Catchfence

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series “Happy Hour” practice speeds for the 53rd running of the Daytona 500, reached 200 mph, as both Jeff Burton and his RCR teammate, Clint Bowyer ran the identical lap speed of 200.316 mph, at Daytona International Speedway.

Following Burton and Bowyer on the speed chart with a lap speed of 199.751 mph, was Brad Keselowski who third fastest, Robby Gordon (199.743) fourth fastest and Kurt Busch (199.459) was fifth fastest.

Rounding out the top-ten fastest in the final practice session were Regan Smith (199.442) who was sixth fastest, Marcos Ambrose (199.353) seventh, David Ragan (199.353) eighth, Michael Waltrip (198.483) ninth and Martin Truex Jr. (198.478) was tenth fastest.

The teams will return Sunday afternoon for the first points race of the 2011 NSCS season, which is scheduled to get underway a little after 1:00 PM (EST).

2011 NSCS Daytona 500 Final Practice Session Speeds

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Lap #	# Laps	-Fastest	-Next
1	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	44.929	200.316	4	11	---.---	---.---
2	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	44.929	200.316	4	11	0	0
3	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	45.056	199.751	3	35	-0.127	-0.127
4	7	Robby Gordon	SPEED Energy Dodge	45.058	199.743	3	22	-0.129	-0.002
5	22	Kurt Busch	Shell/Pennzoil Dodge	45.122	199.459	6	30	-0.193	-0.064
6	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet	45.126	199.442	6	11	-0.197	-0.004
7	9	Marcos Ambrose	Stanley Ford	45.146	199.353	8	19	-0.217	-0.02
8	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	45.146	199.353	8	19	-0.217	0
9	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	45.344	198.483	6	16	-0.415	-0.198
10	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Toyota	45.345	198.478	15	15	-0.416	-0.001
11	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot Toyota	45.52	197.715	8	28	-0.591	-0.175
12	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull Toyota	45.52	197.715	8	9	-0.591	0
13	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet	45.61	197.325	9	9	-0.681	-0.09
14	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	45.613	197.312	9	9	-0.684	-0.003
15	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express Toyota	45.787	196.562	5	29	-0.858	-0.174
16	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Toyota	45.787	196.562	5	37	-0.858	0
17	36	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet	45.902	196.07	9	18	-0.973	-0.115
18	32	Terry Labonte	U.S. Chrome Ford	45.903	196.066	9	10	-0.974	-0.001
19	43	A J Allmendinger	Best Buy Ford	45.948	195.874	2	13	-1.019	-0.045
20	5	Mark Martin	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	45.949	195.869	2	13	-1.02	-0.001
21	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Chevrolet	45.954	195.848	5	6	-1.025	-0.005
22	27	Paul Menard	Menards/Peak Chevrolet	45.955	195.844	5	6	-1.026	-0.001
23	38	Travis Kvapil(i)	Long John Silver's Ford	46.054	195.423	4	20	-1.125	-0.099
24	34	David Gilliland	Taco Bell Ford	46.055	195.419	4	26	-1.126	-0.001
25	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet	46.122	195.135	8	8	-1.193	-0.067
26	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Ford	46.204	194.788	14	14	-1.275	-0.082
27	87	Joe Nemechek(i)	AM FM Energy Toyota	46.22	194.721	6	12	-1.291	-0.016
28	77	Steve Wallace(i)	5-hour Energy Toyota	46.296	194.401	5	15	-1.367	-0.076
29	71	Andy Lally #	Super Eco-Fuel Saver Chevrolet	46.297	194.397	9	16	-1.368	-0.001
30	17	Matt Kenseth	Crown Royal Black Ford	46.379	194.053	14	15	-1.45	-0.082
31	47	Bobby Labonte	Kroger/USO Toyota	46.551	193.336	22	23	-1.622	-0.172
32	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	46.552	193.332	17	28	-1.623	-0.001
33	16	Greg Biffle	3M Ford	46.661	192.881	5	7	-1.732	-0.109
34	21	Trevor Bayne(i)	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford	46.709	192.682	4	14	-1.78	-0.048
35	37	Robert Richardson Jr.	North Texas Pipe Ford	46.827	192.197	21	21	-1.898	-0.118
36	46	J J Yeley	Red Line Oil Chevrolet	47.547	189.286	11	11	-2.618	-0.72
37	39	Ryan Newman	U.S.Army Chevrolet	50.314	178.877	2	2	-5.385	-2.767

# Denotes Rookie
(i) Ineligible for Points in this Series