Practice #3

The 2009 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 22nd, 2009

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

  • 8 Dodge
  • 15 Chevrolet
  • 8 Ford
  • 14 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 45 (5 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Laps Actual: 503 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 92.139
  • Cautions: 9 for 58 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,410 (3.2 passes per green flag lap)
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Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND
44 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 27 121.007 15.857 0.304
8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 17 121.736 15.762 0.209
96 Bobby Labonte Ford 40 120.143 15.971 0.418
83 Brian Vickers Toyota 24 121.198 15.832 0.279
99 Carl Edwards Ford 30 120.824 15.881 0.328
07 Casey Mears Chevrolet 8 122.435 15.672 0.119
33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 9 122.380 15.679 0.126
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 6 122.748 15.632 0.079
171 David Gilliland Chevrolet 26 121.152 15.838 0.285
6 David Ragan Ford 10 122.318 15.687 0.134
00 David Reutimann Toyota 5 122.756 15.631 0.078
12 David Stremme Dodge 29 120.839 15.879 0.326
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 1 123.372 15.553 0.000
19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 31 120.763 15.889 0.336
16 Greg Biffle Ford 12 122.092 15.716 0.163
26 Jamie McMurray Ford 21 121.589 15.781 0.228
31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 20 121.597 15.780 0.227
24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 3 122.953 15.606 0.053
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 13 122.077 15.718 0.165
187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 38 120.241 15.958 0.405
20 Joey Logano Toyota 19 121.697 15.767 0.214
34 John Andretti Chevrolet 39 120.226 15.960 0.407
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 32 120.717 15.895 0.342
9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 22 121.512 15.791 0.238
29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 7 122.537 15.659 0.106
2 Kurt Busch Dodge 23 121.289 15.820 0.267
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 4 122.795 15.626 0.073
47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 28 120.869 15.875 0.322
5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 14 122.015 15.726 0.173
1 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 18 121.713 15.765 0.212
17 Matt Kenseth Ford 11 122.185 15.704 0.151
55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 37 120.407 15.936 0.383
98 Paul Menard Ford 33 120.672 15.901 0.348
43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 36 120.482 15.926 0.373
7 Robby Gordon Toyota 35 120.520 15.921 0.368
39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 2 123.245 15.569 0.016
77 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 25 121.167 15.836 0.283
82 Scott Speed Toyota 16 121.906 15.740 0.187
09 Sterling Marlin Dodge 42 119.418 16.068 0.515
64 Todd Bodine Toyota 41 119.544 16.051 0.498
14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 34 120.641 15.905 0.352
28 Travis Kvapil Ford 15 121.922 15.738 0.185