First Thursday practice for the Coca-Cola 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway is underway, after 76 of 80 scheduled minutes, the top five, slowest and notes:
#43-Almirola 201.961
#9-Ambrose 201.374
#20-Logano 201.122
#39-Newman 201.068
#16-Biffle 200.933
slowest: #83-Cassill 187.809 & #23-Richardson 185.770.
notes: Due to a sore back, #11-Hamlin will not practice today. Kyle Busch got in the car for a few laps just to shake it down. #23-Richardson, Jr. bought out the caution with engine problems.
This practice will set the order for qualifying, which is scheduled Friday at 4:10pm/et and will be shown on SPEED.
(7-5-2012)
