Practice #1

The 2006 Auto Club 500 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Auto Club Speedway.

Auto Club 500

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA

  • 17 Dodge
  • 23 Chevrolet
  • 10 Ford

  • Drivers Entered: 50 (10 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Laps Actual: 251 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 147.852
  • Cautions: 7 for 26 laps
  • Lead Changes: 18
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,104 (13.8 passes per green flag lap)
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Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND
43 Bobby Labonte Dodge 42 178.625 40.308 1.330
49 Brent Sherman Dodge 43 178.258 40.391 1.413
25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet 13 182.885 39.369 0.391
99 Carl Edwards Ford 22 182.039 39.552 0.574
42 Casey Mears Dodge 11 182.959 39.353 0.375
07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 25 181.777 39.609 0.631
8 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 18 182.426 39.468 0.490
88 Dale Jarrett Ford 29 181.296 39.714 0.736
22 Dave Blaney Dodge 32 180.873 39.807 0.829
40 David Stremme Dodge 36 180.419 39.907 0.929
11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 15 182.579 39.435 0.457
74 Derrike Cope Dodge 48 175.498 41.026 2.048
38 Elliott Sadler Ford 17 182.440 39.465 0.487
16 Greg Biffle Ford 20 182.163 39.525 0.547
00 Hermie Sadler Ford 41 178.873 40.252 1.274
18 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 27 181.378 39.696 0.718
26 Jamie McMurray Ford 38 180.185 39.959 0.981
31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 2 184.077 39.114 0.136
24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 21 182.149 39.528 0.550
66 Jeff Green Chevrolet 12 182.936 39.358 0.380
19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 7 183.421 39.254 0.276
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 10 183.211 39.299 0.321
01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 1 184.720 38.978 0.000
9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 9 183.211 39.299 0.321
21 Ken Schrader Ford 39 179.739 40.058 1.080
178 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 37 180.297 39.934 0.956
29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 19 182.278 39.500 0.522
61 Kevin Lepage Ford 30 181.159 39.744 0.766
2 Kurt Busch Dodge 6 183.454 39.247 0.269
5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 14 182.625 39.425 0.447
45 Kyle Petty Dodge 35 180.650 39.856 0.878
6 Mark Martin Ford 4 183.617 39.212 0.234
1 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 16 182.560 39.439 0.461
17 Matt Kenseth Ford 23 181.860 39.591 0.613
55 Michael Waltrip Dodge 31 180.955 39.789 0.811
151 Mike Garvey Chevrolet 40 179.605 40.088 1.110
89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge 46 175.816 40.952 1.974
34 Randy LaJoie Dodge 47 175.610 41.000 2.022
41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 28 181.305 39.712 0.734
7 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 33 180.782 39.827 0.849
12 Ryan Newman Dodge 8 183.220 39.297 0.319
10 Scott Riggs Dodge 3 183.739 39.186 0.208
4 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 24 181.850 39.593 0.615
195 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 45 177.305 40.608 1.630
14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 26 181.529 39.663 0.685
96 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 44 177.998 40.450 1.472
20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 5 183.477 39.242 0.264
32 Travis Kvapil Chevrolet 34 180.759 39.832 0.854