2011 Daytona 500 Final Practice Concludes With Jeff Burton, Clint Bowyer On Top

Those Earnhardt-Childress Racing Technologies engines sure are looking strong heading into the Daytona 500.

Richard Childress Racing teammates Jeff Burton and Clint Bowyer – both powered by ECR motors – were the only cars to top 200 mph in the final practice before the Daytona 500.

Burton and Bowyer had an identical average lap of 200.316 mph to top the charts. They were followed by the Dodge trio of Brad Keselowski, Robby Gordon and Bud Shootout winner Kurt Busch.

Regan Smith, Marcos Ambrose, David Ragan and the Michael Waltrip Racing pair of Waltrip and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top 10.

Six of the 43 cars declined to participate in the final 90-minute session, including Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson. Still, most teams took advantage of the opportunity to do one final check on their cars before Sunday's race.

The 53rd annual Daytona 500 is set to begin shortly after 1 p.m. ET Sunday and will be aired on FOX.