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Practice Speeds

Mountain Dew Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway

August 31, 2003 | Race 25 of 36 | Practice 1

Overview

Once the teams are at the track, practices are the only way to test a variety of combinations in order to find the optimal setup for qualifying. Teams have a set time limit to take to the track to check their setups. (now sortable)

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Entry List

Schedule

Rank	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	#17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Smirnoff Ice/DeWalt	168.319	29.216	Leader
2	#19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	168.158	29.244	-0.028
3	#16	Greg Biffle*	Ford	Grainger	168.002	29.271	-0.055
4	#48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	167.687	29.326	-0.110
5	#12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL	167.613	29.339	-0.123
6	#29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service	167.391	29.378	-0.162
7	#24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	167.339	29.387	-0.171
8	#7	Jimmy Spencer	Dodge	Sirius Satellite Radio	167.328	29.389	-0.173
9	#5	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Kellogg's/got milk?	167.328	29.389	-0.173
10	#10	Johnny Benson	Pontiac	Valvoline	167.282	29.397	-0.181
11	#01	Mike Skinner	Pontiac	U.S. Army	167.169	29.417	-0.201
12	#32	Ricky Craven	Pontiac	Give Kids The World/Tide	167.135	29.423	-0.207
13	#41	Casey Mears*	Dodge	Target	167.032	29.441	-0.225
14	#42	Jamie McMurray*	Dodge	Havoline	167.010	29.445	-0.229
15	#23	Kenny Wallace	Dodge	Stacker 2	166.998	29.447	-0.231
16	#18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	166.789	29.484	-0.268
17	#22	Ward Burton	Dodge	Caterpillar	166.766	29.488	-0.272
18	#38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	166.704	29.499	-0.283
19	#154	Todd Bodine	Ford	National Guard	166.529	29.530	-0.314
20	#77	Dave Blaney	Ford	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	166.467	29.541	-0.325
21	#9	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	166.394	29.554	-0.338
22	#8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	166.371	29.558	-0.342
23	#15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	166.292	29.572	-0.356
24	#40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light	166.242	29.581	-0.365
25	#20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Home Depot	166.236	29.582	-0.366
26	#97	Kurt Busch	Ford	Rubbermaid	166.073	29.611	-0.395
27	#1	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	Pennzoil	165.961	29.631	-0.415
28	#2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Lite	165.827	29.655	-0.439
29	#6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra	165.816	29.657	-0.441
30	#21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Motorcraft Quality Parts	165.654	29.686	-0.470
31	#0	Jason Leffler	Pontiac	NetZero HiSpeed	165.604	29.695	-0.479
32	#25	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	UAW/Delphi	165.548	29.705	-0.489
33	#31	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	165.503	29.713	-0.497
34	#99	Jeff Burton	Ford	CITGO	165.392	29.733	-0.517
35	#43	Christian Fittipaldi	Dodge	Cheerios Heart Health	165.198	29.768	-0.552
36	#88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	164.793	29.841	-0.625
37	#49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	1-800-CALLATT	164.628	29.871	-0.655
38	#45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia Pacific	164.331	29.925	-0.709
39	#74	Tony Raines*	Chevrolet	BACE Motorsports	164.111	29.965	-0.749
40	#30	Steve Park	Chevrolet	America Online	163.947	29.995	-0.779
41	#4	Kevin Lepage	Pontiac	Kodak	163.898	30.004	-0.788
42	#150	Larry Foyt*	Dodge	Harrah's	162.335	30.293	-1.077
43	#37	Derrike Cope	Chevrolet	Friendly's/SP Films	161.085	30.528	-1.312
44	#02	Hermie Sadler	Pontiac	goteamva.com	157.017	31.319	-2.103

* Denotes Rookie

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