Dodge Challenger 500 3rd Practice Speeds
Darlington Raceway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Posted Friday, May 9, 2008
Note: Jimmie Johnson crashed the car that posted the fifth fastest lap in practice. He will go to a back-up car for the Dodge Challenger 500. It's the same car (chassis No. 465) that finished second at California and Texas.
Pos
No.
Driver
Make
Time
Speed
Lap #
# Laps
-Fastest
-Next
1
5
Casey Mears
27.676
177.685
25
25
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2
1
Martin Truex Jr.
27.821
176.759
25
31
-0.145
-0.145
3
7
Robby Gordon
27.823
176.746
3
12
-0.147
-0.002
4
24
Jeff Gordon
27.970
175.817
23
25
-0.294
-0.147
5
48
Jimmie Johnson
28.019
175.509
9
18
-0.343
-0.049
6
38
David Gilliland
28.072
175.178
27
27
-0.396
-0.053
7
11
Denny Hamlin
28.132
174.804
3
22
-0.456
-0.060
8
43
Bobby Labonte
28.156
174.655
16
40
-0.480
-0.024
9
19
Elliott Sadler
28.187
174.463
21
47
-0.511
-0.031
10
12
Ryan Newman
28.205
174.352
11
56
-0.529
-0.018
11
2
Kurt Busch
28.211
174.315
44
47
-0.535
-0.006
12
20
Tony Stewart
28.214
174.296
16
49
-0.538
-0.003
13
88
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
28.216
174.284
25
29
-0.540
-0.002
14
83
Brian Vickers
28.216
174.284
25
40
-0.540
0.000
15
*78
Joe Nemechek
28.225
174.229
16
16
-0.549
-0.009
16
29
Kevin Harvick
28.226
174.222
29
33
-0.550
-0.001
17
*70
Johnny Sauter
28.232
174.185
18
26
-0.556
-0.006
18
28
Travis Kvapil
28.237
174.154
13
26
-0.561
-0.005
19
44
David Reutimann
28.243
174.117
23
24
-0.567
-0.006
20
18
Kyle Busch
28.257
174.031
16
23
-0.581
-0.014
21
*40
Sterling Marlin
28.257
174.031
17
17
-0.581
0.000
22
15
Paul Menard
28.268
173.963
40
40
-0.592
-0.011
23
9
Kasey Kahne
28.277
173.908
62
62
-0.601
-0.009
24
99
Carl Edwards
28.294
173.804
37
47
-0.618
-0.017
25
*84
AJ Allmendinger
28.304
173.742
3
30
-0.628
-0.010
26
16
Greg Biffle
28.309
173.712
35
42
-0.633
-0.005
27
*22
Dave Blaney
28.316
173.669
15
28
-0.640
-0.007
28
00
Michael McDowell #
28.333
173.564
6
32
-0.657
-0.017
29
42
Juan Pablo Montoya
28.368
173.350
15
38
-0.692
-0.035
30
31
Jeff Burton
28.467
172.747
48
50
-0.791
-0.099
31
26
Jamie McMurray
28.484
172.644
8
38
-0.808
-0.017
32
41
Reed Sorenson
28.509
172.493
4
42
-0.833
-0.025
33
6
David Ragan
28.511
172.481
11
18
-0.835
-0.002
34
55
Michael Waltrip
28.523
172.408
6
26
-0.847
-0.012
35
8
Mark Martin
28.525
172.396
52
53
-0.849
-0.002
36
*34
Jeff Green
28.525
172.396
8
23
-0.849
0.000
37
07
Clint Bowyer
28.533
172.348
10
26
-0.857
-0.008
38
*45
Kyle Petty
28.582
172.052
27
31
-0.906
-0.049
39
77
Sam Hornish Jr. #
28.599
171.950
3
3
-0.923
-0.017
40
01
Regan Smith #
28.601
171.938
26
27
-0.925
-0.002
41
66
Scott Riggs
28.620
171.824
23
48
-0.944
-0.019
42
17
Matt Kenseth
28.622
171.812
9
48
-0.946
-0.002
43
*10
Patrick Carpentier #
28.701
171.339
6
56
-1.025
-0.079
44
*96
J.J. Yeley
28.767
170.946
38
44
-1.091
-0.066
45
*21
Bill Elliott
28.823
170.614
4
47
-1.147
-0.056
*Required to qualify on time
1
With Jimmie Johnson firmly in command, will you watch next week's Ford 400 season finale?