Practice Breakdown: Dover (FedEx 400)
Two practice sessions were held this afternoon in Dover, and qualifying will be held tomorrow afternoon. I’m not sure how important these speeds will be, so use this practice breakdown however you want. My predictions will go up tomorrow, so be sure to come back and check that article out before finalizing your fantasy rosters this week.
Important Practice Notes: Kyle Busch’s engine let go in first practice and he will have to start from the rear of the field on Sunday. “Rowdy” went on to hit the wall (pretty hard) in second practice.
First practice shook out like this:
1. Jimmie Johnson – 158.604 mph
2. A.J. Allmendinger – 158.562
3. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. – 158.493 mph
4. Kasey Kahne – 158.186 mph
5. Joey Logano – 158.033 mph
Complete practice 1 speeds can be found by clicking here.
In terms of ten-lap average, the following were fastest in first practice:
1. Jimmie Johnson – 156.243 mph
2. Kyle Busch – 154.137 mph *changed engine after practice
3. Mark Martin – 153.865 mph
4. A.J. Allmendinger – 153.807 mph
5. Matt Kenseth – 153.678 mph
The top five drivers in the second practice session were:
1. Kurt Busch – 157.922 mph
2. Brad Keselowski– 157.591 mph
3. Greg Biffle – 157.522 mph
4. Carl Edwards – 157.370 mph
5. David Ragan – 157.000 mph
Complete rankings of this practice can be found by clicking here.
In terms of ten-lap average, the following were fastest in second practice:
1. Kasey Kahne – 153.610 mph
2. Matt Kenseth – 153.433 mph
3. Jimmie Johnson – 153.189 mph
4. Paul Menard – 152.858 mph
5. Kevin Harvick – 152.710 mph
AVERAGE PRACTICE SPEEDS:
Average practice speeds are calculated by taking the average speed of each driver in each practice and multiplying it by the number of laps ran. When you do this for each practice and add the totals together, and then divide by the total number of laps ran, you get an average of their practice speed, instead of just the one lap statistic you see when you look at practice sheets. The order that they are in is the overall average speeds rank of the two sessions combined.
1. Michael McDowell at 154.750 mph over 9 laps
2. J.J. Yeley at 154.204 mph over 10 laps
3. Martin Truex, Jr. at 153.753 mph over 63 laps
4. Marcos Ambrose at 153.745 mph over 66 laps
5. Matt Kenseth at 153.270 mph over 89 laps
6. Kasey Kahne at 153.262 mph over 101 laps
7. A.J. Allmendinger at 153.236 mph over 94 laps
8. Jimmie Johnson at 153.185 mph over 107 laps
9. David Ragan at 153.144 mph over 101 laps
10. Greg Biffle at 153.115 mph over 82 laps
11. Mark Martin at 153.081 mph over 88 laps
12. Kyle Busch at 153.047 mph over 61 laps (includes first practice speeds)
13. Regan Smith at 153.027 mph over 85 laps
14. Paul Menard at 152.936 mph over 82 laps
15. Clint Bowyer at 152.903 mph over 72 laps
16. Carl Edwards at 152.782 mph over 52 laps
17. Brad Keselowski at 152.749 mph over 114 laps
18. Kevin Harvick at 152.666 mph over 90 laps
19. David Gilliland at 152.614 mph over 41 laps
20. David Reutimann at 152.556 mph over 88 laps
21. Tony Stewart at 152.552 mph over 105 laps
22. Joe Nemechek at 152.513 mph over 25 laps
23. David Stremme at 152.504 mph over 21 laps
24. Kurt Busch at 152.500 mph over 116 laps
25. Scott Riggs at 152.382 mph over 15 laps
26. Juan Montoya at 152.262 mph over 87 laps
27. Scott Wimmer at 152.241 mph over 7 laps
28. Jamie McMurray at 152.159 mph over 78 laps
29. Brian Vickers at 152.151 mph over 122 laps
30. Denny Hamlin at 152.124 mph over 110 laps
31. Andy Lally at 152.031 mph over 40 laps
32. Jeff Burton at 152.015 mph over 111 laps
33. Bobby Labonte at 152.007 mph over 77 laps
34. Joey Logano at 151.923 mph over 114 laps
35. Casey Mears at 151.903 mph over 45 laps
36. Tony Raines at 151.987 mph over 27 laps
37. Mike Skinner at 151.888 mph over 22 laps
38. Jeff Gordon at 151.865 mph over 89 laps
39. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. at 151.655 mph over 84 laps
40. Ryan Newman at 151.420 mph over 74 laps
41. Dave Blaney at 150.739 mph over 58 laps
42. Travis Kvapil at 150.433 mph over 45 laps
43. Landon Cassill at 149.545 mph over 80 laps
44. Mike Bliss at 148.475 mph over 40 laps
