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Happy Hour practice for the GEICO 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway is over after 85 scheduled minutes, the top 5, slowest and notes:
#83-Vickers 184.275
#4-Kahne 184.087
#17-Kenseth (X) 183.536
#27-Menard 183.374
#29-Harvick (X) 183.331
slowest: #36-Blaney 176.120 & #32-Bliss 176.039
notes: There was some light rain as the session begun, but not enough to stop practice. #36-Blaney spun early but didn't hit anything.(9-16-2011)
Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#30-David Stremme, 9th
#38-J.J. Yeley, 15th
#21-Trevor Bayne, 16th
#35-Stephen Leicht, 18th
#66-Michael McDowell, 21st
#46-Scott Speed, 24th
#7-Robby Gordon, 25th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 27th
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#55-Travis Kvapil, 34th
#95-David Starr, 35th
#37-Josh Wise, 41st
#60-Mike Skinner, 45th
One Chart, combined using speeds from NASCAR.com's Leaderboard and from NASCAR Media/PR/Statistics
NSCS Practice 2
Chicagoland Speedway
11th Annual GEICO 400
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Fri, September 16, 2011 @ 07:29 PM Eastern
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 184.275 | 29.304 | 178.947 | 1 | 70 |
| 2 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Toyota | 184.087 | 29.334 | 177.875 | 3 | 39 |
| 3 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal Ford | 183.536 | 29.422 | 178.546 | 1 | 50 |
| 4 | 27 | Paul Menard | ZECOL / Menards Chevy | 183.374 | 29.448 | 176.460 | 1 | 37 |
| 5 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser Chevy | 183.331 | 29.455 | 176.803 | 1 | 42 |
| 6 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevy | 182.852 | 29.532 | 176.543 | 1 | 44 |
| 7 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Filtrete Ford | 182.828 | 29.536 | 176.363 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Chevy | 182.809 | 29.539 | 176.709 | 18 | 18 |
| 9 | 30 | David Stremme | Inception Motorsports Chevy | 182.766 | 29.546 | 180.889 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | 182.723 | 29.553 | 177.187 | 33 | 33 |
| 11 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | AMP Energy / National Guard Chevy | 182.235 | 29.632 | 178.115 | 3 | 43 |
| 12 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 181.935 | 29.681 | 179.605 | 13 | 15 |
| 13 | 20 | Joey Logano | The Home Depot Toyota | 181.690 | 29.721 | 177.761 | 1 | 47 |
| 14 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Ground Toyota | 181.653 | 29.727 | 176.277 | 1 | 44 |
| 15 | 38 | J J Yeley | Long John Silver's Ford | 181.616 | 29.733 | 181.473 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 | 21 | Trevor Bayne(i) | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford | 181.592 | 29.737 | 176.597 | 29 | 29 |
| 17 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target Chevy | 181.500 | 29.752 | 177.777 | 36 | 55 |
| 18 | 35 | Stephen Leicht | Luke & Associates Chevy | 181.366 | 29.774 | 176.871 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell Pennzoil Dodge | 181.087 | 29.820 | 177.607 | 6 | 68 |
| 20 | 00 | David Reutimann | TUMS Toyota | 180.953 | 29.842 | 178.174 | 2 | 56 |
| 21 | 66 | Michael McDowell | James Fund Toyota | 180.856 | 29.858 | 176.588 | 1 | 11 |
| 22 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing Chevy | 180.783 | 29.870 | 177.378 | 1 | 62 |
| 23 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | McDonald's Chevy | 180.632 | 29.895 | 178.259 | 36 | 36 |
| 24 | 46 | Scott Speed(i) | Red Line Oil / International Ford | 180.517 | 29.914 | 177.430 | 2 | 15 |
| 25 | 7 | Robby Gordon | SPEED Energy / MAPEI Dodge | 180.415 | 29.931 | 177.165 | 9 | 9 |
| 26 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 180.343 | 29.943 | 177.367 | 2 | 59 |
| 27 | 87 | Joe Nemechek(i) | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 180.270 | 29.955 | 178.090 | 7 | 7 |
| 28 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite Dodge | 180.198 | 29.967 | 178.336 | 2 | 78 |
| 29 | 34 | David Gilliland | Taco Bell Ford | 180.192 | 29.968 | 175.313 | 1 | 21 |
| 30 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | DeWalt Ford | 179.940 | 30.010 | 177.132 | 2 | 54 |
| 31 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 179.808 | 30.032 | 178.166 | 1 | 44 |
| 32 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevy | 179.808 | 30.032 | 180.846 | 6 | 49 |
| 33 | 51 | Landon Cassill(i) | Security Benefits / Thank A Teacher Chevy | 179.689 | 30.052 | 176.549 | 6 | 56 |
| 34 | 55 | Travis Kvapil(i) | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 179.575 | 30.071 | 177.443 | 13 | 15 |
| 35 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | Best Buy Ford | 179.545 | 30.076 | 177.238 | 1 | 68 |
| 36 | 95 | David Starr(i) | AdvoCare Ford | 179.545 | 30.076 | 177.711 | 4 | 14 |
| 37 | 71 | Andy Lally # | Interstate Moving Services / RB Enterprises Ford | 179.533 | 30.078 | 177.374 | 35 | 41 |
| 38 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 179.474 | 30.088 | 178.222 | 43 | 60 |
| 39 | 39 | Ryan Newman | US Army Medicine Chevy | 179.277 | 30.121 | 178.483 | 42 | 70 |
| 40 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Toyota | 179.194 | 30.135 | 179.345 | 20 | 22 |
| 41 | 37 | Josh Wise(i) | Bradley University Ford | 179.146 | 30.143 | 176.846 | 12 | 13 |
| 42 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot / Mobil 1 Chevy | 179.093 | 30.152 | 176.237 | 5 | 53 |
| 43 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Kleenex Cool Touch / Clorox Toyota | 178.974 | 30.172 | 178.184 | 1 | 43 |
| 44 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Wrigley Doublemint Toyota | 178.802 | 30.201 | 177.020 | 49 | 59 |
| 45 | 60 | Mike Skinner(i) | Big Red Chevy | 178.542 | 30.245 | 176.994 | 8 | 10 |
| 46 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Big Red Chevy | 176.120 | 30.661 | 174.216 | 2 | 27 |
| 47 | 32 | Mike Bliss(i) | Street King Ford | 176.039 | 30.675 | 174.750 | 6 | 39 |
# 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 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 3 | 12 | 179.031 | 23 | ||
| 2 | 00 | David Reutimann | 42 | 51 | 178.781 | 20 | ||
| 3 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | 9 | 18 | 178.028 | 32 | ||
| 4 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 30 | 39 | 177.995 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Mark Martin | 49 | 58 | 177.955 | 26 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 9 | 18 | 177.916 | 28 | ||
| 7 | 39 | Ryan Newman | 41 | 50 | 177.854 | 39 | ||
| 8 | 27 | Paul Menard | 12 | 21 | 177.833 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | 3 | 12 | 177.808 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 83 | Brian Vickers | 4 | 13 | 177.802 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 36 | 45 | 177.744 | 44 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | 25 | 34 | 177.699 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 78 | Regan Smith | 9 | 18 | 177.668 | 22 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 12 | 177.648 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 22 | Kurt Busch | 22 | 31 | 177.607 | 19 | ||
| 16 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 32 | 41 | 177.559 | 42 | ||
| 17 | 31 | Jeff Burton | 13 | 22 | 177.541 | 38 | ||
| 18 | 20 | Joey Logano | 26 | 35 | 177.125 | 13 | ||
| 19 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | 53 | 62 | 176.895 | 35 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 37 | 46 | 176.698 | 30 | ||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
First Friday practice for the GEICO 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway is over after 90 scheduled minutes, the top 5, slowest and notes:
#00-Reutimann 183.138
#33-Bowyer 182.964
#5-Martin 182.883
#18-Busch (X) 182.846
#21-Bayne 182.723
(X) = Chase driver
slowest: #32-Bliss 176.010 & #7-Gordon 175.633.
notes: #22-Keselowski went out for his first run but came back into the garage reporting a possible problem with the engine. The team changed spark plugs and the car was ok. #99-Edwards reported a possible problem with the fuel pickup. The team is going to change the carburetor. #60-Skinner had a possible engine failure that laid oil on the track.
This practice sets the qualifying order, which is scheduled for Saturday at 3:30pm/et and will be televised on SPEED.(9-16-2011)
Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#21-Trevor Bayne, 5th
#30-David Stremme, 7th
#38-J.J. Yeley, 18th
#35-Stephen Leicht, 24th
#66-Michael McDowell, 27th
#87-Joe Nemechek, 38th
#46-Scott Speed, 39th
#60-Mike Skinner, 41st
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#95-David Starr, 42nd
#55-Travis Kvapil, 43rd
#37-Josh Wise, 45th
#7-Robby Gordon, 47th
[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 Practice 1
Chicagoland Speedway
11th Annual GEICO 400
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Fri, September 16, 2011 @ 04:38 PM Eastern
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 00 | David Reutimann | TUMS Toyota | 183.138 | 29.486 | 178.434 | 3 | 35 |
| 2 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevy | 182.964 | 29.514 | 178.212 | 27 | 27 |
| 3 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 182.883 | 29.527 | 178.952 | 23 | 23 |
| 4 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Wrigley Doublemint Toyota | 182.846 | 29.533 | 177.632 | 37 | 37 |
| 5 | 21 | Trevor Bayne(i) | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford | 182.723 | 29.553 | 178.641 | 18 | 18 |
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | US Army Medicine Chevy | 182.710 | 29.555 | 178.476 | 23 | 24 |
| 7 | 30 | David Stremme | Inception Motorsports Chevy | 182.692 | 29.558 | 181.020 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | Best Buy Ford | 182.506 | 29.588 | 177.810 | 34 | 34 |
| 9 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 182.131 | 29.649 | 177.562 | 28 | 30 |
| 10 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing Chevy | 181.861 | 29.693 | 176.986 | 3 | 30 |
| 11 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell Pennzoil Dodge | 181.726 | 29.715 | 177.940 | 28 | 28 |
| 12 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Kleenex Cool Touch / Clorox Toyota | 181.433 | 29.763 | 176.395 | 28 | 28 |
| 13 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite Dodge | 181.354 | 29.776 | 177.344 | 4 | 37 |
| 14 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target Chevy | 180.796 | 29.868 | 177.277 | 1 | 37 |
| 15 | 51 | Landon Cassill(i) | Security Benefits / Thank A Teacher Today | 180.789 | 29.869 | 176.275 | 30 | 30 |
| 16 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | McDonald's Chevy | 180.542 | 29.910 | 177.228 | 5 | 23 |
| 17 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | AMP Energy / National Guard Chevy | 180.475 | 29.921 | 177.077 | 32 | 32 |
| 18 | 38 | J J Yeley | Long John Silver's Ford | 180.433 | 29.928 | 175.805 | 21 | 21 |
| 19 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | 180.427 | 29.929 | 178.425 | 8 | 29 |
| 20 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 180.301 | 29.950 | 172.598 | 33 | 36 |
| 21 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Toyota | 180.102 | 29.983 | 177.919 | 7 | 44 |
| 22 | 27 | Paul Menard | ZECOL / Menards Chevy | 179.934 | 30.011 | 177.159 | 38 | 49 |
| 23 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Office Depot / Mobil 1 Chevy | 179.922 | 30.013 | 177.186 | 40 | 40 |
| 24 | 35 | Stephen Leicht | Luke & Associates Chevy | 179.796 | 30.034 | 178.424 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | DeWalt Ford | 179.557 | 30.074 | 177.346 | 34 | 34 |
| 26 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevy | 179.539 | 30.077 | 177.368 | 18 | 48 |
| 27 | 66 | Michael McDowell | James Fund Toyota | 179.497 | 30.084 | 178.864 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser Chevy | 179.402 | 30.100 | 178.093 | 30 | 35 |
| 29 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal Ford | 179.176 | 30.138 | 177.641 | 35 | 42 |
| 30 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Filtrete Ford | 179.164 | 30.140 | 177.614 | 31 | 42 |
| 31 | 71 | Andy Lally # | Interstate Moving Services / RB Enterprises Ford | 179.158 | 30.141 | 176.215 | 16 | 17 |
| 32 | 20 | Joey Logano | The Home Depot Toyota | 179.110 | 30.149 | 176.859 | 5 | 52 |
| 33 | 34 | David Gilliland | Taco Bell Ford | 179.075 | 30.155 | 175.189 | 1 | 21 |
| 34 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 179.045 | 30.160 | 177.187 | 41 | 53 |
| 35 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Toyota | 178.909 | 30.183 | 175.518 | 3 | 28 |
| 36 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Chevy | 178.737 | 30.212 | 176.663 | 7 | 55 |
| 37 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 178.690 | 30.220 | 177.057 | 23 | 31 |
| 38 | 87 | Joe Nemechek(i) | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 178.642 | 30.228 | 178.378 | 2 | 8 |
| 39 | 46 | Scott Speed(i) | Red Line Oil / International Ford | 178.524 | 30.248 | 175.475 | 2 | 10 |
| 40 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Ground Toyota | 178.512 | 30.250 | 177.244 | 27 | 41 |
| 41 | 60 | Mike Skinner(i) | Big Red Chevy | 178.336 | 30.280 | 177.986 | 3 | 4 |
| 42 | 95 | David Starr(i) | AdvoCare Ford | 178.183 | 30.306 | 174.403 | 19 | 20 |
| 43 | 55 | Travis Kvapil(i) | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 177.725 | 30.384 | 176.819 | 3 | 5 |
| 44 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Big Red Chevy | 177.334 | 30.451 | 173.286 | 22 | 22 |
| 45 | 37 | Josh Wise(i) | Bradley University Ford | 176.904 | 30.525 | 176.102 | 10 | 11 |
| 46 | 32 | Mike Bliss(i) | Street King Ford | 176.010 | 30.680 | 174.879 | 8 | 29 |
| 47 | 7 | Robby Gordon | SPEED Energy / MAPEI Dodge | 175.633 | 30.746 | 173.720 | 7 | 11 |
# 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 | 00 | David Reutimann | 5 | 14 | 178.751 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 27 | Paul Menard | 38 | 47 | 178.373 | 22 | ||
| 3 | 6 | David Ragan | 33 | 42 | 178.076 | 34 | ||
| 4 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | 33 | 42 | 178.035 | 29 | ||
| 5 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | 10 | 19 | 177.929 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 10 | 177.821 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 31 | Jeff Burton | 13 | 22 | 177.527 | 20 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 21 | 30 | 177.443 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 21 | 30 | 177.436 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 26 | 35 | 177.202 | 40 | ||
| 11 | 20 | Joey Logano | 35 | 44 | 177.186 | 32 | ||
| 12 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 38 | 47 | 176.697 | 26 | ||
| 13 | 78 | Regan Smith | 17 | 26 | 176.494 | 10 | ||
| 14 | 51 | Landon Cassill(i) | 2 | 11 | 175.912 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 13 | Casey Mears | 19 | 28 | 175.861 | 35 | ||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
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