Green fastest on day 3 at Daytona

Green topped the afternoon session with a lap of 186.722 mph, set in a drafting run. Dale Jarrett set the week's fastest lap so far for Toyota in the No. 44 UPS Toyota, drafting to 186.517 and showing clear signs of improvement after struggling on Tuesday.

"The first time out it wasn't very good, but we made some changes and it responded to that and we got the car driving much better to where it could keep up and suck up in the draft," said Jarrett.

Tony Raines was third fastest in the No. 96 Hall of Fame Chevrolet, being also the most consistent runner of the week, setting top-three speeds every day since testing started Monday.

"We have one car in qualifying trim and one car we've been drafting with," he said. "The car in qualifying trim seems to be driving better, and I hope we bring that one for the race. It's stacking up pretty well against some of the other good cars. We're excited about that."

PJ Jones was the fastest Ford in fifth, replacing Robby Gordon who is taking part in the Dakar Rally.

Other drivers filling in on Wednesday were Mike McLaughlin, who again drove the No. 20 Home Depot Chevy, normally run by Tony Stewart, setting the fastest lap of the morning session.

Kerry Earnhardt also stepped in for his brother Dale in the No. 8 Bud car.

Tomorrow, the final testing session of the week will take place in the morning as compensation for the session that was rained-out on Monday.

Wednesday testing speeds:

Pos  Driver            Make        Speed (mph)
 1.  Jeff Green        Chevrolet   186.722
 2.  Dale Jarrett      Toyota      186.517
 3.  Tony Raines       Chevrolet   186.451
 4.  Scott Riggs       Dodge       186.420
 5.  P.J. Jones        Ford        186.397
 6.  Reed Sorenson     Dodge       186.382
 7.  Sterling Marlin   Chevrolet   186.382
 8.  Dave Blaney       Toyota      186.378
 9.  Martin Truex Jr   Chevrolet   186.355
10.  Kasey Kahne       Dodge       186.316
11.  Ricky Rudd        Ford        185.805
12.  Greg Biffle       Ford        185.755
13.  Bobby Labonte     Dodge       185.724
14.  Jimmie Johnson    Chevrolet   185.632
15.  Casey Mears       Chevrolet   185.479
16.  Bill Elliott      Dodge       185.437
17.  Brian Vickers     Toyota      185.124
18.  Mike McLaughlin   Chevrolet   184.570
19.  Eric McClure      Chevrolet   184.555
20.  Jamie McMurray    Ford        184.139
21.  Regan Smith       Chevrolet   183.554
22.  Kerry Earnhardt   Chevrolet   183.404
23.  Kevin Harvick     Chevrolet   183.277
24.  Boris Said        Ford        182.323
25.  Scott Wimmer      Chevrolet   181.598
26.  Kirk Shelmerdine  Chevrolet   181.353