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Greg Biffle, with a lap speed of 193.340 mph, was the fastest during the first NSCS AAA Texas 500 practice session at Texas Motor Speedway.

Second fastest with a lap speed of 192.836 mph, was Biffle’s Roush Fenway Racing teammate, Carl Edwards, followed by Juan Pablo Montoya (192.321) who was third fastest, Matt Kenseth (192.308) fourth fastest, and Elliott Sadler (192.055) fifth fastest.

Rounding out the top-ten fastest in practice were: Regan Smith (192.041) sixth fastest, Paul Menard (191.952) seventh fastest, Martin Truex Jr. (191.898) eighth, series points leader, Jimmie Johnson (191.795) ninth and A.J. Allmendinger (191.394) tenth fastest.

The teams will return later this afternoon for their 4:40 PM (EST) scheduled qualifying session, and then will be back on track Saturday morning for their second practice session (9:45 AM – 10:30 AM) and “Happy Hour” (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – EST).

2010 NSCS AAA Texas 500 First Practice Session Speeds

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	American Red Cross	193.34	27.93	Leader
2	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Aflac	192.837	28.003	-0.073
3	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Lysol	192.321	28.078	-0.148
4	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Crown Royal Black	192.308	28.08	-0.15
5	19	Elliott Sadler	Ford	Stanley	192.055	28.117	-0.187
6	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies	192.041	28.119	-0.189
7	98	Paul Menard	Ford	Quaker State / Menards	191.952	28.132	-0.202
8	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA / Susan G Komen for the Cure Signature	191.898	28.14	-0.21
9	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	191.795	28.155	-0.225
10	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Ford	Valvoline	191.394	28.214	-0.284
11	0	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aaron's Outdoors Mossy Oak	191.09	28.259	-0.329
12	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS	191.076	28.261	-0.331
13	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	National Guard / Amp Energy	191.049	28.265	-0.335
14	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	191.042	28.266	-0.336
15	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's	191.022	28.269	-0.339
16	21	Trevor Bayne	Ford	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	190.853	28.294	-0.364
17	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Office Depot / Old Spice	190.691	28.318	-0.388
18	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Tornados	190.624	28.328	-0.398
19	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	AAA	190.523	28.343	-0.413
20	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	190.409	28.36	-0.43
21	110	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Gander Mountain	190.402	28.361	-0.431
22	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Operation Home Front / Miller Lite	190.281	28.379	-0.449
23	83	Kasey Kahne	Toyota	Red Bull	190.034	28.416	-0.486
24	36	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	189.867	28.441	-0.511
25	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper	189.86	28.442	-0.512
26	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	Tom Thumb	189.847	28.444	-0.514
27	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil	189.813	28.449	-0.519
28	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	189.567	28.486	-0.556
29	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Office	189.553	28.488	-0.558
30	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	Carquest / GoDaddy.com	189.52	28.493	-0.563
31	12	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	Penske Racing	189.401	28.511	-0.581
32	9	Aric Almirola	Ford	Budweiser	189.268	28.531	-0.601
33	66	Mike Bliss	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	189.122	28.553	-0.623
34	38	David Gilliland	Ford	Taco Bell	189.076	28.56	-0.63
35	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	188.996	28.572	-0.642
36	13	Casey Mears	Toyota	GEICO	188.877	28.59	-0.66
37	82	Scott Speed	Toyota	Red Bull	188.686	28.619	-0.689
38	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	FrontRowJoe.com	188.501	28.647	-0.717
39	9	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	C&J Energy	188.416	28.66	-0.73
40	7	Robby Gordon	Toyota	Mapei / Menards	188.298	28.678	-0.748
41	46	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	Cash America	187.95	28.731	-0.801
42	71	Andy Lally	Chevrolet	TaxSlayer.com	187.331	28.826	-0.896
43	164	Jeff Green	Toyota	Gunselman Motorsports	187.259	28.837	-0.907
44	26	Patrick Carpentier	Ford	Air National Guard	186.916	28.89	-0.96
45	34	Travis Kvapil	Ford	Long John Silver's	186.58	28.942	-1.012
46	37	Dave Blaney	Ford	A&W All American Food	185.51	29.109	-1.179
47	81	Scott Riggs	Dodge	Whitney's Collision Centers	184.9	29.205	-1.275
48	123	Josh Wise	Toyota	North Texas Pipe	184.508	29.267	-1.337
49	192	Brian Keselowski	Dodge	K-Automotive Motorsports	180.862	29.857	-1.927

* Required to Qualify on Time