NASCAR notes: NASCAR Practices

Charlotte Practice 2 - Friday, October 12, 2012 - NASCAR.com

Pos	Driver	Laps	Best Speed	Last Speed	Avg. Speed	Best Time	Last Time	Avg. Time
1	Greg Biffle	32	187.065	180.796	182.337	28.87	29.87	29.62
2	Kasey Kahne	35	186.593	181.385	182.335	28.94	29.77	29.62
3	Kevin Harvick	30	186.574	176.327	180.758	28.94	30.62	29.87
4	Jimmie Johnson	39	186.361	179.444	180.912	28.98	30.09	29.85
5	Mark Martin	34	186.278	179.844	181.991	28.99	30.03	29.67
6	Martin Truex Jr.	38	186.271	181.788	181.773	28.99	29.70	29.71
7	Brad Keselowski	44	185.989	182.137	182.182	29.03	29.65	29.64
8	Regan Smith	38	185.701	179.039	181.055	29.08	30.16	29.82
9	Ryan Newman	21	185.471	180.886	181.707	29.12	29.85	29.72
10	Jeff Gordon	26	185.401	179.964	181.262	29.13	30.01	29.79
11	Carl Edwards	36	185.338	179.874	180.985	29.14	30.02	29.84
12	Clint Bowyer	40	185.230	180.747	181.710	29.15	29.88	29.72
13	Joey Logano	42	185.179	179.832	181.305	29.16	30.03	29.78
14	Kyle Busch	42	185.166	178.424	180.971	29.16	30.26	29.84
15	Denny Hamlin	24	184.919	179.075	182.212	29.20	30.16	29.64
16	Tony Stewart	49	184.748	179.593	180.983	29.23	30.07	29.84
17	Aric Almirola	37	184.691	179.826	181.185	29.24	30.03	29.80
18	Matt Kenseth	23	184.691	179.033	181.560	29.24	30.16	29.74
19	Paul Menard	23	184.584	178.554	181.141	29.26	30.24	29.81
20	Jeff Burton	39	184.540	177.200	179.961	29.26	30.47	30.01
21	Sam Hornish Jr.	39	184.401	178.194	181.194	29.28	30.30	29.80
22	Kurt Busch	21	184.175	178.159	180.749	29.32	30.31	29.88
23	AJ Allmendinger	39	184.080	179.700	181.132	29.34	30.05	29.81
24	Juan Pablo Montoya	28	183.574	178.719	181.470	29.42	30.22	29.76
25	Bobby Labonte	23	183.181	178.006	180.077	29.48	30.34	29.99
26	Trevor Bayne	25	183.175	179.706	180.884	29.48	30.05	29.85
27	Scott Speed	21	183.107	175.690	180.059	29.49	30.74	29.99
28	Casey Mears	25	182.914	168.382	179.333	29.52	32.07	30.11
29	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	33	182.828	176.517	178.745	29.54	30.59	30.21
30	Marcos Ambrose	24	182.673	178.707	180.463	29.56	30.22	29.92
31	Jamie McMurray	18	182.618	175.513	179.938	29.57	30.77	30.01
32	David Gilliland	20	182.463	178.394	180.327	29.60	30.27	29.95
33	Michael McDowell	12	182.383	179.330	179.930	29.61	30.11	30.01
34	Travis Kvapil	26	182.272	174.955	179.224	29.63	30.86	30.13
35	Reed Sorenson	6	182.162	172.828	179.357	29.64	31.24	30.11
36	Mike Bliss	10	181.708	179.069	179.859	29.72	30.16	30.02
37	David Ragan	18	181.500	178.371	179.995	29.75	30.27	30.00
38	Landon Cassill	26	181.311	178.660	179.117	29.78	30.22	30.15
39	David Stremme	4	181.214	181.214	179.884	29.80	29.80	30.02
40	Timmy Hill	7	181.068	179.605	180.216	29.82	30.07	29.96
41	David Reutimann	19	180.911	178.247	179.244	29.85	30.30	30.13
42	Dave Blaney	3	180.168	179.122	179.706	29.97	30.15	30.05
43	J.J. Yeley	1	179.647	179.647	179.647	30.06	30.06	30.06

Chicago Practice 1 - Friday, September 14, 2012 - NASCAR.com

Pos	Driver	Laps	Best Speed	Last Speed	Avg. Speed	Best Time	Last Time	Avg. Time
1	Martin Truex Jr.	23	181.763	174.413	175.577	29.71	30.96	30.76
2	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	36	180.681	180.681	175.837	29.89	29.89	30.71
3	Brad Keselowski	34	179.784	179.784	175.386	30.04	30.04	30.79
4	Trevor Bayne	29	179.695	179.695	174.980	30.05	30.05	30.86
5	Denny Hamlin	45	179.623	174.464	175.675	30.06	30.95	30.74
6	Jamie McMurray	18	179.623	178.743	175.181	30.06	30.21	30.82
7	Mark Martin	44	178.926	173.383	175.408	30.18	31.14	30.78
8	Jeff Burton	26	178.855	178.855	174.187	30.19	30.19	31.00
9	Carl Edwards	40	178.719	173.088	174.670	30.22	31.20	30.92
10	Ryan Newman	28	178.560	177.468	175.085	30.24	30.43	30.84
11	Clint Bowyer	51	178.465	173.907	175.312	30.26	31.05	30.80
12	Tony Stewart	55	178.365	173.010	174.686	30.28	31.21	30.91
13	Bobby Labonte	23	178.230	177.503	174.199	30.30	30.42	31.00
14	David Ragan	16	178.018	178.018	173.946	30.33	30.33	31.04
15	Paul Menard	48	177.848	174.475	174.679	30.36	30.95	30.91
16	Sam Hornish Jr.	64	177.719	173.723	174.923	30.38	31.08	30.87
17	Landon Cassill	39	177.655	177.655	172.933	30.40	30.40	31.23
18	Danica Patrick	36	177.649	176.783	171.033	30.40	30.55	31.57
19	David Stremme	7	177.602	177.602	176.423	30.40	30.40	30.61
20	Jeff Gordon	39	177.538	175.103	174.696	30.42	30.84	30.91
21	Kurt Busch	31	177.462	172.866	174.865	30.43	31.24	30.88
22	Michael McDowell	4	177.398	177.398	177.218	30.44	30.44	30.47
23	Kevin Harvick	35	177.375	177.375	174.440	30.44	30.44	30.96
24	Kasey Kahne	43	177.334	170.288	174.478	30.45	31.71	30.95
25	Jimmie Johnson	46	177.293	173.299	173.926	30.46	31.16	31.05
26	Greg Biffle	38	177.282	173.410	174.205	30.46	31.14	31.00
27	Aric Almirola	44	177.276	173.896	174.445	30.46	31.05	30.96
28	Joey Logano	57	177.235	173.182	174.428	30.47	31.18	30.96
29	Kyle Busch	48	177.235	172.817	174.414	30.47	31.25	30.96
30	Josh Wise	10	177.171	177.171	175.365	30.48	30.48	30.79
31	Casey Mears	25	177.072	177.072	174.239	30.50	30.50	30.99
32	Matt Kenseth	41	176.922	173.221	174.180	30.52	31.17	31.00
33	Stephen Leicht	19	176.910	176.910	173.760	30.52	30.52	31.08
34	Scott Speed	7	176.881	176.407	176.211	30.53	30.61	30.64
35	Travis Kvapil	27	176.811	176.811	173.125	30.54	30.54	31.19
36	Marcos Ambrose	39	176.765	174.746	173.956	30.55	30.90	31.04
37	Jason Leffler	7	176.678	176.678	175.178	30.56	30.56	30.83
38	Juan Pablo Montoya	17	176.650	165.578	171.832	30.57	32.61	31.43
39	J.J. Yeley	7	176.557	176.280	175.487	30.58	30.63	30.77
40	Mike Bliss	10	176.551	175.342	175.891	30.59	30.80	30.70
41	Reed Sorenson	9	176.546	176.546	176.043	30.59	30.59	30.67
42	Regan Smith	53	176.114	159.991	173.804	30.66	33.75	31.07
43	Joe Nemechek	11	175.896	175.023	175.471	30.70	30.85	30.77
44	David Gilliland	18	175.365	173.768	173.584	30.79	31.08	31.11
45	Dave Blaney	36	175.365	172.502	173.060	30.79	31.30	31.20
46	T.J. Bell	11	174.740	173.829	173.260	30.90	31.06	31.17
47	Scott Riggs	13	174.588	173.405	173.323	30.93	31.14	31.16