Bowyer's No. 07 Fastest in Afternoon

Monday, March 3, 2008 No. 07 Chevrolet edges Blaney's Toyota, Truex’s Chevrolet Clint Bowyer posted the fastest time in Monday’s afternoon session of Sprint Cup Series testing, the second of five to be held this week at PIR. Bowyer ran just seven circuits to post his 27.645-second best lap (130.222 mph). Here are the top five speeds from the afternoon session:

07A
Clint Bowyer
Chevrolet
27.645 seconds
130.222 mph

22A
Dave Blaney
Toyota
27.657 seconds
130.166 mph

1A
Martin Truex Jr.
Chevrolet
27.673 seconds
130.091 mph

2A
Kurt Busch
Dodge
27.673 seconds
130.091 mph

18A
Kyle Busch
Toyota
27.683 seconds
130.044 mph

J.J. Yeley’s Toyota was sixth in the afternoon session, followed by Roush Fenway Racing Ford teammates David Ragan and Greg Biffle. The last two Daytona 500 winners, Ryan Newman and Kevin Harvick, were ninth and tenth, respectively. Juan Pablo Montoya was 11th, and morning session leader Paul Menard posted the 12th-fastest best lap of the afternoon run. Click here for the top morning session speeds.

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