Brad Keselowski leads final practice at Kentucky
Team Penske's Brad Keselowski topped the charts in the second and final practice session Friday at Kentucky Speedway.
Photo by: Nigel Kinrade / NKP / Motorsport Images
Ford Mustangs made up four of the top-five spots in final practice with Keselowski leading the way at 182.303mph. The Team Penske driver has a series-leading three wins at Kentucky with the latest coming in 2016.
Kevin Harvick was second (181.794mph), Denny Hamlin third (181.763mph), Ryan Blaney fourth (181.702mph) and Clint Bowyer fifth (181.458mph).
Daniel Suarez ran the most laps at 63 and clocked in eighth on the speed charts. He also led the way in best ten-lap consecutive averages ahead of Kyle Busch and Harvick.
Defending race winner Martin Truex Jr. was 20th in single-lap speeds.
The session went incident-free.
Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 46 | 29.621 | 182.303 | |||
2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 38 | 29.704 | 0.083 | 0.083 | 181.794 | |
3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 38 | 29.709 | 0.088 | 0.005 | 181.763 | |
4 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 33 | 29.719 | 0.098 | 0.010 | 181.702 | |
5 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 42 | 29.759 | 0.138 | 0.040 | 181.458 | |
6 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 36 | 29.773 | 0.152 | 0.014 | 181.372 | |
7 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 38 | 29.779 | 0.158 | 0.006 | 181.336 | |
8 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | Ford | 63 | 29.784 | 0.163 | 0.005 | 181.305 | |
9 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 30 | 29.799 | 0.178 | 0.015 | 181.214 | |
10 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 53 | 29.802 | 0.181 | 0.003 | 181.196 | |
11 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | 27 | 29.806 | 0.185 | 0.004 | 181.172 | |
12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 41 | 29.829 | 0.208 | 0.023 | 181.032 | |
13 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 49 | 29.841 | 0.220 | 0.012 | 180.959 | |
14 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 45 | 29.883 | 0.262 | 0.042 | 180.705 | |
15 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 57 | 29.910 | 0.289 | 0.027 | 180.542 | |
16 | 21 | Paul Menard | Ford | 44 | 29.939 | 0.318 | 0.029 | 180.367 | |
17 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 38 | 29.947 | 0.326 | 0.008 | 180.319 | |
18 | 8 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 39 | 29.965 | 0.344 | 0.018 | 180.210 | |
19 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 56 | 29.980 | 0.359 | 0.015 | 180.120 | |
20 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 32 | 30.034 | 0.413 | 0.054 | 179.796 | |
21 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Toyota | 34 | 30.062 | 0.441 | 0.028 | 179.629 | |
22 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 24 | 30.065 | 0.444 | 0.003 | 179.611 | |
23 | 32 | Corey Lajoie | Ford | 24 | 30.100 | 0.479 | 0.035 | 179.402 | |
24 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 36 | 30.102 | 0.481 | 0.002 | 179.390 | |
25 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Ford | 23 | 30.103 | 0.482 | 0.001 | 179.384 | |
26 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | 51 | 30.166 | 0.545 | 0.063 | 179.009 | |
27 | 43 | Darrell Wallace Jr. | Chevrolet | 53 | 30.200 | 0.579 | 0.034 | 178.808 | |
28 | 47 | Ryan Preece | Chevrolet | 27 | 30.290 | 0.669 | 0.090 | 178.277 | |
29 | 36 | Matt Tifft | Ford | 35 | 30.359 | 0.738 | 0.069 | 177.871 | |
30 | 51 | Bayley Currey | Ford | 15 | 30.368 | 0.747 | 0.009 | 177.819 | |
31 | 38 | David Ragan | Ford | 28 | 30.383 | 0.762 | 0.015 | 177.731 | |
32 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 25 | 30.469 | 0.848 | 0.086 | 177.229 | |
33 | 00 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 33 | 30.890 | 1.269 | 0.421 | 174.814 |
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