Happy Hour is Over at Pocono, Busch crashes

Carl Edwards was fastest in Happy Hour.
Doug Belliveau/ AutoRacing1

It's a warm and humid afternoon at Pocono Raceway and Happy Hour has concluded with Carl Edwards posting the fastest time at 164.769 mph. Pole Sitter Kasey Kahne was second fastest and Elliot Sadler was third quick in his Stanley Dodge.

Kyle Busch crashed hard in the morning practice session and will have to start the race with a backup car. Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer, and Sam Hornish all spun in practice with Hornish tearing up his ride and also resolved to running a backup car for tomorrow's race.

Hornish qualified 41st based on owners points and will start 42nd with the backup car.

"We weren't good in practice all day. We were trying a lot of different things on our Mobil One Dodge to make it better" said Hornish. "I just got loose going into turn 1 and lost it. We tore the front end up a bit and will go to the backup car for tomorrow."

See all the Final Practice Speeds

FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 164.769 54.622 Leader
2 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 164.102 54.844 -0.222
3 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley Tools 163.949 54.895 -0.273
4 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet Steak-umm Burgers 163.919 54.905 -0.283
5 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 163.890 54.915 -0.293
6 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 163.532 55.035 -0.413
7 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 163.452 55.062 -0.440
8 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 163.325 55.105 -0.483
9 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 163.271 55.123 -0.501
10 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 163.256 55.128 -0.506
11 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 163.185 55.152 -0.530
12 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 163.173 55.156 -0.534
13 28 Travis Kvapil Ford DISH Network / DishDVRs 163.165 55.159 -0.537
14 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Insurance 163.026 55.206 -0.584
15 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 162.976 55.223 -0.601
16 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 162.967 55.226 -0.604
17 26 Jamie McMurray Ford IRWIN Industrial Tools 162.890 55.252 -0.630
18 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Kodak 162.581 55.357 -0.735
19 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 162.502 55.384 -0.762
20 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet Kellogg's / CARQUEST 162.408 55.416 -0.794
21 00 Michael McDowell* Toyota Champion Mortgage 162.361 55.432 -0.810
22 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 162.317 55.447 -0.825
23 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 162.294 55.455 -0.833
24 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 162.291 55.456 -0.834
25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / AMP Energy 162.288 55.457 -0.835
26 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS 162.285 55.458 -0.836
27 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Robby Gordon Motorsports 162.250 55.470 -0.848
28 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Pittsburgh Paints / Menards 162.101 55.521 -0.899
29 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row/ DenverMattress.com 162.040 55.542 -0.920
30 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 161.958 55.570 -0.948
31 01 Regan Smith* Chevrolet DEI / Principal Financial Group 161.943 55.575 -0.953
32 10 Patrick Carpentier* Dodge Charter Comm. 161.938 55.577 -0.955
33 40 Dario Franchitti* Dodge Target 161.902 55.589 -0.967
34 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com 161.777 55.632 -1.010
35 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters 161.722 55.651 -1.029
36 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 161.687 55.663 -1.041
37 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Texaco / Havoline 161.418 55.756 -1.134
38 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 161.189 55.835 -1.213
39 70 Jason Leffler Chevrolet Haas Automation 161.158 55.846 -1.224
40 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 160.976 55.909 -1.287
41 21 Bill Elliott Ford U.S. Air Force 160.582 56.046 -1.424