Weds 1st practice:

  • for the Daytona 500/Gatorade Duel at Daytona International Speedway is over. After 90 minutes of practice, the top five and some notes:
    #17-Kenseth 194.254
    #18-Busch 194.221
    #83-Vickers 194.145
    #31-Burton 193.769
    #99-Edwards 193.503
    slowest: #97-Fuller 183.748 and #26-Said 183.255
    most laps run: #6-Ragan, #77-Hornish Jr., and #12-Keselowski, 49 laps
    incident: #33-Bowyer had a tire go down in turn 2 and slid up the track and slapped the wall, #00-Reutimann had no place to go andhit the rear of the #33 car, then #75-Cope hit the rear of the #00 car. All were able to drive back to the garage, but the #33 and #00 will go to backup cars for the Gatorade Duel.
    Todd Bodine practiced the #27 Toyota of Kirk Shelmerdine.
    See fast speeds, average speeds, laps run on the Daytona Practice Speeds Page(2-10-2010)