Montoya sets pace in Richmond
Montoya was fastest in practice at Richmond
Juan Pablo Montoya has paced practice ahead of Saturday night’s Sprint Cup Series event at Richmond International Raceway.
Montoya is still looking for his first oval-track NASCAR Sprint Cup race victory, and ended the ‘Happy Hour’ practice session 0.001s ahead of Kevin Harvick.
Car Edwards, Regan Smith and Clint Bowyer rounded out the top five.
Australian Marcos Ambrose set the 16th fastest time, improving from 31st in the opening session.
Dale Earnhardt Jnr was fastest in Practice 1, but fell to 26th in Practice 2.
See below for the full practice result
| 1 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 21.538 | |
| 2 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 21.539 | -0.001 |
| 3 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Scotts EZ Seed | 21.575 | -0.037 |
| 4 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 21.623 | -0.085 |
| 5 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | BB&T | 21.708 | -0.170 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 21.727 | -0.189 |
| 7 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 21.732 | -0.194 |
| 8 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | U.S. Army Medicine | 21.734 | -0.196 |
| 9 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald’s | 21.759 | -0.221 |
| 10 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Mobil 1 / Office Depot | 21.760 | -0.222 |
| 11 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | Nautica | 21.783 | -0.245 |
| 12 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS “We Love Logistics” | 21.788 | -0.250 |
| 13 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Ultimate Tune-Up | 21.799 | -0.261 |
| 14 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron’s Dream Machine | 21.811 | -0.273 |
| 15 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 21.814 | -0.276 |
| 16 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Dewalt | 21.818 | -0.280 |
| 17 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Big Red | 21.824 | -0.286 |
| 18 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Libman / Menards | 21.838 | -0.300 |
| 19 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO | 21.838 | -0.300 |
| 20 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Kingsford | 21.839 | -0.301 |
| 21 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Crown Royal | 21.840 | -0.302 |
| 22 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe’s | 21.874 | -0.336 |
| 23 | David Gilliland | Ford | Gander Mountain | 21.880 | -0.342 |
| 24 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | EchoStar Technologies | 21.911 | -0.373 |
| 25 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | Thank A Teacher Today | 21.915 | -0.377 |
| 26 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | National Guard / Amp Energy | 21.916 | -0.378 |
| 27 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 21.923 | -0.385 |
| 28 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 21.926 | -0.388 |
| 29 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | Red Bull | 21.927 | -0.389 |
| 30 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Golden Corral | 21.937 | -0.399 |
| 31 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 21.942 | -0.404 |
| 32 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Long John Silver’s | 21.950 | -0.412 |
| 33 | Andy Lally* | Ford | Interstate Moving Services | 21.972 | -0.434 |
| 34 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M’s Pretzel | 22.021 | -0.483 |
| 35 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | K-Love | 22.051 | -0.513 |
| 36 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 22.052 | -0.514 |
| 37 | Tony Raines | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 22.055 | -0.517 |
| 38 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 22.077 | -0.539 |
| 39 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood | 22.095 | -0.557 |
| 40 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Freight | 22.100 | -0.562 |
| 41 | Ken Schrader | Ford | H&B Railroad / Southern Pride | 22.110 | -0.572 |
| 42 | Brian Keselowski* | Dodge | K-Automotive Motorsports | 22.252 | -0.714 |
| 43 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | Fast Five / Speed Energy | 22.356 | -0.818 |
| 44 | J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet | Red Line Oil | 23.851 | -2.313 |