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2006 Daytona Preseason Thunder Testing

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The 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series will kick off with a pair of much anticipated test sessions at historic Daytona International Speedway in preparation for the prestigious season-opening 48th annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 19.

The list of teams expected to participate in the first NEXTEL Cup Series test session on Jan. 9-11 include (list is tentative and subject to change):

NASCAR Testing Speeds Session 2: Day 3 PM

Rank	Car#	Driver	Speed
1	5a	Kyle Busch	190.251
2	07	Clint Bowyer	190.158
3	45a	Kyle Petty	190.070
4	42x	Casey Mears	189.962
5	15	Paul Menard	189.934
6	11a	Denny Hamlin	189.913
7	14b	Sterling Marlin	189.685
8	10a	Scott Riggs	189.557
9	22	Dave Blaney	189.183
10	7	Robby Gordon	189.024
11	2a	Kurt Busch	189.020
12	92a	Chad Chaffin	188.996
13	25b	David Green	188.980
14	16a	Greg Biffle	188.976
15	22a	Dave Blaney	188.933
16	61a	Kevin Lepage	188.913
17	09a	Mike Wallace	188.905
18	95	Stanton Barrett	188.865
19	01b	Joe Nemechek	188.830
20	96r	Terry Labonte	188.798
21	29	Kevin Harvick	188.747
22	6a	Mark Martin	188.735
23	45	Kyle Petty	188.624
24	66	Jeff Green	188.497
25	99a	Carl Edwards	188.486
26	99b	Carl Edwards	188.367
27	10b	Scott Riggs	188.253
28	88b	Dale Jarrett	188.225
29	26a	Jamie McMurray	188.166
30	16b	Greg Biffle	188.017
31	55	Michael Waltrip	187.837
32	66x	Jeff Green	187.809
33	09	Mike Wallace	187.778
34	42	Casey Mears	187.688
35	18a	J.J. Yeley	187.606
36	11b	Denny Hamlin	187.590
37	89	Morgan Shepherd	187.266
38	49a	Brent Sherman	187.204
39	32a	Travis Kvapil	187.165
40	15a	Paul Menard	186.753
41	14a	Sterling Marlin	186.170
42	49	Brent Sherman	186.073
43	18b	J.J. Yeley	186.058
44	32	Travis Kvapil	185.086
45	00a	Hermie Sadler	184.419
46	96t	Terry Labonte	183.951
47	27	Kirk Shelmerdine	181.811

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Source: NASCAR

NASCAR Testing Speeds Session 2: Day 3 AM

Rank	Car#	Driver	Speed
1	88b	Dale Jarrett	189.215
2	07	Clint Bowyer	189.127
3	09	Mike Wallace	189.012
4	99b	Carl Edwards	188.945
5	16b	Greg Biffle	188.917
6	26b	Jamie McMurray	188.834
7	29	Kevin Harvick	188.715
8	5a	Kyle Busch	188.711
9	01b	Joe Nemechek	188.533
10	45a	Kyle Petty	188.486
11	26a	Jamie McMurray	188.411
12	09a	Mike Wallace	188.367
13	16a	Greg Biffle	188.316
14	66	Jeff Green	188.292
15	55	Michael Waltrip	188.225
16	22a	Dave Blaney	188.222
17	61a	Kevin Lepage	188.218
18	01a	Joe Nemechek	188.159
19	6a	Mark Martin	187.954
20	11a	Denny Hamlin	187.950
21	18a	J.J. Yeley	187.825
22	96r	Terry Labonte	187.825
23	2a	Kurt Busch	187.770
24	10b	Scott Riggs	187.723
25	42x	Casey Mears	187.723
26	95	Stanton Barrett	187.692
27	22	Dave Blaney	187.649
28	25b	David Green	187.570
29	66x	Jeff Green	187.496
30	89	Morgan Shepherd	187.375
31	14b	Sterling Marlin	187.363
32	99a	Carl Edwards	187.196
33	32a	Travis Kvapil	187.036
34	15a	Paul Menard	186.962
35	10a	Scott Riggs	186.904
36	49	Brent Sherman	186.498
37	18b	J.J. Yeley	186.413
38	45	Kyle Petty	186.389
39	07a	Clint Bowyer	186.293
40	11b	Denny Hamlin	186.100
41	29a	Kevin Harvick	185.916
42	14a	Sterling Marlin	185.521
43	7a	Robby Gordon	184.631
44	7	Robby Gordon	184.509
45	92a	Chad Chaffin	184.498
46	42	Casey Mears	184.475
47	15	Paul Menard	184.275
48	96t	Terry Labonte	184.139
49	32	Travis Kvapil	183.516
50	49a	Brent Sherman	183.348
51	27	Kirk Shelmerdine	182.500

Chevy
Dodge
Ford

Source: NASCAR

NASCAR Testing Speeds Session 2: Day 2 PM

Rank	Car#	Driver	Speed
1	5	Kyle Busch	188.119
2	07a	Clint Bowyer	186.896
3	29a	Kevin Harvick	186.815
4	88b	Dale Jarrett	186.544
5	66	Jeff Green	186.000
6	25a	David Green	185.916
7	14b	Sterling Marlin	185.893
8	01a	Joe Nemechek	185.874
9	14a	Sterling Marlin	185.874
10	10a	Scott Riggs	185.747
11	66x	Jeff Green	185.265
12	01b	Joe Nemechek	185.223
13	11b	Denny Hamlin	185.216
14	18b	J.J. Yeley	185.212
15	2a	Kurt Busch	185.170
16	45	Kyle Petty	185.147
17	16a	Greg Biffle	185.090
18	16b	Greg Biffle	184.854
19	26a	Jamie McMurray	184.759
20	18a	J.J. Yeley	184.661
21	11a	Denny Hamlin	184.581
22	99b	Carl Edwards	184.354
23	10b	Scott Riggs	184.320
24	7	Robby Gordon	184.313
25	61a	Kevin Lepage	184.264
26	00a	Hermie Sadler	184.222
27	6b	Mark Martin	184.196
28	00b	Hermie Sadler	184.124
29	42	Casey Mears	184.042
30	55	Michael Waltrip	184.026
31	96r	Terry Labonte	183.944
32	99a	Carl Edwards	183.872
33	32	Travis Kvapil	183.831
34	88a	Dale Jarrett	183.775
35	5a	Kyle Busch	183.730
36	26b	Jamie McMurray	183.703
37	6a	Mark Martin	183.692
38	07	Clint Bowyer	183.685
39	32a	Travis Kvapil	183.565
40	42x	Casey Mears	183.557
41	2	Kurt Busch	183.512
42	7a	Robby Gordon	183.206
43	96t	Terry Labonte	183.072
44	45a	Kyle Petty	182.882
45	89	Morgan Shepherd	182.715
46	15	Paul Menard	182.460
47	09a	Mike Wallace	182.345
48	22a	Dave Blaney	182.256
49	49a	Brent Sherman	182.205
50	25b	David Green	182.149
51	92a	Chad Chaffin	182.020
52	22	Dave Blaney	181.730
53	52a	Larry Gunselman	181.572
54	95	Stanton Barrett	181.569
55	15a	Paul Menard	181.382
56	09	Mike Wallace	180.988
57	27	Kirk Shelmerdine	180.934
58	92b	Chad Chaffin	180.639
59	52b	Larry Gunselman