
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