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AJ Allmendinger was quickest during Thursday's evening practice for the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. (Todd Warshaw/Getty Images Photo) ยป More Photos
Toyotas continued to dominate Thursday’s practice sessions at Darlington Raceway, with AJ Allmendinger pacing the evening session of practice for Saturday’s Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Allmendinger hustled his Red Bull Racing Camry around the newly repaved 1.366-mile track with a fast lap of 178.679 miles per hour, leading a Toyota sweep of three of the top four spots.
The only Chevrolet in the top five was second-place Dale Earnhardt Jr., who cranked out a lap of 178.640 mph in his throwback Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Behind Earnhardt were Dave Blaney’s Bill Davis Racing Toyota at 178.620 mph and Kyle Busch in the first of three Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas at 177.249. Rounding out the top five was the Roush Fenway Ford of Greg Biffle, 176.676 mph
Busch, of course, is the NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader, but both Blaney and Allmendinger are among the so-called “go-or-go-homers” who will have to qualify on speed Friday. The good news for them is that there are only 45 cars entered in the field, so there will only be two DNQs tomorrow.
SPEED will televise two practice sessions and qualifying on Friday. The practices are noon to 1:30 p.m. and 2-3 p.m., with qualifying at 5:15 p.m.
DODGE CHALLENGER 500 PRACTICE2 RESULTS
Tom Jensen is the Senior NASCAR Editor for SPEEDtv.com, the former Executive Editor of NASCAR Scene and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. He is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of SPEED,” and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the President of the National Motorsports Press Association. The Answer Man is back at SPEEDtv.com. Tom Jensen answers your questions during every race week and looks forward to hearing from you - please e-mail it to
SPEED will televise the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXIV and the NASCAR Sprint Showdown live on May 17, as well as provide more than 90 hours of support programming prior to the event. Stay tuned to SPEEDtv.com for frequent updates on the history of the event and all the details about this year’s action.
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