for the Coke Zero 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway is over, after 45 scheduled minutes, the top-five, slowest and notes:
#44-Scott 199.349
#3-Dillon 199.344
#2-Keselowski 198.711
#21-Blaney 198.649
#35-Gilliland 198.623 (disallowed)
slowest: #32-Labonte 188.739 & #83-DiBenedetto 193.582
the best 10 consecutive lap ave: #2-Keselowski, 197.034
The open teams in practice:
#21-Blaney was 4th fastest
#98-Whitt 13th
#55-Sorenson 17th
#30-Wise 9th
(disallowed)
#35-Gilliland 5th (disallowed)
If qualifying gets rained out, Charter teams are set by owners points, and then the final four spots are set by fastest open teams, if qualifying is cancelled, #55-Sorenson would not make the race as he was the slowest in practice. #30-Wise and #35-Gilliland’s times were disallowed after failing inspection after practice.
Notes: #18-Busch had a rear tire go down towards the end of practice and went nose first into the SAFER wall, destroying the front end of the car, he will go to a backup car for qualifying. Both practices were rained out on Thursday, June 30th, this practice was added. Qualifying is scheduled of 4:10pm/et, TV=NBCSN.
See fastest speeds, laps run, best 10 consecutive lap ave on the Daytona Happy Hour Practice speeds page (pdf)
