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CUP: Bowyer Leads Fontana Practice
Clint Bowyer, Mark Martin, Kasey Kahne 1-2-3 in Auto Club practice...
Mike Hembree  |  Posted March 23, 2012   Fontana, CA
Clint Bowyer, driver of the No. 15 5-hour Energy Toyota, leans on his car in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 23, 2012 in Fontana, California. (Photo: Getty Images)
The Michael Waltrip Racing rebound continues.

Clint Bowyer put an MWR Toyota on the top of the speed chart Friday as Sprint Cup teams opened practice for Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway.

Bowyer ran 185.109 miles per hour to lead the list of 46 drivers participating in the 90-minute session.

Bowyer had the session’s only sub-39-second lap.

Completing the top five were Mark Martin (also in an MWR car), Kasey Kahne, Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin.

Two MWR drivers – Bowyer (eighth) and Martin Truex Jr. (fourth) – are in the point standings top eight entering Sunday’s race, the fifth of the season.

Qualifying for the 400 is scheduled at 7 p.m. (ET) Friday. SPEED will broadcast the session.

Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEED.com and has been covering motorsports for 30 years. He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.
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