for the Crown Royal Presents the John Wayne Walding 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is over after an hour-and-a-half delay due to rain. Practice is scheduled to run until 11:00am/et and be aired on ESPN2. After 35 minutes, the top five, slowest and notes:
#48-Johnson 189.298
#2-Keselowski 188.494
#4-Harvick 188.363
#24-Godon 187.856
#88-Earnhardt Jr. 187.758
slowest: #40-Cassill 178.038 and #36-Sorenson 178.887
#55-Vickers had the best 10 consecutive lap average at 182.549.
notes: if qualifying, scheduled for Saturday, July 26 at 2:00pm/et on ESPN, is cancelled, Friday’s practice would set the starting lineup. The three cars that would miss the race if qualifying is canceled: #29-Crafton (1 attempt), #12-Montoya and #21-Bayne (7 attempts). #37-Labonte would make the race via being a past champion. The track qualifying record is 187.531mph, set in 2013 by Ryan Newman.
See fastest speeds, laps run on the Indiainapolis Happy Hour Practice Speeds page (pdf).(7-26-2014)
