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CUP: Stewart Leads First Phoenix Practice
Ryan Newman crashes primary car late in opening practice session…
Mike Hembree  |  Posted March 02, 2012   Avondale, AZ
Tony Stewart put up the best lap of the weekend’s first Subway Fresh Fit 500 Sprint Cup practice at Phoenix International Raceway in the closing minutes of the 90-minute session.

Stewart ran 138.680 miles per hour to edge Mark Martin, who was clocked at 138.611.

Greg Biffle was third at 138.568.

Brendan Gaughan and Ryan Newman whacked the outside wall during the session.

Newman is going to a backup car for the second practice session, scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. (ET) Friday. SPEED will televise the session.

“I opened my entry up a little too far,” said Newman, who had the session’s fourth fastest speed. “I got a little aggressive and just got loose getting in, and that was it.”

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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