Practice #1

The 2009 Samsung 500 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Texas Motor Speedway.

Samsung 500

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

  • 8 Dodge
  • 17 Chevrolet
  • 8 Ford
  • 15 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 48 (8 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 334
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 146.372
  • Cautions: 6 for 30 laps
  • Lead Changes: 28
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,501 (8.2 passes per green flag lap)
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Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND
44 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 33 186.413 28.968 0.501
8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 37 186.117 29.014 0.547
21 Bill Elliott Ford 40 185.765 29.069 0.602
96 Bobby Labonte Ford 31 186.619 28.936 0.469
25 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 42 185.554 29.102 0.635
83 Brian Vickers Toyota 32 186.432 28.965 0.498
99 Carl Edwards Ford 7 188.396 28.663 0.196
07 Casey Mears Chevrolet 30 186.632 28.934 0.467
33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 16 187.682 28.772 0.305
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 8 188.370 28.667 0.200
66 Dave Blaney Toyota 44 184.957 29.196 0.729
171 David Gilliland Chevrolet 28 186.767 28.913 0.446
6 David Ragan Ford 10 187.983 28.726 0.259
00 David Reutimann Toyota 2 189.553 28.488 0.021
12 David Stremme Dodge 9 187.990 28.725 0.258
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 25 186.981 28.880 0.413
19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 46 184.351 29.292 0.825
16 Greg Biffle Ford 4 189.016 28.569 0.102
26 Jamie McMurray Ford 26 186.864 28.898 0.431
31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 24 187.253 28.838 0.371
24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 6 188.607 28.631 0.164
41 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 45 184.875 29.209 0.742
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 5 188.983 28.574 0.107
187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 35 186.380 28.973 0.506
20 Joey Logano Toyota 17 187.669 28.774 0.307
34 John Andretti Chevrolet 20 187.565 28.790 0.323
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 14 187.833 28.749 0.282
9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 27 186.812 28.906 0.439
29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 15 187.754 28.761 0.294
2 Kurt Busch Dodge 3 189.547 28.489 0.022
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 13 187.865 28.744 0.277
47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 19 187.637 28.779 0.312
5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 1 189.693 28.467 0.000
1 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 36 186.368 28.975 0.508
17 Matt Kenseth Ford 34 186.387 28.972 0.505
113 Max Papis Toyota 18 187.643 28.778 0.311
55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 39 185.790 29.065 0.598
09 Mike Bliss Dodge 41 185.727 29.075 0.608
98 Paul Menard Ford 23 187.441 28.809 0.342
43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 38 186.034 29.027 0.560
78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 29 186.728 28.919 0.452
7 Robby Gordon Toyota 22 187.487 28.802 0.335
39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 12 187.918 28.736 0.269
77 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 21 187.533 28.795 0.328
36 Scott Riggs Toyota 47 184.206 29.315 0.848
82 Scott Speed Toyota 43 185.172 29.162 0.695
64 Todd Bodine Toyota 48 184.118 29.329 0.862
14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 11 187.937 28.733 0.266