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NASCAR Sprint-Cup Series
CUP: Montoya Tops Vegas Practice
Juan Pablo Montoya was fastest in Friday's lone round of Sprint Cup practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted February 26, 2010   Las Vegas, NV
Juan Pablo Montoya paced first practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 at Michigan International Speedway. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

The Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolets were fast in Friday's lone round of NASCAR Sprint Cup practice, but at the end of the day, two open-wheel expatriates topped the speed charts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Results: Shelby American Practice One

Please check back at NASCAR.speedtv.com/results/ throughout the weekend, as new stats are added as soon as they become available.

Former CART and Formula 1 racer Juan Pablo Montoya topped the charts in practice for Sunday's Shelby American Cup race, with a lap of 186.168 miles per hour in his Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Chevrolet.

Second fast was the Penske Racing Dodge of three-time IndyCar series champion Sam Hornish Jr., who turned a lap of 186.085 mph at the 1.5-mile LVMS oval.

Then came the Hendrick onslaught, with four-time defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson third, followed by Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon. Positions six through eight were occupied by Ryan Newman, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch. Dale Earnhardt Jr. made it four Hendrick Chevys in the top nine, with Greg Biffle completing the top 10 in the first of the Roush Fenway Racing Fords.

The first incident occurred just three minutes into the 90-minute session, when points leader Kevin Harvick drifted high at the exit to Turn 2, smacking the outside with his Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Impala SS. Harvick did not have to go to a backup.

AJ Allmendinger lost an engine in his No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford during the session and will be forced to start the race from the back of the field Sunday.

Results: Shelby American Practice One PDF

Please check back at http://nascar.speedtv.com/results/ throughout the weekend, as new stats are added as soon as they become available.

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEEDtv.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100 and e-mail him at Jensen 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. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association and an NMPA Writer of the Year.

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