Practice #2

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 30 178.492 40.338 1.109
49 Brent Sherman Dodge 43 173.023 41.613 2.384
25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet 8 181.502 39.669 0.440
99 Carl Edwards Ford 5 182.089 39.541 0.312
42 Casey Mears Dodge 14 180.678 39.850 0.621
07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 25 179.261 40.165 0.936
8 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 27 179.055 40.211 0.982
88 Dale Jarrett Ford 18 180.041 39.991 0.762
22 Dave Blaney Dodge 28 178.740 40.282 1.053
40 David Stremme Dodge 37 177.322 40.604 1.375
11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 16 180.605 39.866 0.637
38 Elliott Sadler Ford 11 180.955 39.789 0.560
16 Greg Biffle Ford 1 183.538 39.229 0.000
18 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 19 180.023 39.995 0.766
26 Jamie McMurray Ford 20 180.018 39.996 0.767
31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 23 179.556 40.099 0.870
24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 21 180.018 39.996 0.767
66 Jeff Green Chevrolet 24 179.471 40.118 0.889
19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 26 179.064 40.209 0.980
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 12 180.832 39.816 0.587
01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 29 178.704 40.290 1.061
9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 7 182.016 39.557 0.328
21 Ken Schrader Ford 17 180.334 39.926 0.697
178 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 38 177.152 40.643 1.414
29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 22 179.699 40.067 0.838
61 Kevin Lepage Ford 40 176.735 40.739 1.510
2 Kurt Busch Dodge 4 182.709 39.407 0.178
5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 10 181.128 39.751 0.522
45 Kyle Petty Dodge 34 177.998 40.450 1.221
6 Mark Martin Ford 13 180.723 39.840 0.611
1 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 35 177.980 40.454 1.225
17 Matt Kenseth Ford 9 181.388 39.694 0.465
55 Michael Waltrip Dodge 42 174.452 41.272 2.043
151 Mike Garvey Chevrolet 39 176.843 40.714 1.485
41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 6 182.030 39.554 0.325
7 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 31 178.465 40.344 1.115
12 Ryan Newman Dodge 3 182.741 39.400 0.171
10 Scott Riggs Dodge 15 180.637 39.859 0.630
4 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 32 178.425 40.353 1.124
195 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 41 175.089 41.122 1.893
14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 36 177.598 40.541 1.312
96 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 33 178.006 40.448 1.219
20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 2 183.052 39.333 0.104