Practice and qualification 2010 Budweiser Shootout

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carl edwards (pictured in 2011) picked pole position roush fenway racing.


two practice sessions held on thursday evening. first session lasted 45 minutes, while second ran 60 minutes. kevin harvick remained @ home in north carolina recover symptoms of flu, , jeff burton , clint bowyer drove car practice sessions. burton had fastest time (46.557 seconds, fifteen thousands of second faster jamie mcmurray) in first practice session. kyle busch (with time of 46.581 seconds) third, ahead of michael waltrip , mark martin. jimmie johnson, ryan newman, kasey kahne, joey logano , bowyer rounded out top ten fastest drivers in session , six-tenths of second within burton s time. denny hamlin got rear of martin in first turn towards end of session, beginning chain-reaction accident involving cars driven bowyer, logano, greg biffle , brian vickers. mcmurray, martin, bowyer, biffle , hamlin required use backup cars. kahne fastest in second practice session, time of 46.955 seconds. ken schrader second, ahead of matt kenseth , johnson. tony stewart fifth fastest, time of 47.054 seconds. vickers, burton, juan pablo montoya, carl edwards , logano rounded out session s top ten fastest drivers. john andretti slowed caused kurt busch slow in avoidance; montoya hit rear of kurt busch sent him wall. kurt busch required go car. stewart drove garage in middle of session , had radiator changed because debris went through it, , johnson stopped car after completing 1 lap after earlier accident.


the twenty-four drivers determined starting positions lot, feature unique event. edwards drew pole position, harvick in second (which chosen crew chief gil martin). vickers, newman , biffle rounded out top 5 positions. martin drew sixth place , burton drew seventh, ahead of kenseth , mcmurray in eighth , ninth. andretti, dale earnhardt jr., bobby labonte, stewart , schrader drew next 5 positions. waltrip, drew fifteenth, followed johnson, kyle busch, derrike cope, kahne , montoya first twenty spots. logano (which selected crew chief greg zipadelli because logano below legal drinking age), kurt busch, jeff gordon , hamlin drew last positions in race. once lot completed, edwards said, s first race of season, , nice front. s been while since ve been on pole. know didn t earn one, s luck, still feels good.








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