Ford køreren Greg Biffle lagde ud med hurtigste tid da NASCAR Sprint Cup feltet kørte ud til deres første fri træning i forbindelse med klassens andet besøg i år på Watkins Glen banen.
På de to efterfølgende pladser kom Denny Hamlin og Paul Menard der kører i henholdsvis Toyota og Ford, de var 0,077 og 0,160 sekund langsommere end Greg Biffle. Hurtigste Chevrolet og Dodge kører kom på 4. og 5. pladserne, det var Jeff Burton foran Kurt Busch.
Bedst placerede af de tidligere Formel 1 kørere var Chevrolet køreren Juan Pablo Montoya på 6. pladsen, mens Scott Speed i sin Toyota var placeret på 20. pladsen.
Tiderne fra 1. fri træning:
|
Pl. |
# |
Kører |
Mærke |
Tid |
Mph. |
|
1 |
16 |
Greg Biffle |
Ford |
1:12,205 |
122,152 |
2 |
11 |
Denny Hamlin |
Toyota |
1:12,282 |
122,022 |
3 |
98 |
Paul Menard |
Ford |
1:12,365 |
121,882 |
|
4 |
31 |
Jeff Burton |
Chevrolet |
1:12,388 |
121,843 |
5 |
2 |
Kurt Busch |
Dodge |
1:12,484 |
121,682 |
6 |
42 |
Juan Pablo Montoya |
Chevrolet |
1:12,506 |
121,645 |
|
7 |
47 |
Marcos Ambrose |
Toyota |
1:12,543 |
121,583 |
8 |
43 |
A.J. Allmendinger |
Ford |
1:12,595 |
121,496 |
9 |
36 |
Ron Fellows |
Chevrolet |
1:12,633 |
121,432 |
|
10 |
99 |
Carl Edwards |
Ford |
1:12,650 |
121,404 |
11 |
18 |
Kyle Busch |
Toyota |
1:12,731 |
121,269 |
12 |
83 |
Boris Said |
Toyota |
1:12,734 |
121,264 |
|
13 |
26 |
Patrick Carpentier |
Ford |
1:12,748 |
121,240 |
14 |
33 |
Clint Bowyer |
Chevrolet |
1:12,759 |
121,222 |
15 |
20 |
Joey Logano |
Toyota |
1:12,762 |
121,217 |
|
16 |
1 |
Jamie McMurray |
Chevrolet |
1:12,768 |
121,207 |
17 |
9 |
Kasey Kahne |
Ford |
1:12,779 |
121,189 |
18 |
29 |
Kevin Harvick |
Chevrolet |
1:12,811 |
121,135 |
|
19 |
56 |
Martin Truex Jr. |
Toyota |
1:12,852 |
121,067 |
20 |
82 |
Scott Speed |
Toyota |
1:12,859 |
121,056 |
21 |
39 |
Ryan Newman |
Chevrolet |
1:13,035 |
120,764 |
|
22 |
14 |
Tony Stewart |
Chevrolet |
1:13,048 |
120,743 |
23 |
00 |
David Reutimann |
Toyota |
1:13,063 |
120,718 |
24 |
13 |
Max Papis |
Toyota |
1:13,072 |
120,703 |
|
25 |
5 |
Mark Martin |
Chevrolet |
1:13,092 |
120,670 |
26 |
55 |
Michael McDowell |
Toyota |
1:13,099 |
120,658 |
27 |
77 |
Sam Hornish Jr. |
Dodge |
1:13,122 |
120,620 |
|
28 |
78 |
Regan Smith |
Chevrolet |
1:13,154 |
120,568 |
29 |
48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
Chevrolet |
1:13,223 |
120,454 |
30 |
24 |
Jeff Gordon |
Chevrolet |
1:13,225 |
120,451 |
|
31 |
87 |
Joe Nemechek |
Toyota |
1:13,284 |
120,354 |
32 |
6 |
David Ragan |
Ford |
1:13,454 |
120,075 |
33 |
7 |
Robby Gordon |
Toyota |
1:13,519 |
119,969 |
|
34 |
17 |
Matt Kenseth |
Ford |
1:13,584 |
119,863 |
35 |
71 |
Andy Lally |
Chevrolet |
1:13,671 |
119,721 |
36 |
09 |
Bobby Labonte |
Chevrolet |
1:13,762 |
119,574 |
|
37 |
12 |
Brad Keselowski |
Dodge |
1:13,780 |
119,545 |
38 |
88 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
Chevrolet |
1:13,891 |
119,365 |
39 |
19 |
Elliott Sadler |
Ford |
1:13,973 |
119,233 |
|
40 |
66 |
Dave Blaney |
Toyota |
1:13,989 |
119,207 |
41 |
38 |
David Gilliland |
Ford |
1:14,271 |
118,754 |
42 |
46 |
J.J. Yeley |
Dodge |
1:14,288 |
118,727 |
|
43 |
207 |
P.J. Jones |
Toyota |
1:14,941 |
117,693 |
44 |
37 |
Travis Kvapil |
Ford |
1:15,578 |
116,701 |
45 |
235 |
Tony Ave |
Chevrolet |
1:15,713 |
116,493 |
|
46 |
34 |
Kevin Conway* |
Ford |
1:16,835 |
114,791 |
|
* = rookie. Hr. Nielsen
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