Practice #1

The 2006 Dodge Charger 500 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Darlington Raceway.

Dodge Charger 500

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

  • 16 Dodge
  • 23 Chevrolet
  • 8 Ford

  • Drivers Entered: 47 (7 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 135.127
  • Cautions: 6 for 24 laps
  • Lead Changes: 25
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,192 (3.5 passes per green flag lap)
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Dodge Charger 500 at Darlington Raceway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND
43 Bobby Labonte Dodge 27 163.598 30.059 0.529
25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet 13 164.766 29.846 0.316
99 Carl Edwards Ford 3 166.045 29.616 0.086
37 Carl Long Dodge 44 159.995 30.736 1.206
42 Casey Mears Dodge 6 165.286 29.752 0.222
34 Chad Blount Chevrolet 46 159.476 30.836 1.306
61 Chad Chaffin Dodge 31 163.110 30.149 0.619
07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 18 164.540 29.887 0.357
8 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 26 163.827 30.017 0.487
88 Dale Jarrett Ford 33 162.286 30.302 0.772
22 Dave Blaney Dodge 43 160.779 30.586 1.056
40 David Stremme Dodge 7 165.059 29.793 0.263
11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 4 165.855 29.650 0.120
74 Derrike Cope Dodge 36 161.790 30.395 0.865
38 Elliott Sadler Ford 19 164.375 29.917 0.387
16 Greg Biffle Ford 10 164.932 29.816 0.286
18 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 37 161.731 30.406 0.876
26 Jamie McMurray Ford 24 163.909 30.002 0.472
31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 11 164.816 29.837 0.307
24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 15 164.727 29.853 0.323
66 Jeff Green Chevrolet 34 162.104 30.336 0.806
19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 23 163.958 29.993 0.463
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 20 164.303 29.930 0.400
01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 41 161.238 30.499 0.969
9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 1 166.529 29.530 0.000
21 Ken Schrader Ford 25 163.833 30.016 0.486
178 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 38 161.519 30.446 0.916
29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 42 160.911 30.561 1.031
49 Kevin Lepage Dodge 32 162.549 30.253 0.723
2 Kurt Busch Dodge 2 166.405 29.552 0.022
5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 30 163.169 30.138 0.608
45 Kyle Petty Dodge 40 161.291 30.489 0.959
6 Mark Martin Ford 14 164.744 29.850 0.320
1 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 17 164.573 29.881 0.351
17 Matt Kenseth Ford 8 165.048 29.795 0.265
55 Michael Waltrip Dodge 39 161.497 30.450 0.920
41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 5 165.386 29.734 0.204
7 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 29 163.430 30.090 0.560
12 Ryan Newman Dodge 9 164.948 29.813 0.283
10 Scott Riggs Dodge 22 163.964 29.992 0.462
4 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 28 163.582 30.062 0.532
95 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 35 161.838 30.386 0.856
14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 16 164.639 29.869 0.339
44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 45 159.797 30.774 1.244
96 Tony Raines Chevrolet 47 157.590 31.205 1.675
20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 21 164.194 29.950 0.420
32 Travis Kvapil Chevrolet 12 164.777 29.844 0.314