Average Practice Speeds: Bristol 2 – IRWIN Tools Night Race
The schedule for this weekend at Bristol was compacted to say the least. Every on-track, pre-race activity was scheduled for Friday, with two practice sessions occurring in the mid-afternoon and qualifying set to start later tonight at 5:00 pm eastern time. The leaders will start lapping cars quick on Saturday night so qualifying is pretty important. Be sure to come back here to ifantasyrace.com after the starting lineup is set to see my final top 15 predictions for the 2012 IRWIN Tools Night Race.
Important Practice Notes: Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch made contact near the end of first practice, but I think the damage on both was simply cosmetic.
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. I have found over the years that this is much more accurate as to whether or not someone has a car that is good for one lap or one that can consistently be fast. These numbers, however, can be skewed if a team puts new tires on frequently or rarely changes the tires.
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In the furst practice session, the five fastest drivers were:
1. Casey Mears – 122.209 mph
2. Brad Keselowski – 122.162 mph
3. Greg Biffle – 122.123 mph
4. Aric Almirola – 121.999 mph
5. Joey Logano – 121.999 mph
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In terms of ten-lap average, the top five for the first practice were:
1. David Gilliland – 119.088 mph
2. Matt Kenseth – 119.076 mph
3. Denny Hamlin – 118.707 mph
4. Paul Menard – 118.692 mph
5. Clint Bowyer – 118.608 mph
Click here for the complete ten-lap average chart for the first practice.
In “Happy Hour”, the fast five were:
1. Joey Logano – 122.404 mph
2. Brad Keselowski – 122.154 mph
3. David Gilliland – 121.929 mph
4. Matt Kenseth – 121.921 mph
5. Kyle Busch – 121.883 mph
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When it came to ten-lap average, the best for Happy Hour were:
1. Greg Biffle – 118.870 mph
2. Brad Keselowski – 118.656 mph
3. Kasey Kahne – 118.617 mph
4. Denny Hamlin – 118.545 mph
5. Kurt Busch – 118.402 mph
Click here for the complete ten-lap average chart for Happy Hour.
