The practice schedule this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway was similar to what we’ve had for the last few weeks, except for the fact that the first session on Saturday wasn’t televised. What’s unfortunate is that was when the most action occurred, with Denny Hamlin and Greg Biffle getting together and collecting pole-sitter Joey Logano. All [...]
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RSS feed for this sectionAverage Practice Speeds: Phoenix 2 – Advocare 500 (2012 Chase Race #9)
Phoenix was re-configured and re-paved during the 2011 season and this Sunday’s Advocare 500 will be just the third event on the new surface. The Cup cars were on track for two different sessions on Saturday, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Happy Hour was the practice that had the conditions closest [...]
AAA Texas 500 After Happy Hour Fantasy NASCAR Predictions
1). Jimmie Johnson – Jimmie Johnson hasn’t won at a 1.5 mile intermediate track this year but heading into the AAA Texas 500 he’s certainly looking pretty good on paper. He’s starting on the pole and that’s a big advantage in this race. Earlier this year at Texas there was very few cautions which made [...]
Average Practice Speeds: Martinsville 2 – TUMS Fast Relief 500 (2012 Chase Race #7)
The cars have already logged a bunch of practice laps at Martinsville Speedway this weekend in preparation for the 500-lap event on Sunday afternoon. The good news is that instead of just looking at the one fast lap statistic that NASCAR gives you, ifantasyrace has you covered not only with ten-lap averages but also average [...]
Average Practice Speeds: Kansas 2 – Hollywood Casino 400 (2012 Chase Race #6)
The Sprint Cup drivers got a whole bunch of track time this week on the newly repaved Kansas Speedway. There were tire tests on Wednesday and Thursday followed by an official practice session on Friday. Then qualifying was held, and Kasey Kahne won the pole for the Hollywood Casino 400. The full starting lineup can [...]
Average Practice Speeds: Charlotte 2 – Bank of America 500 (2012 Chase Race #5)
The Sprint Cup Series had what I like to call a normal practice schedule in Charlotte this weekend. This means there was a practice session on Thursday followed by qualifying. Then, on Friday, there were two more practices in which all of the teams focused strictly on their race trim setups. I feel like this [...]
Average Practice Speeds: Talladega 2 – Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 (2012 Chase Race #4)
If there’s one place that you can skip practice at, it’s Talladega–and that’s what many teams did on Friday. There were many teams that ran a few laps early in the day to make sure nothing was wrong with the car and then parked and will wait for qualifying on Saturday. As a fantasy racer, [...]
Average Practice Speeds: Dover 2 – AAA 400 (2012 Chase Race #3)
We missed some practice time at the beginning of first practice due to rain on Thursday night and some water problems on the track, but the teams still got a decent amount of time on the track. Qualifying will be held on Saturday afternoon (starting at 1:30 pm ET) and that will be the last [...]
Average Practice Speeds: New Hampshire 2 – Sylvania 300 (2012 Chase Race #2)
Despite us not being able to see the cars on the track that much this weekend, there were three practice sessions and a bunch of numbers that we now have to decipher. With New Hampshire Motor Speedway being only a 1-mile race track, the teams put a bunch of laps on in practice, so don’t [...]
Average Practice Speeds: Chicago – Geico 400 (2012 Chase Race #1)
The Sprint Cup Series actually practiced under race conditions this weekend so that’s good news for fantasy racers, as the data below will have more merit than some other weeks. Both sessions were on Friday afternoon and qualifying is set to be held on Saturday at 1:30 pm on SPEED. Once the starting lineup is [...]
Average Practice Speeds: Richmond 2 – Federated Auto Parts 400
NASCAR gave us a very tight schedule to work with this weekend. There were two practice sessions on Friday afternoon that were separated by a mere 30 minutes, and qualifying is set to be held around 5:30 on ESPN2. The Federated Auto Parts 400 is set to start around 7:30 pm on Saturday evening, but I’m hearing [...]
UPDATED: Average Practice Speeds – Atlanta Advocare 500
Five Fastest In Practice #1: Martin Truex Jr. Kyle Busch Tony Stewart Brad Keselowski Kasey Kahne Check out the full rankings of the fastest in first practice Practice #1 Ten Lap Average Rankings Tony Stewart Kevin Harvick Denny Hamlin (Only three drivers ran 10 consecutive laps) Check out their practice speeds at the bottom of [...]
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 [...]
Average Practice Speeds: Michigan 2 – Pure Michigan 400
This weekend at Michigan we had a (what I like to call) “normal” weekend. There was a practice session on Friday afternoon in which most teams focused solely on qualifying, which was held later that day. Mark Martin won the pole in case you missed it, and the full starting lineup for the Pure Michigan [...]
Average Practice Speeds: Watkins Glen – Finger Lakes 355
Rain ruined Friday–for the most part–with the Sprint Cup cars only getting about one hour of practice time at Watkins Glen International. Thankfully, NASCAR added a practice on Saturday morning, so we will have a decent amount of practice data to review. The radar looks pretty clear for both Saturday as well as during the [...]