Catchfence

After 18 minutes of track time before the rains fell, Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in Cup “Happy Hour” practice for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, with a lap speed of 183.387 m.p.h., while Carl Edwards, with a speed of 183.231 m.ph., was second fastest.

Following Johnson and Edwards in Sprint Cup practice were: Denny Hamlin (183.150) third fastest, Raybestos Rookie contender Joey Logano (183.094) fourth, Brian Vickers (182.983) fifth, Kyle Busch (182.784) sixth, David Reutimann (182.476) seventh, Mark Martin (182.309) eighth, Bobby Labonte (181.959) ninth and Jamie McMurray (181.892) rounding out the top-10.

2009 Coca-Cola 600 Final Practice Speeds

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Lap #	# Laps	-Fastest	-Next
1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Chevrolet	29.446	183.387	1	10	---.---	---.---
2	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Ford	29.471	183.231	1	3	-0.025	-0.025
3	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express Toyota	29.484	183.15	1	2	-0.038	-0.013
4	20	Joey Logano #	The Home Depot Toyota	29.493	183.094	1	5	-0.047	-0.009
5	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	29.511	182.983	1	6	-0.065	-0.018
6	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Toyota	29.543	182.784	1	9	-0.097	-0.032
7	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	29.593	182.476	1	9	-0.147	-0.05
8	5	Mark Martin	CARQUEST / Kellogg's Chevrolet	29.62	182.309	1	9	-0.174	-0.027
9	96	Bobby Labonte	Ask.com Ford	29.677	181.959	2	9	-0.231	-0.057
10	26	Jamie McMurray	IRWIN Vise-Grip Ford	29.688	181.892	3	8	-0.242	-0.011
11	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Mobil 1 Dodge	29.702	181.806	1	3	-0.256	-0.014
12	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	29.748	181.525	1	9	-0.302	-0.046
13	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	29.775	181.36	1	2	-0.329	-0.027
14	71	David Gilliland	HydeParkStorageSuites.com Chevrolet	29.778	181.342	1	2	-0.332	-0.003
15	47	Marcos Ambrose	Kingsford / Clorox Toyota	29.783	181.311	2	7	-0.337	-0.005
16	39	Ryan Newman	U.S. Army Chevrolet	29.805	181.178	1	8	-0.359	-0.022
17	17	Matt Kenseth	R&L Carriers Ford	29.806	181.172	1	9	-0.36	-0.001
18	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam / Operation Home Front Toyota	29.819	181.093	1	2	-0.373	-0.013
19	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot / Old Spice Chevrolet	29.82	181.087	2	9	-0.374	-0.001
20	16	Greg Biffle	3M / Red Cross Ford	29.844	180.941	2	4	-0.398	-0.024
21	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Bass Pro Shops / Nat. Wld Trky Fed. Chevrolet	29.857	180.862	1	6	-0.411	-0.013
22	9	Mike Bliss	Phoenix Racing Dodge	29.86	180.844	1	3	-0.414	-0.003
23	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Chevrolet	29.864	180.82	2	5	-0.418	-0.004
24	44	A J Allmendinger	Hunt Brothers Pizza Dodge	29.913	180.524	4	7	-0.467	-0.049
25	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	29.917	180.499	1	9	-0.471	-0.004
26	43	Reed Sorenson	U.S. Air Force Dodge	29.928	180.433	1	8	-0.482	-0.011
27	66	Dave Blaney	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	29.928	180.433	1	6	-0.482	0
28	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell / Pennzoil Chevrolet	29.935	180.391	1	4	-0.489	-0.007
29	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	National Guard / AMP Energy Chevrolet	29.963	180.222	2	5	-0.517	-0.028
30	21	Bill Elliott	Motorcraft Ford	29.968	180.192	1	2	-0.522	-0.005
31	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite Dodge	29.998	180.012	1	8	-0.552	-0.03
32	82	Scott Speed #	Red Bull Toyota	30.04	179.76	1	1	-0.594	-0.042
33	36	Scott Riggs	Tommy Baldwin Racing Toyota	30.058	179.653	2	7	-0.612	-0.018
34	87	Joe Nemechek	G.P.'s Enterprises Inc. Toyota	30.227	178.648	1	1	-0.781	-0.169
35	98	Paul Menard	Johns Manville / Menards Ford	30.237	178.589	1	2	-0.791	-0.01
36	12	David Stremme	No. 12 Penske Dodge	30.259	178.459	2	2	-0.813	-0.022
37	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	30.273	178.377	1	5	-0.827	-0.014
38	19	Elliott Sadler	Best Buy Dodge	30.314	178.136	1	2	-0.868	-0.041
39	7	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's Chevrolet	32.593	165.68	1	1	-3.147	-2.279
40	34	Tony Raines	Taco Bell Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser Dodge	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	13	Max Papis #	GEICO Toyota	0	0	0	0	0	0