Practice #1

The 2012 Food City 500 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Food City 500

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

  • 3 Dodge
  • 12 Ford
  • 13 Toyota
  • 18 Chevrolet

  • Drivers Entered: 46 (6 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 93.037
  • Cautions: 5 for 49 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,623 (3.6 passes per green flag lap)
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Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND 10-LAP FRM TO
22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 2 123.882 15.489 0.005 0.000 0 0
43 Aric Almirola Ford 12 123.507 15.536 0.052 0.000 0 0
47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 40 121.759 15.759 0.275 0.000 0 0
2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 23 123.055 15.593 0.109 0.000 0 0
55 Brian Vickers Toyota 27 122.850 15.619 0.135 0.000 0 0
99 Carl Edwards Ford 1 123.922 15.484 0.000 0.000 0 0
13 Casey Mears Ford 28 122.842 15.620 0.136 0.000 0 0
15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 22 123.055 15.593 0.109 0.000 0 0
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 15 123.292 15.563 0.079 0.000 0 0
36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 32 122.740 15.633 0.149 0.000 0 0
38 David Gilliland Ford 29 122.835 15.621 0.137 0.000 0 0
34 David Ragan Ford 31 122.764 15.630 0.146 0.000 0 0
10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 24 122.937 15.608 0.124 0.000 0 0
30 David Stremme Toyota 34 122.474 15.667 0.183 0.000 0 0
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 14 123.332 15.558 0.074 117.969 19 28
16 Greg Biffle Ford 11 123.570 15.528 0.044 0.000 0 0
249 JJ Yeley Toyota 39 121.805 15.753 0.269 0.000 0 0
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 13 123.403 15.549 0.065 0.000 0 0
31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 19 123.142 15.582 0.098 0.000 0 0
24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 5 123.730 15.508 0.024 0.000 0 0
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 20 123.126 15.584 0.100 0.000 0 0
87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 42 120.877 15.874 0.390 0.000 0 0
20 Joey Logano Toyota 4 123.826 15.496 0.012 0.000 0 0
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 16 123.261 15.567 0.083 0.000 0 0
5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 21 123.063 15.592 0.108 0.000 0 0
32 Ken Schrader Ford 43 120.565 15.915 0.431 0.000 0 0
29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 8 123.658 15.517 0.033 0.000 0 0
51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 33 122.576 15.654 0.170 0.000 0 0
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 10 123.594 15.525 0.041 0.000 0 0
9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 3 123.866 15.491 0.007 0.000 0 0
56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 9 123.650 15.518 0.034 0.000 0 0
17 Matt Kenseth Ford 17 123.205 15.574 0.090 0.000 0 0
98 Michael McDowell Ford 37 122.053 15.721 0.237 0.000 0 0
27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 18 123.158 15.580 0.096 119.388 12 21
Reed Sorenson 35 122.271 15.693 0.209 0.000 0 0
78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 7 123.658 15.517 0.033 118.587 1 10
7 Robby Gordon Dodge 45 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0
39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 6 123.730 15.508 0.024 0.000 0 0
23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 44 119.618 16.041 0.557 0.000 0 0
14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 25 122.906 15.612 0.128 0.000 0 0
93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 30 122.764 15.630 0.146 0.000 0 0
33 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 38 121.960 15.733 0.249 0.000 0 0
83 Landon Cassill Toyota 26 122.890 15.614 0.130 118.524 8 17
26 Josh Wise Ford 36 122.077 15.718 0.234 0.000 0 0
37 Timmy Hill Ford 41 120.915 15.869 0.385 0.000 0 0