Daytona Cup Practice

[BobbyFord]

Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola | Daytona International Speedway

07/05/2012 | Race 18 of 36 | Practice 1

FINCARDRIVERMAKESPONSORSPEEDTIMEBEHIND
1 43 Aric Almirola Ford U.S. Air Force 201.961 44.563 Leader
2 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford DEWALT 201.374 44.693 -0.130
3 20 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General 201.122 44.749 -0.186
4 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Aspen Dental 201.068 44.761 -0.198
5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 200.933 44.791 -0.228
6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Pepsi Max 200.495 44.889 -0.326
7 22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 199.951 45.011 -0.448
8 38 David Gilliland Ford Glory Foods 199.720 45.063 -0.500
9 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 199.654 45.078 -0.515
10 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet HendrickCars.com 199.557 45.100 -0.537
11 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Quaker State / Menards 199.539 45.104 -0.541
12 99 Carl Edwards Ford Subway 199.499 45.113 -0.550
13 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / NRA Museum 199.424 45.130 -0.567
14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Zest 199.384 45.139 -0.576
15 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 199.097 45.204 -0.641
16 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 199.049 45.215 -0.652
17 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 198.935 45.241 -0.678
18 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Wheaties 198.908 45.247 -0.684
19 34 David Ragan Ford MHP / 8 Hour Alert 198.860 45.258 -0.695
20 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Services 198.408 45.361 -0.798
21 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 198.365 45.371 -0.808
22 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 198.338 45.377 -0.814
23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 198.190 45.411 -0.848
24 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard 'An American Salute' / Diet Mountain Dew 197.303 45.615 -1.052
25 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kingsford 197.290 45.618 -1.055
26 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 197.286 45.619 -1.056
27 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Batteries 197.282 45.620 -1.057
28 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser Folds of Honor.org 197.005 45.684 -1.121
29 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 194.738 46.216 -1.653
30 10 David Reutimann Chevrolet CarportEmpire.com / TMone.com Call Centers in America 194.683 46.229 -1.666
31 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King 194.536 46.264 -1.701
32 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 192.703 46.704 -2.141
33 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 192.049 46.863 -2.300
34 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Golden Corral 191.249 47.059 -2.496
35 50 Bill Elliott Chevrolet Walmart 191.132 47.088 -2.525
36 98 Mike Bliss Ford Phil Parsons Racing 191.103 47.095 -2.532
37 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 190.070 47.351 -2.788
38 32 Terry Labonte Ford C&J Energy 189.637 47.459 -2.896
39 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 189.625 47.462 -2.899
40 30 David Stremme Toyota Stock Car Steel and Aluminum 188.865 47.653 -3.090
41 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota Jay Robinson Inc. 188.604 47.719 -3.156
42 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Little Joes Autos.com 188.316 47.792 -3.229
43 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 187.809 47.921 -3.358
44 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Toyota North Texas Pipe 185.770 48.447 -3.884
* Denotes Rookie

 

[Joniki]

Robert Richardson Jr has more sponsors on his car than KuBu does.

 

[BobbyFord]

Robert Richardson Jr has more sponsors on his car than KuBu does.

He and his father own the team and I believe they own North Texas Pipe Co., too
Kurt Busch is proof that you don't need a sponsor to go fast

 

[Joniki]

He and his father own the team and I believe they own North Texas Pipe Co., too
Kurt Busch is proof that you don't need a sponsor to go fast

Good point.

 

[FlFlash]

He and his father own the team and I believe they own North Texas Pipe Co., too
Kurt Busch is proof that you don't need a sponsor to go fast

You need one to last though!

 

[BobbyFord]

You need one to last though!

Or a very rich car owner

 

[FlFlash]

Or a very rich car owner

Who was it that said "Want to make a small fortune in racing?....Start out with a Large one"

 

[HoneyBadger]

Kurt Busch is proof that you don't need a sponsor to go fast

That's because the sponsor decals weigh the car down. Kurt doesn't have to worry about that.

 

[Johali]

Who was it that said "Want to make a small fortune in racing?....Start out with a Large one"

Everybody.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

Of all of the practice sessions, at all of the tracks, Daytona and Talladega have to be the most meaningless. They don't seem to be able to work on all that much and as practice goes on less drivers/teams want to participate for fear of loading the car back up on the truck. Of the 44 cars that participated in the first practice session, only 24 hit the track for the final session and 8 of those were ones that had to qualify on time.