Practice #1
The 2007 Aaron's 499 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Talladega Superspeedway.
Aaron's 499
Sunday, April 29th, 2007
Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
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- Drivers Entered: 52 (12 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 188
- Laps Actual: 192 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
- Time of Race: N/A
- Average Speed: 154.167
- Cautions: 8 for 28 laps
- Lead Changes: 42
- Green Flag Passes: 16,788 (102.4 passes per green flag lap)
| # | DRIVER | MAKE | RNK | SPD | TME | BHND |
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| 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | 1 | 198.685 | 48.197 | 0.000 |
| 43 | Bobby Labonte | Dodge | 2 | 198.351 | 48.278 | 0.081 |
| 1 | Martin Truex Jr | Chevrolet | 3 | 198.035 | 48.355 | 0.158 |
| 18 | JJ Yeley | Chevrolet | 4 | 197.994 | 48.365 | 0.168 |
| 7 | Robby Gordon | Ford | 5 | 197.847 | 48.401 | 0.204 |
| 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | 6 | 197.439 | 48.501 | 0.304 |
| 96 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | 7 | 197.415 | 48.507 | 0.310 |
| 14 | Sterling Marlin | Chevrolet | 8 | 197.325 | 48.529 | 0.332 |
| 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Dodge | 9 | 197.289 | 48.538 | 0.341 |
| 20 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 10 | 197.256 | 48.546 | 0.349 |
| 25 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | 11 | 197.187 | 48.563 | 0.366 |
| 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 12 | 197.175 | 48.566 | 0.369 |
| 07 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | 13 | 197.147 | 48.573 | 0.376 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | 14 | 197.001 | 48.609 | 0.412 |
| 13 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | 15 | 196.883 | 48.638 | 0.441 |
| 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | 16 | 196.851 | 48.646 | 0.449 |
| 70 | Johnny Sauter | Chevrolet | 17 | 196.685 | 48.687 | 0.490 |
| 88 | Ricky Rudd | Ford | 18 | 196.580 | 48.713 | 0.516 |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | 19 | 196.552 | 48.720 | 0.523 |
| 6 | David Ragan | Ford | 20 | 196.475 | 48.739 | 0.542 |
| 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 21 | 196.463 | 48.742 | 0.545 |
| 40 | David Stremme | Dodge | 22 | 196.242 | 48.797 | 0.600 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chevrolet | 23 | 195.973 | 48.864 | 0.667 |
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 24 | 195.828 | 48.900 | 0.703 |
| 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 25 | 195.760 | 48.917 | 0.720 |
| 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 26 | 195.688 | 48.935 | 0.738 |
| 45 | Kyle Petty | Dodge | 27 | 195.066 | 49.091 | 0.894 |
| 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 28 | 195.050 | 49.095 | 0.898 |
| 01 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 29 | 194.856 | 49.144 | 0.947 |
| 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 30 | 194.709 | 49.181 | 0.984 |
| 109 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet | 31 | 194.153 | 49.322 | 1.125 |
| 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | 32 | 194.117 | 49.331 | 1.134 |
| 66 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | 33 | 194.054 | 49.347 | 1.150 |
| 41 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | 34 | 193.486 | 49.492 | 1.295 |
| 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 35 | 193.466 | 49.497 | 1.300 |
| 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 36 | 192.486 | 49.749 | 1.552 |
| 10 | Scott Riggs | Dodge | 37 | 190.242 | 50.336 | 2.139 |
| 78 | Kenny Wallace | Chevrolet | 38 | 189.936 | 50.417 | 2.220 |
| 21 | Ken Schrader | Ford | 39 | 189.384 | 50.564 | 2.367 |
| 15 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 40 | 189.305 | 50.585 | 2.388 |
| 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 41 | 189.290 | 50.589 | 2.392 |
| 36 | Jeremy Mayfield | Toyota | 42 | 189.223 | 50.607 | 2.410 |
| 22 | Dave Blaney | Toyota | 43 | 189.006 | 50.665 | 2.468 |
| 55 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | 44 | 188.939 | 50.683 | 2.486 |
| 160 | Boris Said | Ford | 45 | 188.574 | 50.781 | 2.584 |
| 84 | AJ Allmendinger | Toyota | 46 | 188.571 | 50.782 | 2.585 |
| 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 47 | 188.285 | 50.859 | 2.662 |
| 4 | Ward Burton | Chevrolet | 48 | 187.364 | 51.109 | 2.912 |
| 34 | Kevin Lepage | Dodge | 49 | 187.071 | 51.189 | 2.992 |
| 49 | Mike Bliss | Dodge | 50 | 186.849 | 51.250 | 3.053 |
| 37 | John Andretti | Dodge | 51 | 186.420 | 51.368 | 3.171 |
| 44 | Dale Jarrett | Toyota | 52 | 184.776 | 51.825 | 3.628 |