Practice #3

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 17 121.007 15.857 0.114 120.170 5 14
43 Aric Almirola Ford 13 121.259 15.824 0.081 118.895 53 62
47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 33 119.730 16.026 0.283 0.000 0 0
2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 3 121.682 15.769 0.026 120.065 2 11
55 Brian Vickers Toyota 14 121.182 15.834 0.091 119.731 13 22
99 Carl Edwards Ford 32 119.902 16.003 0.260 118.403 30 39
13 Casey Mears Ford 31 120.195 15.964 0.221 0.000 0 0
15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 7 121.405 15.805 0.062 119.233 15 24
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 11 121.267 15.823 0.080 120.347 1 10
36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 26 120.611 15.909 0.166 0.000 0 0
38 David Gilliland Ford 38 119.395 16.071 0.328 0.000 0 0
34 David Ragan Ford 40 119.143 16.105 0.362 116.741 32 41
10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 4 121.682 15.769 0.026 0.000 0 0
30 David Stremme Toyota 25 120.641 15.905 0.162 0.000 0 0
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 23 120.710 15.896 0.153 120.015 2 11
16 Greg Biffle Ford 16 121.182 15.834 0.091 119.163 31 40
249 JJ Yeley Toyota 37 119.484 16.059 0.316 0.000 0 0
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 29 120.331 15.946 0.203 118.761 30 39
31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 21 120.808 15.883 0.140 120.071 10 19
24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 9 121.297 15.819 0.076 120.073 1 10
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 10 121.274 15.822 0.079 120.221 1 10
87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 41 118.951 16.131 0.388 0.000 0 0
20 Joey Logano Toyota 12 121.267 15.823 0.080 120.431 2 11
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 19 120.862 15.876 0.133 120.028 1 10
5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 5 121.628 15.776 0.033 119.189 45 54
32 Ken Schrader Ford 39 119.313 16.082 0.339 118.492 1 10
29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 27 120.520 15.921 0.178 119.065 38 47
51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 28 120.407 15.936 0.193 118.467 56 65
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 2 121.836 15.749 0.006 119.336 59 68
9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 6 121.566 15.784 0.041 119.050 18 27
56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 8 121.328 15.815 0.072 0.000 0 0
17 Matt Kenseth Ford 15 121.182 15.834 0.091 120.011 1 10
98 Michael McDowell Ford 36 119.522 16.054 0.311 0.000 0 0
27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 24 120.672 15.901 0.158 120.110 4 13
Reed Sorenson 43 117.021 16.397 0.654 0.000 0 0
78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 20 120.839 15.879 0.136 120.309 11 20
39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 1 121.883 15.743 0.000 120.562 1 10
23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 42 118.657 16.171 0.428 0.000 0 0
14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 22 120.763 15.889 0.146 119.818 1 10
93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 30 120.324 15.947 0.204 118.834 1 10
33 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 35 119.529 16.053 0.310 0.000 0 0
83 Landon Cassill Toyota 18 120.907 15.870 0.127 118.300 36 45
26 Josh Wise Ford 34 119.693 16.031 0.288 0.000 0 0