Busch paces second Monday session at LMS
Kyle Busch paced the afternoon session Monday of the Sprint Cup Series test at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, turning a lap of 179.736 mph in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 18 Toyota.
Busch was 0.053 seconds faster than Roush Fenway Racing’s Carl Edwards, who went 179.420 mph in the No. 99 Ford. Jeff Burton was third at 179.200 in Richard Childress Racing’s Chevrolet, with Kurt Busch (Penske Racing) fourth and Elliott Sadler (Gillett Evernham Motorsports) fifth.
Morning Session
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Manu | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 88B | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chv | 29.613 | 182.352 |
| 2 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chv | 29.899 | 180.608 |
| 3 | 31B | Jeff Burton | Chv | 29.901 | 180.596 |
| 4 | 70 | Brad Keselowski | Chv | 29.980 | 180.12 |
| 5 | 29B | Kevin Harvick | Chv | 30.065 | 179.611 |
| 6 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chv | 30.127 | 179.241 |
| 7 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chv | 30.223 | 178.672 |
| 8 | 70B | Brad Keselowski | Chv | 30.289 | 178.283 |
| 9 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chv | 30.295 | 178.247 |
| 10 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Chv | 30.504 | 177.026 |
Afternoon Session
| Rank | Car# | Driver | Manu | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 18B | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 30.044 | 179.736 |
| 2 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 30.097 | 179.420 |
| 3 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevy | 30.134 | 179.200 |
| 4 | 2B | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 30.195 | 178.838 |
| 5 | 19B | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | 30.196 | 178.832 |
| 6 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | 30.204 | 178.784 |
| 7 | 8 | Mark Martin | Chevy | 30.204 | 178.784 |
| 8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 30.211 | 178.743 |
| 9 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 30.215 | 178.719 |
| 10 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 30.215 | 178.719 |
| 11 | 66B | Scott Riggs | Chevy | 30.230 | 178.630 |
| 12 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 30.231 | 178.625 |
| 13 | 9B | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | 30.239 | 178.577 |
| 14 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | 30.270 | 178.394 |
| 15 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | 30.276 | 178.359 |
| 16 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevy | 30.280 | 178.336 |
| 17 | 5B | Casey Mears | Chevy | 30.314 | 178.136 |
| 18 | 84 | A.J. Allmendinger | Toyota | 30.329 | 178.047 |
| 19 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevy | 30.336 | 178.006 |
| 20 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | 30.348 | 177.936 |
| 21 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Toyota | 30.349 | 177.930 |
| 22 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Dodge | 30.374 | 177.784 |
| 23 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Toyota | 30.380 | 177.749 |
| 24 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevy | 30.386 | 177.713 |
| 25 | 11B | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 30.405 | 177.602 |
| 26 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Dodge | 30.411 | 177.567 |
| 27 | 44 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 30.417 | 177.532 |
| 28 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | 30.428 | 177.468 |
| 29 | 28 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | 30.439 | 177.404 |
| 30 | 07B | Clint Bowyer | Chevy | 30.442 | 177.387 |
| 31 | 15 | Paul Menard | Chevy | 30.443 | 177.381 |