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David Stremme, who has to qualify on time to make the starting lineup for Sunday’s NSCS Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400, was the fastest during the final practice session at Michigan International Speedway, with a lap speed of 185.428 mph,.

Stremme was followed by two other “go or go home” drivers, J.J. Yeley (185.095) who was second fastest and Travis Kvapil (184.554) who was third fastest, followed by Jimmie Johnson (184.516) fourth fastest and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (184.417) the fifth fastest.

Rounding out the top-ten fastest during “Happy Hour” were Mark Martin (184.407) who was sixth fastest, Joe Nemechek (184.280) seventh, Greg Biffle (184.091) eighth, Kurt Busch (184.087) ninth and Robby Gordon (183.997- required to qualify on time) was tenth.

The teams will return to the track Saturday afternoon for their 1:10 PM (EDT) scheduled qualifying session to determine the starting lineup for Sunday’s race (which is scheduled to get underway a little after 1:00 PM – EDT).

2011 NSCS Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Final Practice Session Speeds

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Lap #	# Laps	-Fastest	-Next
1	*30	David Stremme	Inception Racing Chevrolet	38.829	185.428	3	3	---.---	---.---
2	*46	J J Yeley	Red Line Chevrolet	38.899	185.095	1	1	-0.07	-0.07
3	*38	Travis Kvapil(i)	Fellowship of Christian Athletes Ford	38.947	184.867	7	7	-0.118	-0.048
4	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet	39.021	184.516	31	41	-0.192	-0.074
5	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet	39.042	184.417	31	44	-0.213	-0.021
6	5	Mark Martin	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	39.044	184.407	1	23	-0.215	-0.002
7	*87	Joe Nemechek(i)	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	39.071	184.28	7	9	-0.242	-0.027
8	16	Greg Biffle	Red Cross/3M Ford	39.111	184.091	1	40	-0.282	-0.04
9	22	Kurt Busch	Shell/Pennzoil Dodge	39.112	184.087	22	31	-0.283	-0.001
10	*7	Robby Gordon	SPEED Energy/Walgreens Dodge	39.131	183.997	3	5	-0.302	-0.019
11	*66	Michael McDowell	HP Racing LLC Toyota	39.161	183.856	7	7	-0.332	-0.03
12	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	39.17	183.814	1	40	-0.341	-0.009
13	18	Kyle Busch	Snickers Toyota	39.173	183.8	34	52	-0.344	-0.003
14	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's Chevrolet	39.174	183.795	1	45	-0.345	-0.001
15	*81	Scott Riggs(i)	Whitney's Collision.com Chevrolet	39.184	183.748	3	3	-0.355	-0.01
16	43	A J Allmendinger	Best Buy Ford	39.191	183.716	24	37	-0.362	-0.007
17	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull Toyota	39.197	183.688	27	31	-0.368	-0.006
18	17	Matt Kenseth	Crown Royal Ford	39.241	183.482	31	37	-0.412	-0.044
19	27	Paul Menard	Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Chevrolet	39.244	183.468	1	33	-0.415	-0.003
20	11	Hamlin / Logano	FedEx Office Toyota	39.248	183.449	17	47	-0.419	-0.004
21	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Now Hiring Ford	39.272	183.337	19	26	-0.443	-0.024
22	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet	39.284	183.281	34	46	-0.455	-0.012
23	51	Landon Cassill(i)	Security Benefits/Thank A Teacher Today Chev	39.293	183.239	32	46	-0.464	-0.009
24	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Chevrolet	39.316	183.132	1	40	-0.487	-0.023
25	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	39.328	183.076	30	36	-0.499	-0.012
26	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	39.33	183.066	35	39	-0.501	-0.002
27	9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt Ford	39.353	182.959	1	36	-0.524	-0.023
28	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	39.359	182.931	44	48	-0.53	-0.006
29	*71	Andy Lally #	TRG Motorsports Ford	39.403	182.727	5	25	-0.574	-0.044
30	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet	39.435	182.579	18	31	-0.606	-0.032
31	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	39.444	182.537	40	45	-0.615	-0.009
32	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	39.445	182.533	31	43	-0.616	-0.001
33	21	Trevor Bayne(i)	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford	39.475	182.394	26	28	-0.646	-0.03
34	39	Ryan Newman	USArmy236Bdy/MooreNASCARHOF Chev	39.48	182.371	28	38	-0.651	-0.005
35	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	39.497	182.292	1	36	-0.668	-0.017
36	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet	39.538	182.103	1	35	-0.709	-0.041
37	32	Mike Bliss(i)	bluCigs Ford	39.602	181.809	1	18	-0.773	-0.064
38	*92	Brian Keselowski #	Melling Chevrolet	39.615	181.749	7	7	-0.786	-0.013
39	47	Bobby Labonte	RainEater/Advance Auto Parts Toyota	39.624	181.708	29	37	-0.795	-0.009
40	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Cars 2 Chevrolet	39.638	181.644	14	30	-0.809	-0.014
41	20	Joey Logano	Home Depot Toyota	39.693	181.392	2	3	-0.864	-0.055
42	*37	Tony Raines	Black Cat Fireworks Ford	39.693	181.392	5	6	-0.864	0
43	36	Dave Blaney	Golden Corral/GetAuctionAccess.com Chevrolet	39.704	181.342	23	23	-0.875	-0.011
44	34	David Gilliland	Taco Bell Ford	39.789	180.955	1	26	-0.96	-0.085
45	*60	Mike Skinner(i)	Big Red Toyota	39.79	180.95	5	7	-0.961	-0.001
46	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Toyota	39.936	180.288	1	18	-1.107	-0.146

(i) Ineligible for Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie
* Required To Qualify on Time