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Danica Patrick:
May 23, 9:42PM: Patrick top...
Danica Patrick is the top rookie qualifier for the Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The lap speed of 190.826 mph in the No. 10 Chevrolet SS was 24th fastest; best of the 2013 ROTY contenders attempting to qualify for Sunday night's race.
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Denny Hamlin:
May 23, 9:37PM: Denny Hamlin on...
Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 54th Annual Coca-Cola 600 with a lap of 27.604 seconds, 195.624 mph. This is the No. 11 Toyota Camry driver's 14th pole in 267 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his second pole and seventh top-10 start in 2013. This is Hamlin's first pole in 16 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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John Wes Townley:
May 23, 7:46PM: John Wes Townley...
Camping World Truck Series regular John Wes Townley tops the speed chart in the Happy Hour practice session for the Nationwide Series History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He ran a fast lap of 181.087 in the No. 25 Toyota Camry. No. 29 Kenny Wallace, No. 2 Brian Scott, No. 66 Steve Wallace and No. 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. rounded out the top five of the 25 cars out on the track. The No. 37, driven by Matt Dibenedetto, was the slowest in the final practice session.
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Kurt Busch:
May 23, 7:40PM: Kurt Busch led...
Kurt Busch led the first practice for the Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. His lap of 190.846 mph in the No. 78 Chevrolet SS was the quickest of the 44 cars out on the track for the first practice session. No. 18 Kyle Busch, No. 5 Kasey Kahne, No. 48 Jimmie Johnson and No. 43 Aric Almirola were the rest of the top five on the speed chart. No. 35 Josh Wise was the slowest.
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Kenny Wallace:
May 23, 5:08PM: Wallace has best...
Kenny Wallace had the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in the second practice for the Nationwide Series History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. His average of 177.647 mph in the No. 29 was best of the 13 cars that ran 10 consecutive laps on the track for this session. No. 54 Kyle Busch, No. 12 Sam Hornish Jr., No. 20 Brian Vickers and No. 22 Joey Logano are the rest of the top five on this list.
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Trevor Bayne:
May 22, 11:15PM: Woods poised to...
Eddy Wood hope for clear skies this week so his family team can reach a milestone 1,400 Sprint Cup starts, dating back to Glen Wood's first appearance in NASCAR's elite division, at Martinsville Speedway on May 17, 1953, driving a 1953 Lincoln. If it rains and qualifying is cancelled, the team would miss the race. Competing on a limited schedule, they made fewer attempts to qualify for races this season than the other teams not otherwise locked into the starting field. Charlotte would appropriate, as the team got its first superspeedway victory there in the 1960 National 400 with Speedy Thompson at the wheel. Crew chief Donnie Wingo also is hoping the weather works out in the team's favor, as he and driver Trevor Bayne are looking forward to getting the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion back into Sprint Cup action.-Wood Brothers Racing
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr.:
May 22, 10:59PM: Ricky Stenhouse...
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got his first Sprint Cup start at Charlotte in 2011 in the famed No. 21 finishing an impressive 11th-place. The two-time Nationwide champion earned one of the two transfer spots in the Sprint Showdown to qualify for his first All-Star race last weekend. He finished 16th in the 90-lap showdown. The Car: Chassis RK-827 is the same chassis that the No.17 team ran in Texas cutting a left rear tire early in the race resulting in a 40th-place finish.-Roush Fenway Racing
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