for the STP 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway is over after 43 minutes, the top five, slowest two and some notes:
#31-Newman 97.835
#47-Allmendinger 97.679
#24-Gordon 97.664
#48-Johnson 97.618
#78-Truex, Jr. 97.558
Most laps run: #33-Kennedy 37 & #34-Buescher 35
slowest: #7-Bowman 94.129 & #33-Kennedy 92.416.
notes: Practice started 2 hours late after rain at the track during the morning. #25-Chase Elliott was 29th in his first Cup practice.
If qualifying is rained out this evening, #30-Hornaday and #25-Elliott would miss the race.
See fastest speeds, laps run, best 10 Consecutive Lap Average on the Martinsville practice 1 speeds page (pdf).(3-27-2015)
