Indianapolis ? Kurt Busch and Bill Elliott turned laps faster than the Indianapolis Motor Speedway record for stock cars in practice Friday for the Brickyard 400.

Busch drove his Roush Racing Ford around the 21/2-mile oval at 181.734 mph, while Elliott’s Evernham Motorsports Dodge was caught at 181.613, both surpassing the qualifying record of 181.072 set in 2000 by Brett Bodine.

To officially take the record, someone will have to beat Bodine’s speed today in qualifying for the 400-mile event. Records can be set only in qualifying for Sunday’s race.

Series points leader Sterling Marlin was third in a Dodge at 180.992, followed by the Chevrolet of Dale Earnhardt Jr. at 180.758, the Ford of Mark Martin at 180.578 and the Ford of rookie Ryan Newman at 180.422.

Rounding out the top 10 were the Chevy of Michael Waltrip at 180.368, the Ford of Matt Kenseth at 180.292 and the Pontiacs of Johnny Benson and Tony Stewart at 180.285 and 180,270, respectively.

Qualifying is scheduled to start at 10:05 a.m., which should fill the 43-car field well before the worst heat of the day. Drive times were determined by a blind draw Friday.