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NASCAR Sprint-Cup Series
CUP: Kenseth Tops Speed Charts
Defending Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth looked good in practice Wednesday...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted February 10, 2010   Daytona Beach, FL
Matt Kenseth is third in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings. (Photo: Getty Images)

If anyone still thinks Matt Kenseth's victory in last year's rain-shortened Daytona 500 was a fluke, the 2003 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion would like to disabuse them of that notion.

Kenseth was the fastest of 54 cars setting times for Wednesday's first of two rounds of Daytona 500 practice. The Wisconsin native had a best lap of 194.254 miles per hour at the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway.

Behind Kenseth's Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion came the Toyotas of Kyle Busch, 194.221 mph in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing entry, and Brian Vickers, who ran 194.145 mph in his Red Bull Racing No. 83 Camry.

Completing the top five were Jeff Burton in a Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Impala SS and Carl Edwards in a second Roush Fenway Ford.

The most serious incident of the session came when Clint Bowyer blew a tire in Turn 2, collecting David Reutimann, who was hit by Derrike Cope. Both Bowyer and Reutimann were forced to go backup cars.

RESULTS: Daytona 500 Practice Three

RESULTS: Daytona 500 Practice One

RESULTS: Daytona 500 Practice One Completed Saturday

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief 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 television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association. Jensen is the 1997 National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year and has won numerous national and state awards for news reporting, columns and feature writing. 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

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