Darlington Bojangles Southern 500 Practice #1 Notes

Brad Keselowski – Crew chief is suspended this week. His crew chief this week is Kevin Buskirk. Never finished worse than 15th here. Brad said his car is really good at this point in the session.

Denny Hamlin – Nothing special with his car this week. He’ll race the whole event. Said he needs to knock the rust off and said he has a lot of it.

Greg Biffle  – Got a Darlington stripe and lost lots of track time.

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Marcos Ambrose – Said his car didn’t feel comfortable in turn 3 & 4

Matt Kenseth – Crew chief isn’t at the track but he’s monitoring things from the JGR shop and they’ll talk. His acting crew chief is Wally Brown. Kenseth reported his car is a little tight.

Kevin Harvick – Said he needs his front end to turn better. Said his handling was still off after his third run. Made gains in practice. Thinks something is wrong with his brake pedal.