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Average Practice Speeds: Fontana – Auto Club 400
Average Practice Speeds: Bristol – Food City 500
Average Practice Speeds: Las Vegas Kobalt Tools 400
The was one practice session on Friday in Las Vegas, but I won’t be paying much attention to those speeds. It was a ‘qualifying practice’, where most cars that matter were in qualifying trim for the majority of the session. Kasey Kahne avoided the wall in qualifying and grabbed the pole for Sunday. Click here [...]
Average Practice Speeds: Phoenix – Subway Fresh Fit 500
The drivers in the Sprint Cup Series got a whole bunch of track time today on the recently repaved surface of Phoenix International Raceway (three hours to be exact). The starting lineup is scheduled to be set on Saturday afternoon and that will be the last time the cars are on track before Sunday’s Subway [...]
Practice Breakdown: Homestead – Ford 400 (Chase Race #10)
Rain messed with the Sprint Cup schedule for the second time in the last month, with both practice sessions being held Saturday morning as opposed to the regularly-scheduled Friday evening.. Qualifying is scheduled to be held later this afternoon (Saturday), but you never know when rain will take that away. If so, Carl Edwards and [...]
Practice Breakdown: Phoenix 2 – Kobalt Tools 500 (Chase Race #9)
With Phoenix International Raceway getting a complete re-pavement and re-configuration, practice speeds (and probably starting position) will be as important as ever this weekend. If you read my Preview from earlier this week (click here if you didn’t), you probably know that I personally think that this ‘new’ Phoenix will race more like Indianapolis, while [...]
Practice Breakdown: Martinsville 2 – Tums Fast Relief 500 (Chase Race #7)
Rain almost completely washed away this weekend’s schedule at Martinsville Speedway, but the Sprint Cup Series was able to get one practice session in on Saturday afternoon. Qualifying was cancelled and the starting lineup was set by points, meaning Carl Edwards will lead the field to the green on Sunday afternoon for the Tums Fast [...]