Happy Hour: for the Samsung Mobile 500 Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway is over after 90 scheduled minutes, the top 5, slowest and notes:
#4-Kahne 183.899
#27-Menard 183.892
#99-Edwards 183.755
#22-Busch 183.692
#78-Smith 183.617
slowest: #38-Kvapil 178.566 & #37-Raines 175.177.
notes: There was no TV coverage of Happy Hour. There were no incidents reported.
(4-8-2011)
Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#46-J.J. Yeley, 25th
#66-Michael McDowell, 28th
#13-Casey Mears, 31st
#87-Joe Nemechek, 32nd
#60-Mike Skinner, 34th
#95-David Starr, 36th
#36-Dave Blaney, 37th
#71-Andy Lally, 42nd
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#38-Travis Kvapil, 43rd
[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
Texas Motor Speedway
15th Annual Samsung Mobile 500
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Fri, April 08, 2011 @ 04:34 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 | 183.899 | 29.364 | 176.272 | 1 | 45 |
| 2 | 27 | Paul Menard | Quaker State/Menards Chevy | 183.892 | 29.365 | 177.246 | 1 | 41 |
| 3 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Scotts Ford | 183.755 | 29.387 | 181.915 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell/Pennzoil Dodge | 183.692 | 29.397 | 175.663 | 1 | 69 |
| 5 | 78 | Regan Smith | farmamerican.org Chevy | 183.617 | 29.409 | 175.725 | 35 | 35 |
| 6 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Freight Ford | 183.567 | 29.417 | 178.221 | 22 | 22 |
| 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Office/March of Dimes Toyota | 183.436 | 29.438 | 176.372 | 1 | 61 |
| 8 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Stanley Ford | 183.355 | 29.451 | 177.134 | 35 | 35 |
| 9 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 183.045 | 29.501 | 176.679 | 1 | 55 |
| 10 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | Valvoline Ford | 183.001 | 29.508 | 177.013 | 43 | 43 |
| 11 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevy | 182.933 | 29.519 | 177.078 | 1 | 49 |
| 12 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevy | 182.766 | 29.546 | 176.568 | 2 | 54 |
| 13 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | AMP Energy/National Guard Chevy | 182.704 | 29.556 | 176.313 | 2 | 65 |
| 14 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target Chevy | 182.611 | 29.571 | 176.679 | 1 | 33 |
| 15 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevy | 182.248 | 29.630 | 175.359 | 1 | 41 |
| 16 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal Black Ford | 182.137 | 29.648 | 176.600 | 1 | 65 |
| 17 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite Dodge | 181.935 | 29.681 | 176.352 | 1 | 49 |
| 18 | 21 | Trevor Bayne(i) | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford | 181.886 | 29.689 | 178.157 | 20 | 22 |
| 19 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 181.726 | 29.715 | 175.699 | 1 | 45 |
| 20 | 00 | David Reutimann | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 181.665 | 29.725 | 176.085 | 33 | 33 |
| 21 | 39 | Ryan Newman | U.S. ARMY Reserve Chevy | 181.610 | 29.734 | 176.544 | 1 | 44 |
| 22 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Toyota | 181.555 | 29.743 | 175.089 | 52 | 52 |
| 23 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevy | 181.543 | 29.745 | 175.846 | 1 | 58 |
| 24 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Bush's Toyota | 181.415 | 29.766 | 176.009 | 34 | 34 |
| 25 | 46 | J J Yeley | Red Line Chevy | 181.281 | 29.788 | 179.874 | 5 | 5 |
| 26 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Interstate Batteries Toyota | 181.117 | 29.815 | 176.157 | 1 | 59 |
| 27 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser Chevy | 180.971 | 29.839 | 175.931 | 2 | 43 |
| 28 | 66 | Michael McDowell | HP Racing, LLC Toyota | 180.959 | 29.841 | 180.545 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Fast Five/SPEED Energy Dodge | 180.747 | 29.876 | 177.179 | 10 | 10 |
| 30 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Ford | 180.602 | 29.900 | 177.140 | 2 | 50 |
| 31 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Toyota | 180.560 | 29.907 | 176.058 | 19 | 19 |
| 32 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 180.475 | 29.921 | 178.494 | 9 | 9 |
| 33 | 09 | Landon Cassill(i) | Security Benefits/Thank A Teacher Chevy | 180.288 | 29.952 | 175.786 | 2 | 59 |
| 34 | 60 | Mike Skinner(i) | Big Red Toyota | 180.234 | 29.961 | 178.300 | 8 | 8 |
| 35 | 20 | Joey Logano | Home Depot Toyota | 180.180 | 29.970 | 175.886 | 1 | 58 |
| 36 | 95 | David Starr(i) | WRL General Contractors Ford | 180.108 | 29.982 | 178.604 | 9 | 10 |
| 37 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Accell Construction Chevy | 179.874 | 30.021 | 176.699 | 16 | 16 |
| 38 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevy | 179.587 | 30.069 | 175.588 | 50 | 65 |
| 39 | 32 | Ken Schrader | Big Red Ford | 179.456 | 30.091 | 172.575 | 22 | 23 |
| 40 | 34 | David Gilliland | Gander Mountain Ford | 179.110 | 30.149 | 174.905 | 20 | 24 |
| 41 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 179.099 | 30.151 | 175.859 | 39 | 72 |
| 42 | 71 | Andy Lally # | Interstate Moving Services Ford | 178.796 | 30.202 | 177.232 | 6 | 13 |
| 43 | 38 | Travis Kvapil(i) | Long John Silver's /TMone Ford | 178.566 | 30.241 | 175.111 | 13 | 17 |
| 44 | 37 | Tony Raines | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 175.177 | 30.826 | 171.816 | 20 | 23 |
# Rookie of the Year Contender
| Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | From Lap | To Lap | Avg Speed | |||
| 1 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | 1 | 10 | 179.422 | |||
| 2 | 27 | Paul Menard | 1 | 10 | 179.356 | |||
| 3 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 1 | 10 | 178.769 | |||
| 4 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | 1 | 10 | 178.755 | |||
| 5 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 1 | 10 | 178.626 | |||
| 6 | 09 | Landon Cassill(i) | 1 | 10 | 178.284 | |||
| 7 | 20 | Joey Logano | 1 | 10 | 177.878 | |||
| 8 | 22 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 10 | 177.702 | |||
| 9 | 31 | Jeff Burton | 1 | 10 | 177.693 | |||
| 10 | 5 | Mark Martin | 5 | 14 | 177.559 | |||
| 11 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | 26 | 35 | 177.181 | |||
| 12 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 51 | 60 | 177.128 | |||
| 13 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 11 | 20 | 176.959 | |||
| 14 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 50 | 59 | 176.841 | |||
| 15 | 39 | Ryan Newman | 31 | 40 | 176.594 | |||
| 16 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 28 | 37 | 176.574 | |||
| 17 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 48 | 57 | 176.354 | |||
| 18 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 32 | 41 | 176.315 | |||
| 19 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | 30 | 39 | 175.774 | |||
| 20 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 23 | 32 | 175.736 | |||
| 21 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | 26 | 35 | 175.681 | |||
| 22 | 83 | Brian Vickers | 30 | 39 | 175.559 | |||
| 23 | 34 | David Gilliland | 1 | 10 | 175.428 | |||
| 24 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 13 | 22 | 174.836 | |||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
Thursday practice: for the Samsung Mobile 500 Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway is over, after 100 scheduled minutes, the top 5, slowest and notes:
#6-Ragan 185.816
#14-Stewart 185.701
#42-Montoya 185.280
#1-McMurray 185.230
#16-Biffle 185.128
slowest: #95-Starr 177.626 & #37-Raines 173.986.
(4-7-2011)
Practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#13-Casey Mears, 28th
#66-Michael McDowell, 30th
#46-J.J. Yeley, 32nd
#60-Todd Bodine, 33rd
#87-Joe Nemechek, 36th
#38-Travis Kvapil, 38th
#36-Dave Blaney, 40th
#71-Andy Lally, 42nd
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#95-David Starr, 43rd
[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
Texas Motor Speedway
15th Annual Samsung Mobile 500
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Thu, April 07, 2011 @ 06:54 PM Eastern
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Team Sponsor Manu |
Best Speed |
Best Time |
Ave Speed |
Fast Lap |
Laps Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Freight Ford | 185.816 | 29.061 | 178.017 | 50 | 50 |
| 2 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevy | 185.701 | 29.079 | 178.145 | 61 | 61 |
| 3 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target Chevy | 185.280 | 29.145 | 179.613 | 22 | 22 |
| 4 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevy | 185.230 | 29.153 | 178.376 | 33 | 33 |
| 5 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Ford | 185.128 | 29.169 | 177.729 | 32 | 32 |
| 6 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevy | 184.799 | 29.221 | 178.086 | 39 | 41 |
| 7 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevy | 184.641 | 29.246 | 181.952 | 12 | 12 |
| 8 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal Black Ford | 184.615 | 29.250 | 178.371 | 23 | 23 |
| 9 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevy | 184.458 | 29.275 | 178.382 | 31 | 31 |
| 10 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Miller Lite Dodge | 184.445 | 29.277 | 177.786 | 21 | 21 |
| 11 | 20 | Joey Logano | Home Depot Toyota | 184.420 | 29.281 | 177.850 | 29 | 29 |
| 12 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Shell/Pennzoil Dodge | 184.407 | 29.283 | 177.984 | 31 | 31 |
| 13 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | AMP Energy/National Guard Chevy | 184.363 | 29.290 | 180.228 | 21 | 21 |
| 14 | 00 | David Reutimann | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 184.187 | 29.318 | 178.667 | 26 | 26 |
| 15 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Scotts Ford | 184.131 | 29.327 | 179.072 | 1 | 40 |
| 16 | 39 | Ryan Newman | U.S. ARMY Reserve Chevy | 184.112 | 29.330 | 177.646 | 32 | 32 |
| 17 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Toyota | 184.080 | 29.335 | 178.537 | 20 | 20 |
| 18 | 27 | Paul Menard | Quaker State/Menards Chevy | 184.068 | 29.337 | 177.862 | 31 | 31 |
| 19 | 09 | Landon Cassill(i) | Security Benefits/Thank A Teacher Chevy | 183.930 | 29.359 | 180.446 | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Office/March of Dimes Toyota | 183.911 | 29.362 | 178.832 | 25 | 25 |
| 21 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Toyota | 183.899 | 29.364 | 177.503 | 38 | 38 |
| 22 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Stanley Ford | 183.705 | 29.395 | 178.525 | 33 | 34 |
| 23 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Budweiser Chevy | 183.605 | 29.411 | 178.624 | 26 | 26 |
| 24 | 78 | Regan Smith | farmamerican.org Chevy | 183.567 | 29.417 | 178.596 | 22 | 22 |
| 25 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Interstate Batteries Toyota | 183.480 | 29.431 | 180.100 | 16 | 16 |
| 26 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevy | 183.125 | 29.488 | 177.896 | 3 | 30 |
| 27 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 182.939 | 29.518 | 177.832 | 35 | 35 |
| 28 | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Toyota | 182.525 | 29.585 | 179.099 | 23 | 23 |
| 29 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Bush's Toyota | 182.014 | 29.668 | 176.679 | 26 | 26 |
| 30 | 66 | Michael McDowell | HP Racing, LLC Toyota | 181.984 | 29.673 | 177.143 | 13 | 13 |
| 31 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | Valvoline Ford | 181.311 | 29.783 | 177.729 | 33 | 33 |
| 32 | 46 | J J Yeley | Red Line Chevy | 181.044 | 29.827 | 179.718 | 3 | 3 |
| 33 | 60 | Mike Skinner(i) | Big Red Toyota | 180.880 | 29.854 | 177.345 | 8 | 8 |
| 34 | 21 | Trevor Bayne(i) | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford | 180.415 | 29.931 | 177.720 | 3 | 48 |
| 35 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevy | 180.319 | 29.947 | 176.195 | 1 | 59 |
| 36 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 180.198 | 29.967 | 178.232 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | 34 | David Gilliland | Gander Mountain Ford | 180.108 | 29.982 | 175.754 | 23 | 23 |
| 38 | 38 | Travis Kvapil(i) | Long John Silver's/TMone Ford | 179.934 | 30.011 | 176.089 | 19 | 19 |
| 39 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Fast Five/SPEED Energy Dodge | 179.820 | 30.030 | 176.918 | 17 | 23 |
| 40 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Accell Construction Chevy | 178.784 | 30.204 | 176.675 | 1 | 24 |
| 41 | 32 | Ken Schrader | Big Red Ford | 178.106 | 30.319 | 174.284 | 40 | 46 |
| 42 | 71 | Andy Lally # | Interstate Moving Services Ford | 177.690 | 30.390 | 173.450 | 38 | 38 |
| 43 | 95 | David Starr(i) | WRL General Contractors Ford | 177.626 | 30.401 | 175.386 | 12 | 21 |
| 44 | 37 | Tony Raines | Front Row Motorsports Ford | 173.986 | 31.037 | 172.726 | 15 | 18 |
# Rookie of the Year Contender
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| Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Car# | Driver | From Lap | To Lap | Avg Speed | |||
| 1 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 29 | 38 | 179.901 | |||
| 2 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 1 | 10 | 179.817 | |||
| 3 | 27 | Paul Menard | 1 | 10 | 179.040 | |||
| 4 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 48 | 57 | 177.253 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 10 | 19 | 176.309 | |||
| 6 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | 18 | 27 | 176.188 | |||
| 7 | 95 | David Starr(i) | 12 | 21 | 175.440 | |||
Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart
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