9 Team (Ambrose) going to Backup Car.
First Friday practice for the Aaron’s 499 Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway is being run, after 44 of 50 scheduled minutes, the top five, slowest and notes:
#78-Truex Jr. 200.721
#51-Allgaier 200.666
#34-Ragan 200.599
#9-Ambrose 200.540
#42-Larson 200.372
slowest:
#44-Yeley 182.567
#32-Labonte 188.493
notes: Most of the speeds are in the draft, since qualifying will be in a group on Saturday at 1:00pm/et (on FOX).
#9-Ambrose lost a right front tire during practice, but stopped on the apron and only had slight damage on the car.
In the unlikely event that qualifying is rained out (no rain in forecast), this practice would set the starting lineup.(5-2-2014)