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Posted 05/11/2012 at 01:57 PM
Kevin Harvick laid down the fastest lap in Friday’s first Darlington practice session in preparation for Saturday night’s Southern 500. Harvick’s speed of 177.090 mph was captured early in the two hour session on his fifth of 39 laps run.
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Two-time Darlington winner Greg Biffle had the second fastest lap (176.290) about the same time early on that Harvick had his fast lap.
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The next fastest drivers were Kurt Busch (175.993), Carl Edwards (175.760) and Tony Stewart (175.647) who all captured their top-five speeds in the final moments of practice on their final lap attempted.
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Perhaps the most notable speed on the charts, or rather, lack of speed, was Danica Patrick who had the slowest speeds of all 47 drivers attempting to qualify later tonight. Patrick also got her first Darlington stripe in the session and was a little skittish from then on.
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Jimmie Johnson and Biffle led the way with the most laps run (56).
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The top average speeds among drivers running at least 30 laps were by Kurt Busch (171.541) and 2010 Darlington winner Denny Hamlin (171.269).
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Only 11 drivers ran 10 consecutive laps with the top averages led by Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, Edwards, Harvick and Mark Martin.
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