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Aaron Fike was the top Raybestos Rookie in both practice sessions today at California Speedway. Fike posted the ninth-best speed in the final practice this afternoon, which was cut short by rain.
Aaron Fike, No. 1 Red Horse Racing Toyota:
“I think our Toyota Tundra is pretty fast. We were in the top-10 in both practices and I thought that was pretty good. All the other guys in front of me have got a billion laps around here. We made a qualifying run there at the end and I was pretty loose. If we get ‘er a little more tight I think we’ve got a shot at being in the top-five. I’d be happy with a top-15 starting spot. I think we’ve got a good truck for the race. I don’t know about qualifying just because it was so loose.”
The final practice was cut short by rain. Is that a disadvantage? “I think it hurt me because we didn’t get to run. We were going to make a long green run and then come in and make a qualifying run so we only got to make a qualifying run so I think it hurt us a little bit. I think we’ve got a pretty decent truck. I just need all the laps I can get so that’s what we were trying to do is get as many laps as we could, but obviously the weather didn’t hold out.”
How much track time do you have here? “I’ve ran a Busch race here but we didn’t run very well . Something happened and I don’t remember how many laps we ran. I’ve got a few laps around here but not in a truck.”
Will the rain today change the track for qualifying and the race? “I don’t know. I’ve never been in a truck before. Hopefully it gets a little more rubber out there before qualifying because I was pretty free.”
First Practice
02-22-2007 5:49 pm
1. Kinser 40.869
2. Edwards 41.039
3. Sprague 41.042
4. Hornaday 41.204
5. Martin 41.249
6. Benson 41.280
7. Skinner 41.354
8. Bodine 41.445
9. Fike 41.480
10. Kvapil 41.490
11. Allen 41.522
12. Crafton 41.529
13. Setzer 41.561
14. Bliss 41.616
15. Starr 41.832
16. Crawford 41.836
17. Schrader 41.900
18. Sauter 42.063
19. Compton 42.083
20. Miller 42.129
21. Musgrave 42.190
22. Lester 42.193
23. Gaughan 42.356
24. Bires 42.425
25. Allendinger 42.575
26. Bjorklund No Time
Rookie Practice
1. Fike 41.467
2. Walker 41.520
3. Miller 41.577
4. Allen 41.758
5. Allmendinger 42.054
6. Sauter 42.245
7. Bires 42.258
8. Kingsland 44.246
Final Practice
1. Martin 40.795
2. Sprague 40.884
3. Skinner 41.019
4. Musgrave 41.110
5. Kinser 41.188
6. Carl Edwards 41.216
7. Crawford 41.282
8. Darnell 41.287
9. Fike 41.313
10. Cook 41.377
11. Benson 41.471
12. Kvapil 41.547
13. Starr 41.610
14. Compton 41.697
15. Setzer 41.784
16. Hornaday 41.824
17. Bliss 41.827
18. Crafton 41.833
19. Schrader 41.861
20. Harvick 41.898
21. Miller 41.925
22. Walker 41.972
23. Lester 42.015
24. Bires 42.042
25. Allmendinger 42.245
26. McCumbee 42.306
27. Bodine 42.762
28. Gaughan 43.495
29. Shane Huffman 43.989
30. Kingsland 44.365
31. Wayne Edwards 46.411 | 
