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Vickers fastest in final practice

Hendrick Motorsport's Brian Vickers topped the final Nextel Cup practice session before tomorrow's Gatorade Duel Races, ahead of the Daytona 500

Vickers' time of 46.946 seconds was the fastest of the week so far, recorded as the teams work on race set-ups for tomorrow's big event and practice in the aerodynamic draft.

Mike Wallace, who has not yet guaranteed himself a start in Sunday's prestigious Daytona 500, was second quickest, ahead of 2004 Daytona 500 pole-sitter Greg Biffle, who was third fastest.

Dale Jarrett and Matt Kenseth made it three Fords in the top five fastest runners, ahead of an impressive time posted by rookie Clint Bowyer in the number 7 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Pos  Driver               Make        Speed
 1.  Brian Vickers        Chevrolet   191.710
 2.  Mike Wallace         Dodge       191.546
 3.  Greg Biffle          Ford        191.497
 4.  Dale Jarrett         Ford        190.848
 5.  Matt Kenseth         Ford        190.504
 6.  Clint Bowyer         Chevrolet   190.303
 7.  Robby Gordon         Chevrolet   190.206
 8.  Jeff Burton          Chevrolet   189.845
 9.  Chad Chaffin         Chevrolet   189.765
10.  Dave Blaney          Dodge       189.741
11.  J.J. Yeley           Chevrolet   189.677
12.  Michael Waltrip      Dodge       189.574
13.  Jimmie Johnson       Chevrolet   189.494
14.  Scott Riggs          Dodge       189.199
15.  Ken Schrader         Ford        189.155
16.  Jeff Gordon          Chevrolet   189.111
17.  Terry Labonte        Chevrolet   189.084
18.  Joe Nemechek         Chevrolet   189.016
19.  Paul Menard          Chevrolet   189.012
20.  Kevin Lepage         Ford        188.992
21.  Kurt Busch           Dodge       188.988
22.  Jeff Green           Chevrolet   188.945
23.  Bill Elliott         Chevrolet   188.889
24.  Kyle Busch           Chevrolet   188.861
25.  Mark Martin          Ford        188.822
26.  Casey Mears          Dodge       188.814
27.  Reed Sorenson        Dodge       188.786
28.  Jamie McMurray       Ford        188.691
29.  Dale Earnhardt Jr.   Chevrolet   188.577
30.  Brent Sherman        Dodge       188.572
31.  Martin Truex Jr.     Chevrolet   188.561
32.  Scott Wimmer         Chevrolet   188.509
33.  Carl Edwards         Ford        188.363
34.  Tony Stewart         Chevrolet   188.348
35.  Stanton Barrett      Chevrolet   188.348
36.  Sterling Marlin      Chevrolet   188.328
37.  Randy LaJoie         Chevrolet   188.261
38.  Kevin Harvick        Chevrolet   188.253
39.  Kasey Kahne          Dodge       188.253
40.  Derrike Cope         Dodge       188.210
41.  David Stremme        Dodge       188.210
42.  Bobby Labonte        Dodge       188.202
43.  Elliott Sadler       Ford        188.190
44.  Ryan Newman          Dodge       188.163
45.  Jeremy Mayfield      Dodge       187.899
46.  Travis Kvapil        Chevrolet   187.735
47.  Mike Skinner         Dodge       187.660
48.  Kyle Petty           Dodge       187.547
49.  Kenny Wallace        Chevrolet   187.531
50.  Larry Foyt           Dodge       187.356
51.  Chad Blount          Dodge       186.355
52.  Kirk Shelmerdine     Chevrolet   185.716
53.  Morgan Shepherd      Dodge       184.188
54.  Carl Long            Ford        178.239

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