Practice #2

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 1 122.638 15.646 0.000 120.743 55 64
43 Aric Almirola Ford 7 122.310 15.688 0.042 121.158 5 14
47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 33 120.702 15.897 0.251 119.897 10 19
2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 20 121.790 15.755 0.109 121.227 9 18
55 Brian Vickers Toyota 13 122.154 15.708 0.062 121.038 4 13
99 Carl Edwards Ford 18 121.891 15.742 0.096 0.000 0 0
13 Casey Mears Ford 31 120.976 15.861 0.215 0.000 0 0
15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 27 121.405 15.805 0.159 119.864 28 37
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 12 122.170 15.706 0.060 0.000 0 0
36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 32 120.786 15.886 0.240 0.000 0 0
38 David Gilliland Ford 37 120.520 15.921 0.275 119.263 32 41
34 David Ragan Ford 38 120.346 15.944 0.298 0.000 0 0
10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 15 121.976 15.731 0.085 0.000 0 0
30 David Stremme Toyota 34 120.634 15.906 0.260 119.201 6 15
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 8 122.217 15.700 0.054 0.000 0 0
16 Greg Biffle Ford 4 122.380 15.679 0.033 120.448 43 52
249 JJ Yeley Toyota 42 119.447 16.064 0.418 0.000 0 0
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 29 121.397 15.806 0.160 119.997 42 51
31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 10 122.201 15.702 0.056 0.000 0 0
24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 14 122.154 15.708 0.062 120.613 5 14
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 23 121.505 15.792 0.146 120.429 4 13
87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 39 120.143 15.971 0.325 0.000 0 0
20 Joey Logano Toyota 28 121.397 15.806 0.160 121.007 2 11
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 26 121.412 15.804 0.158 119.948 15 24
5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 6 122.333 15.685 0.039 121.737 1 10
32 Ken Schrader Ford 35 120.611 15.909 0.263 118.561 44 53
29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 24 121.474 15.796 0.150 120.792 26 35
51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 22 121.713 15.765 0.119 119.831 17 26
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 122.576 15.654 0.008 120.398 50 59
9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 11 122.178 15.705 0.059 119.771 30 39
56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 5 122.341 15.684 0.038 121.458 49 58
17 Matt Kenseth Ford 9 122.209 15.701 0.055 121.257 8 17
98 Michael McDowell Ford 30 121.220 15.829 0.183 117.762 15 24
27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 21 121.790 15.755 0.109 121.055 3 12
Reed Sorenson 43 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0
78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 25 121.412 15.804 0.158 121.062 6 15
39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 3 122.443 15.671 0.025 121.506 5 14
23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 41 119.648 16.037 0.391 0.000 0 0
14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 16 121.976 15.731 0.085 119.346 54 63
93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 17 121.952 15.734 0.088 120.696 5 14
33 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 36 120.581 15.913 0.267 119.913 5 14
83 Landon Cassill Toyota 19 121.852 15.747 0.101 118.847 44 53
26 Josh Wise Ford 40 120.030 15.986 0.340 0.000 0 0