Testing at Daytona begins

by 4ever3 on Jan 12, 2012 10:22 PM EST in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Kasey Kahne drives the No. 5 Farmer's Insurance Group Chevrolet during Daytona Preseason Thunder at Daytona International Speedway on Jan. 12 in Daytona Beach, Fla. Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR via nascar-assets.americaneagle.com

With the beginning of testing at Daytona today the main question on the minds of those fans in attendance besides "Where's Danica?" was "How have the teams adjusted to the use of fuel injection?"

"I feel like there is a crack in the floodgates," said veteran driver Mark Martin. "I think there is a huge amount of electronics and adjustments and so much that can be done by those guys on the computer, instead of all those years I spent with Jack [Roush] with the carburetor apart up in the trailer."

In other words, "Yes, and I think there is a lot more room for adjustment than the old-style four barrel carburator set-up".

Complete speed chart of today's practice/testing session can be found after the jump.

Combined Times - Day 1
Rank	Car No.	Driver	Manu.	Time	Speed	Session
1	18	Kyle Busch	Tyt	44.466	202.402	D1PM
2	20	Joey Logano	Tyt	44.469	202.388	D1PM
3	2	Brad Keselowski	Dge	44.505	202.224	D1PM
4	22	AJ Allmendinger	Dge	44.506	202.220	D1PM
5	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chv	44.794	200.920	D1PM
6	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chv	44.795	200.915	D1PM
7	11	Denny Hamlin	Tyt	44.965	200.156	D1PM
8	5	Kasey Kahne	Chv	45.047	199.791	D1PM
9	55	Mark Martin	Tyt	45.782	196.584	D1PM
10	15	Clint Bowyer	Tyt	45.782	196.584	D1PM
11	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Frd	46.164	194.957	D1PM
12	24	Jeff Gordon	Chv	46.482	193.623	D1PM
13	24	Jeff Gordon	Chv	46.687	192.773	D1AM
14	27	Paul Menard	Chv	46.726	192.612	D1PM
15	27	Paul Menard	Chv	46.785	192.369	D1AM
16	51	Kurt Busch	Chv	46.787	192.361	D1AM
17	51	Kurt Busch	Chv	46.835	192.164	D1PM
18	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Frd	46.885	191.959	D1AM
19	14	Tony Stewart	Chv	46.887	191.951	D1PM
20	10	Danica Patrick	Chv	46.893	191.926	D1PM
21	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chv	46.911	191.853	D1AM
22	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chv	46.933	191.763	D1AM
23	16	Greg Biffle	Frd	46.941	191.730	D1PM
24	31	Jeff Burton	Chv	46.945	191.714	D1PM
25	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chv	46.969	191.616	D1PM
26	16	Greg Biffle	Frd	46.987	191.542	D1AM
27	17	Matt Kenseth	Frd	46.997	191.502	D1PM
28	10	Danica Patrick	Chv	47.004	191.473	D1AM
29	9	Marcos Ambrose	Frd	47.007	191.461	D1PM
30	39	Ryan Newman	Chv	47.01	191.449	D1PM
31	31	Jeff Burton	Chv	47.019	191.412	D1AM
32	21	Trevor Bayne	Frd	47.022	191.400	D1AM
33	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chv	47.025	191.388	D1AM
34	14	Tony Stewart	Chv	47.032	191.359	D1AM
35	18	Kyle Busch	Tyt	47.037	191.339	D1AM
36	29	Kevin Harvick	Chv	47.052	191.278	D1PM
37	20	Joey Logano	Tyt	47.059	191.249	D1AM
38	21	Trevor Bayne	Frd	47.061	191.241	D1PM
39	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Tyt	47.095	191.103	D1PM
40	1	Jamie McMurray	Chv	47.102	191.075	D1PM
41	39	Ryan Newman	Chv	47.11	191.042	D1AM
42	11	Denny Hamlin	Tyt	47.122	190.994	D1AM
43	17	Matt Kenseth	Frd	47.134	190.945	D1AM