First Morning Practice

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First practice session for the WC cars.

Roughly 40 minutes in, most drivers have completed around 25 - 30 laps

24
20
48
12
2
17
97
10
30
40
45
9
29
8
18
21
41
5
6
99
88
15
25
19
44
31
28
36
77
55
22
43
26
32
49
74
23
7
4
14
11
1
59
 
How long is this practace and can we get anopther update
 
One hour practice session, now over. Happy Hoour is about an hour from now.

Interestingly the lineup above is still accurate. Not sure if that means anything, but it seems unusual for the ranking to remain static for 20 minutes.

Teams may be doing tire wear or mileage runs, or tinkering, or who knows.
 
It's now over

24
20
48
12
2
17
97
10
30
40
45
9
29
8
18
21
41
5
6
99
88
15
25
19
44
31
28
36
77
55
22
43
26
32
49
74
23
7
4
14
11
1
59
 
With speeds, just for info.

1 ----- #24 ----- Jeff Gordon ----- 187.190
2 ----- #20 ----- Tony Stewart ----- 187.171
3 ----- #48 ----- Jimmie Johnson* ----- 186.428
4 ----- #12 ----- Ryan Newman* ----- 186.409
5 ----- #2 ----- Rusty Wallace ----- 185.972
6 ----- #17 ----- Matt Kenseth ----- 185.704
7 ----- #97 ----- Kurt Busch ----- 185.579
8 ----- #10 ----- Johnny Benson ----- 185.517
9 ----- #30 ----- Jeff Green ----- 184.868
10 ----- #40 ----- Jamie McMurray ----- 184.708
11 ----- #45 ----- Kyle Petty ----- 184.683
12 ----- #9 ----- Bill Elliott ----- 184.462
13 ----- #29 ----- Kevin Harvick ----- 184.431
14 ----- #8 ----- Dale Earnhardt Jr. ----- 184.143
15 ----- #18 ----- Bobby Labonte ----- 184.003
16 ----- #21 ----- Elliott Sadler ----- 183.942
17 ----- #41 ----- Jimmy Spencer ----- 183.923
18 ----- #5 ----- Terry Labonte ----- 183.911
19 ----- #6 ----- Mark Martin ----- 183.789
20 ----- #99 ----- Jeff Burton ----- 183.576
21 ----- #88 ----- Dale Jarrett ----- 183.382
22 ----- #15 ----- Michael Waltrip ----- 183.170
23 ----- #25 ----- Joe Nemechek ----- 182.946
24 ----- #19 ----- Jeremy Mayfield ----- 182.868
25 ----- #44 ----- Ted Musgrave ----- 182.783
26 ----- #31 ----- Robby Gordon ----- 182.759
27 ----- #28 ----- Ricky Rudd ----- 182.723
28 ----- #36 ----- Ken Schrader ----- 182.717
29 ----- #77 ----- Dave Blaney ----- 182.597
30 ----- #55 ----- Bobby Hamilton ----- 182.362
31 ----- #22 ----- Ward Burton ----- 182.177
32 ----- #43 ----- John Andretti ----- 182.075
33 ----- #32 ----- Ricky Craven ----- 181.111
34 ----- #26 ----- Todd Bodine ----- 181.111
35 ----- #49 ----- Derrike Cope ----- 180.975
36 ----- #74 ----- Tony Raines ----- 180.140
37 ----- #23 ----- Kenny Wallace ----- 179.918
38 ----- #7 ----- Casey Atwood ----- 179.563
39 ----- #4 ----- Mike Skinner ----- 179.464
40 ----- #14 ----- Mike Wallace ----- 179.307
41 ----- #11 ----- Brett Bodine ----- 179.168
42 ----- #1 ----- Steve Park ----- 178.551
43 ----- #259 ----- Carl Long* ----- 177.527
 
No real surprises on that list, other than McMurray practicing 10th. Looks like he's going to be strong again this week.
 
No surprises. Again Ted Musgrave is in the mid 20s and Atwood is flirting with 40. You wonder what is going through Casey's head when he sees a part-time 3rd car added for this guy, and his full-time care can't do anything at all.
 
Yay for Jeff! I hope he runs strong on Sunday and brings home a victory. Another win in these last few races would help out a fairly rough season for the #24 bunch. He has nothing to lose at this point so I'm sure they'll be looking for victory.
 
Yes 3 wins is a fairly rough season. The poor thing has only won 3 races this year. It's a shame a lot of guys can't say they have 3 wins in their CAREER.
 
It hasn't been the championship-contending season Gordon has wanted, but all-in-all it hasn't been that bad of a season for him. He still can and probably will move up in the points yet.
 
I can feel the sarcasm.;)

With the standard that Jeff has set for himself, if he doesn't win the title on any given year then it's pretty much a disappointment. It's rough to think that way but it's also nice for everybody to have such high expectations of you.
 
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