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NASCAR Sprint-Cup Series
CUP: Bowyer Paces First Richmond Practice
Clint Bowyer paced the first practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Air Guard 400 at Richmond International Raceway...
Mike Hembree  |  Posted September 10, 2010   Richmond, VA
Clint Bowyer and his No. 33 team are looking to gain ground in the Chase standings. (Photo: Getty Images)
Clint Bowyer, the man on the bubble, opened a big weekend at Richmond International Raceway by leading the first practice for Saturday night’s Air Guard 400, the final race before the Chase.

PDF > QUALIFYING ORDER: AIR GUARD 400 - RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
LINK > PRACTICE ONE: AIR GUARD 400 - RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

Bowyer is in 12th in Sprint Cup points and thus holds down the final Chase qualifying spot entering Saturday’s race. He is 117 points ahead of 13th-place Ryan Newman, who was second in Friday’s first practice.

Bowyer ran a top lap of 122.688 mph. Newman was next at 122.438.

Following in the top five were Juan Pablo Montoya, Carl Edwards and David Reutimann.

Series point leader Kevin Harvick was 10th in the session, and defending series champion Jimmie Johnson was seventh.

A second practice is scheduled at 2:45 p.m. Friday.

PDF > QUALIFYING ORDER: AIR GUARD 400 - RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
LINK > PRACTICE ONE: AIR GUARD 400 - RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEED.com and has been covering motorsports for 28 years. He has written several books on NASCAR, including "NASCAR: The Definitive History of America's Sport" and "Then Tony Said To Junior: The Best NASCAR Stories Ever Told". He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.

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