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Oct 08, 2011
Saturday
2011 NSCS Hollywood Casino 400 Final Practice Session Speeds
Timing & Scoring
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Clint Bowyer Climbing in Car - Photo Credit: Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR
Clint Bowyer Climbing in Car - Photo Credit: Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR
Emporia, Kansas native, Clint Bowyer (who recently announced plans to join Michael Waltrip Racing in 2012) showed the fastest way around his “home track” of Kansas Speedway (with the lap speed of 169.737 mph) during the final NSCS Hollywood Casino 400 practice session.

Second fastest was David Ragan with a lap speed of 168.961 mph, and was followed by Matt Kenseth (168.845) who was third fastest, Jimmie Johnson (168.724) fourth fastest and Mark Martin (168.146) was the fifth fastest.

Rounding out the top-ten fastest during “Happy Hour” were Carl Edwards (167.869) who was sixth fastest, Marcos Ambrose (167.307) seventh, Jamie McMurray (167.219) eighth, Jeff Burton (167.152) ninth and Ryan Newman (167.115) posting the tenth fastest lap speed.

The Fastest and Slowest Among the “Chase” Drivers: Matt Kenseth was the fastest “chase” driver with scoring the third fastest lap speed (168.845 mph) while Kevin Harvick (who was the fastest in today’s earlier practice session) was 30th fastest and posted the slowest  lap speed (166.001 mph) among the “chase drivers.

The Hollywood Casino 400 is scheduled to get underway around 2:20 PM (EDT) Sunday afternoon, and ESPN will begin their (pre-race) coverage at 1:00 PM (EDT).

2011 NSCS Hollywood Casino 400 Final Practice Session Speeds

Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed Lap # # Laps -Fastest -Next
1 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet 31.814 169.737 1 30 ---.--- ---.---
2 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 31.96 168.961 1 36 -0.146 -0.146
3 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford 31.982 168.845 1 56 -0.168 -0.022
4 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 32.005 168.724 1 57 -0.191 -0.023
5 5 Mark Martin CARQUEST / GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 32.115 168.146 1 55 -0.301 -0.11
6 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 32.168 167.869 1 35 -0.354 -0.053
7 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 32.276 167.307 1 37 -0.462 -0.108
8 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops / Arctic Cat Chevrolet 32.293 167.219 1 44 -0.479 -0.017
9 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet 32.306 167.152 35 47 -0.492 -0.013
10 39 Ryan Newman HAAS Automation Chevrolet 32.313 167.115 1 50 -0.499 -0.007
11 0 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 32.326 167.048 35 43 -0.512 -0.013
12 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 32.327 167.043 27 38 -0.513 -0.001
13 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 32.338 166.986 1 66 -0.524 -0.011
14 51 Landon Cassill(i) SecurityBenefits/ThankATchrToday Chev 32.343 166.96 1 43 -0.529 -0.005
15 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 32.346 166.945 24 36 -0.532 -0.003
16 27 Paul Menard Schrock / Menards Chevrolet 32.357 166.888 30 47 -0.543 -0.011
17 78 Regan Smith FurnitureRowRacing/FarmAmerican Chev 32.357 166.888 1 49 -0.543 0
18 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 32.359 166.878 35 53 -0.545 -0.002
19 47 Bobby Labonte Bush's Beans / Kingsford Toyota 32.369 166.826 1 31 -0.555 -0.01
20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard / AMP Energy Chevrolet 32.394 166.698 31 36 -0.58 -0.025
21 16 Greg Biffle Sherwin-Williams Ford 32.397 166.682 1 43 -0.583 -0.003
22 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 32.41 166.615 1 51 -0.596 -0.013
23 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 32.416 166.584 21 37 -0.602 -0.006
24 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot / Mobil 1 Chevrolet 32.424 166.543 1 42 -0.61 -0.008
25 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota 32.44 166.461 33 51 -0.626 -0.016
26 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 32.44 166.461 1 27 -0.626 0
27 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 32.492 166.195 19 25 -0.678 -0.052
28 30 David Stremme Inception Motorsports Chevrolet 32.509 166.108 1 12 -0.695 -0.017
29 22 Kurt Busch Shell Pennzoil Dodge 32.518 166.062 1 32 -0.704 -0.009
30 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 32.53 166.001 4 42 -0.716 -0.012
31 43 A J Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 32.597 165.659 1 38 -0.783 -0.067
32 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota 32.673 165.274 2 18 -0.859 -0.076
33 46 Scott Speed(i) ordergreenstuff.com Ford 32.732 164.976 19 23 -0.918 -0.059
34 36 Dave Blaney Big Red Chevrolet 32.739 164.941 1 15 -0.925 -0.007
35 38 Travis Kvapil(i) Long John Silver's Ford 32.759 164.84 1 25 -0.945 -0.02
36 98 Austin Dillon(i) President Ronald Reagan Centennial Chevrolet 32.815 164.559 3 27 -1.001 -0.056
37 87 Joe Nemechek(i) AM FM Energy Toyota 32.823 164.519 2 11 -1.009 -0.008
38 55 J J Yeley Front Row Motorsports Ford 32.893 164.169 2 25 -1.079 -0.07
39 34 David Gilliland A&W All American Food Ford 32.908 164.094 1 24 -1.094 -0.015
40 71 Andy Lally # Interstate Moving Services Ford 33.077 163.255 4 23 -1.263 -0.169
41 66 Michael McDowell Victory Junction Toyota 33.079 163.246 1 25 -1.265 -0.002
42 7 Reed Sorenson(i) SPEED Energy / MAPEI / Menards Dodge 33.123 163.029 1 6 -1.309 -0.044
43 32 Mike Bliss(i) Street King Ford 33.138 162.955 3 33 -1.324 -0.015

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


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