Kenseth 3rd in evening testing

He who shall not be mentioned on my blog was fastest for the third time in six sessions, posting a fast-lap speed of 189.298 mph. Teammate Jimmie Johnson was second (189.195), while Matt Kenseth , who paced the morning session, was third (189.024).

In Wednesday morning's test, three of the top five fastest times were Ford drivers, led by Kenseth at 188.403 mph. However, in the afternoon he was the only Fusion driver in the top 15 among the 31 cars that tested.

"This test is actually, more so than on-the-track stuff, is good for getting [the] whole group working together and getting in a routine and a system of changing things and everybody knows what their responsibilities are and that type of thing," Kenseth said

"You kind of work the new guys in a little bit and work the rust off the other ones a little bit when you test at Daytona and when you go test at Las Vegas, so when you come down here for the real deal everybody's kind of ready to go."

Pos. Car Driver Speed
1 24b he who shall not be named 189.298
2 48b Jimmie Johnson 189.195
3 17b Matt Kenseth 189.024
4 40x David Stremme 189.000
5 1a Martin Truex Jr. 188.663
6 80b Jeff Fuller 188.426
7 12b Ryan Newman 188.229
8 8a Dale Earnhardt Jr. 188.222
9 31x Jeff Burton 188.103
10 20a Mike McLaughlin 188.029
11 43b Bobby Labonte 187.903
12 9b Kasey Kahne 187.813
13 12a Ryan Newman 187.790
14 31 Jeff Burton 187.762
15 23a Mike Skinner 187.739
16 38a Elliott Sadler 187.621

From: http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/01/11/pm.testing.daytona/index.html

Did you lose the draft Elliott? Or are you sand-bagging? Hmmm..okay Matt, I now approve of 17b, you have my permission to use it if you want...