1.   Several practice laps are necessary to determine what needs adjusting and what parts must be replaced.

2.   By afternoon, driver Kenny Schrader was in the car, taking practice laps on the speedway.

3.   Drivers from the Winston West series also ran practice laps Thursday.

4.   Elliott tested the strength of his thigh during practice laps at Talladega on Monday, and consulted with Dr. James Andrews of Birmingham, Ala.

5.   Fox also drove several practice laps in a midget car Tuesday at Manzanita Speedway, but he said the rust of a three-year layoff was evident.

6.   Gordon ran practice laps in his Winston Cup Coors Chevy Monte Carlo and in his IROC Firebird at California Speedway in Fontana.

7.   Having to supply so many teams has led to a shortage of engines at Indy this May, which has forced some teams to restrict practice laps.

8.   He considered that a blessing because the practice laps he took around the track on Saturday were less than scintillating.

9.   Hearn and the other Indy starters will be taking their final practice laps today during Carburetion Day at the sppedway.

10.   He was fitted with a special brace and had to take extra practice laps Saturday to determine whether or not he could race.