Practice #3

The 2009 Carfax 400 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Michigan International Speedway.

Carfax 400

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

  • 9 Dodge
  • 8 Ford
  • 15 Chevrolet
  • 12 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 44 (4 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 131.531
  • Cautions: 7 for 36 laps
  • Lead Changes: 25
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,902 (23.8 passes per green flag lap)
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Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND
5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 1 181.717 39.622 0.000
83 Brian Vickers Toyota 2 181.621 39.643 0.021
6 David Ragan Ford 3 180.519 39.885 0.263
12 David Stremme Dodge 4 180.451 39.900 0.278
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 5 180.419 39.907 0.285
24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 6 180.352 39.922 0.300
21 Bill Elliott Ford 7 180.180 39.960 0.338
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 8 180.054 39.988 0.366
26 Jamie McMurray Ford 9 179.937 40.014 0.392
33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 10 179.816 40.041 0.419
2 Kurt Busch Dodge 11 179.484 40.115 0.493
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 12 179.310 40.154 0.532
25 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 13 179.211 40.176 0.554
99 Carl Edwards Ford 14 179.176 40.184 0.562
82 Scott Speed Toyota 15 179.167 40.186 0.564
7 Robby Gordon Toyota 16 179.109 40.199 0.577
20 Joey Logano Toyota 17 179.042 40.214 0.592
31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 18 178.993 40.225 0.603
1 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 19 178.962 40.232 0.610
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 20 178.922 40.241 0.619
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 21 178.545 40.326 0.704
9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 22 178.523 40.331 0.709
77 Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 23 178.434 40.351 0.729
39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 24 178.244 40.394 0.772
98 Paul Menard Ford 25 178.046 40.439 0.817
17 Matt Kenseth Ford 26 177.998 40.450 0.828
14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 27 177.976 40.455 0.833
16 Greg Biffle Ford 28 177.861 40.481 0.859
55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 29 177.760 40.504 0.882
43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 30 177.633 40.533 0.911
19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 31 177.515 40.560 0.938
07 Casey Mears Chevrolet 32 177.327 40.603 0.981
47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 33 177.235 40.624 1.002
29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 34 177.222 40.627 1.005
36 Mike Skinner Toyota 35 177.161 40.641 1.019
96 Bobby Labonte Ford 36 176.917 40.697 1.075
171 David Gilliland Chevrolet 37 176.826 40.718 1.096
44 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 38 176.696 40.748 1.126
00 David Reutimann Toyota 39 175.966 40.917 1.295
09 Mike Bliss Dodge 40 175.906 40.931 1.309
34 John Andretti Chevrolet 41 175.170 41.103 1.481
187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 42 174.910 41.164 1.542