Friday’s Daytona 500 Practice: #29-Kevin Harvick was the fastest in Friday’s only Cup practice with a speed of 189.243mph with #21-Elliott Sadler next at 189.084 and #5-Terry Labonte 3rd fastest at 188.949 (all in the draft). Slowest were #45-Kyle Petty at 185.155 and #49-Shawna Robinson at 184.634. Five of the 43 drivers did not practice: #24-Jeff Gordon, #15-Michael Waltrip, #36-Ken Schrader, #25-Jerry Nadeau, and #66-Todd Bodine. See ThatsRacin.com for the Speeds from Friday’s Cup practice. Damaged Cars: four cars were damaged in a practice accident Friday morning. #45-Kyle Petty’ Dodge was the most damaged, suffering severe front and rear sheet metal deformities. #5-Terry Labonte’ Chevy, #71-Dave Marcis Chevy and #11-Brett Bodine’ Ford all suffered some degree of body damage and all were being repaired Friday afternoon. The teams of Petty, Bodine and Marcis made planned engine changes later Friday. Labonte’ team made repairs to the TV panel and left rear fender and Marcis team — with big help from a couple fabricators from Richard Childress Racing — repaired the left front fender and nose of the car. Bodine’ team made major repairs to the front of the #11 while Petty’ crew worked on the right front and right rear of their Intrepid.(NASCAR.com)(2-15-2002) (2-14-2002)
