De to Chevrolet kørere Mark Martin og Dale Earnhardt Jr. var kun 1/1000 del sekund fra hinanden på 1. og 2. pladserne i NASCAR deltagernes 3. fri træning på Atlanta Motor Speedway. På 3. og 4. pladserne kom de hurtigste kørere fra Toyota og Ford, det var Martin Truex Jr. foran Paul Menard. Bedst placerede Dodge kører var Kurt Busch på en 13. plads. De to tidligere Formel 1 kørere Scott Speed (Toyota) og Juan Pablo Montoya (Chevrolet) sluttede på 17. og 32. pladserne.
Tiderne fra 3. fri træning:
|
Pl. |
# |
Kører |
Mærke |
Tid |
Mph. |
|
1 |
5 |
Mark Martin |
Chevrolet |
29,883 |
185,523 |
2 |
88 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
Chevrolet |
29,884 |
185,517 |
3 |
56 |
Martin Truex Jr. |
Toyota |
29,919 |
185,300 |
|
4 |
98 |
Paul Menard |
Ford |
29,930 |
185,232 |
5 |
6 |
David Ragan |
Ford |
29,931 |
185,226 |
6 |
31 |
Jeff Burton |
Chevrolet |
29,942 |
185,158 |
|
7 |
47 |
Marcos Ambrose |
Toyota |
30,039 |
184,560 |
8 |
83 |
Brian Vickers |
Toyota |
30,042 |
184,542 |
9 |
33 |
Clint Bowyer |
Chevrolet |
30,046 |
184,517 |
|
10 |
2 |
Kurt Busch |
Dodge |
30,118 |
184,076 |
11 |
9 |
Kasey Kahne |
Ford |
30,121 |
184,058 |
12 |
39 |
Ryan Newman |
Chevrolet |
30,151 |
183,874 |
|
13 |
77 |
Sam Hornish Jr. |
Dodge |
30,187 |
183,655 |
14 |
20 |
Joey Logano |
Toyota |
30,220 |
183,455 |
15 |
12 |
Brad Keselowski |
Dodge |
30,270 |
183,152 |
|
16 |
48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
Chevrolet |
30,275 |
183,121 |
17 |
82 |
Scott Speed |
Toyota |
30,282 |
183,079 |
18 |
11 |
Denny Hamlin |
Toyota |
30,308 |
182,922 |
|
19 |
78 |
Regan Smith |
Chevrolet |
30,311 |
182,904 |
20 |
14 |
Tony Stewart |
Chevrolet |
30,312 |
182,898 |
21 |
87 |
Joe Nemechek |
Toyota |
30,312 |
182,898 |
|
22 |
71 |
Bobby Labonte |
Chevrolet |
30,351 |
182,663 |
23 |
18 |
Kyle Busch |
Toyota |
30,390 |
182,428 |
24 |
17 |
Matt Kenseth |
Ford |
30,407 |
182,326 |
|
25 |
24 |
Jeff Gordon |
Chevrolet |
30,421 |
182,242 |
26 |
16 |
Greg Biffle |
Ford |
30,424 |
182,225 |
27 |
1 |
Jamie McMurray |
Chevrolet |
30,429 |
182,195 |
|
28 |
19 |
Elliott Sadler |
Ford |
30,443 |
182,111 |
29 |
21 |
Bill Elliott |
Ford |
30,466 |
181,973 |
30 |
43 |
A.J. Allmendinger |
Ford |
30,484 |
181,866 |
|
31 |
38 |
David Gilliland |
Ford |
30,538 |
181,544 |
32 |
42 |
Juan Montoya |
Chevrolet |
30,543 |
181,515 |
33 |
7 |
Robby Gordon |
Toyota |
30,573 |
181,337 |
|
34 |
55 |
Michael McDowell |
Toyota |
30,576 |
181,319 |
35 |
99 |
Carl Edwards |
Ford |
30,581 |
181,289 |
36 |
00 |
David Reutimann |
Toyota |
30,593 |
181,218 |
|
37 |
36 |
Mike Bliss |
Chevrolet |
30,682 |
180,692 |
38 |
13 |
Max Papis |
Toyota |
30,684 |
180,680 |
39 |
66 |
Dave Blaney |
Toyota |
30,696 |
180,610 |
|
40 |
29 |
Kevin Harvick |
Chevrolet |
30,717 |
180,486 |
41 |
34 |
Travis Kvapil |
Ford |
30,763 |
180,217 |
42 |
26 |
Boris Said |
Ford |
31,488 |
176,067 |
|
43 |
37 |
Kevin Conway* |
Ford |
31,753 |
174,598 |
|
Hr. Nielsen
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