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Happy Hour practice

  • for the Kobalt Tools 500k Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway is over, after 120 scheduled minutes, the top 5, slowest and some notes:
    #27-Menard 141.121
    #99-Edwards 140.724
    #78-Smith 140.362
    #83-Vickers 139.974
    #18-Busch 139.855
    [35 cars are faster then the track record]
    slowest: #36-GBodine 135.349 & #38-Yeley 135.603
    notes: #71-Lally smacked the turn 4 wall, the team pulled out the backup car, but didn’t make any laps on the car.
    #1-McMurray had a fuel system issue the team changed a few things and went back on the track.
    The track record qulaying speed is 137.279mph, set by #99-Carl Edwards this past February on the old asphalt and configuration.
    Qualifying is scheduled for Saturday at 1:40pm/et on SPEED.
    See fastest speeds, average speeds, best 10 lap average, laps run on the Phoenix Practice Speeds Page.(11-11-2011)