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NASCAR WCUP: Nemechek Blisters 'The Monster Mile' During Practice

2 June 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
Joe Nemechek posted the fastest speed in the second Winston Cup practice session today at Dover Downs International Speedway with a lap time of 22.796 seconds, or 157.922 mph. Nemechek was second quickest in the morning's first practice session, posting a lap of 22.953 seconds/156.842 mph.

Nemechek ran the quickest lap of the day in the Oakwood Homes Chevrolet in temperatures hovering around the 100-degree mark. He spent most of the morning and early afternoon in back-to-back practice sessions with the Oakwood Chevy and his #87 Cellular One Busch car.

Text provided by Tiffany Ricardo

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