Harvick and Elliott lead second Cup practice at Phoenix

Harvick went to the top of the charts early in practice with a 134.806mph lap, but he was not alone. Elliott ran an identical lap time, down to the thousandths. 

Elliott was among just a handful of drivers to make a 20 consecutive lap run and led the way in that category. Kyle Busch spent some laps late in the session following eight-time Phoenix winner Harvick and clocked in third. Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five. Hamlin also led both the best ten and 15 consecutive lap averages. 

Pole-sitter Martin Truex Jr. ended up seventh on the speed charts.

Erik Jones, who timed in 11th, complained of power steering issues during the session.

The 50-minute practice went incident-free and every driver with the exception of Jeffrey Earnhardt put down a time. Earnhardt went to a backup car after his crash during the first round of qualifying on Friday.

Due to being late to pre-qualifying inspection, four teams lost the final 15 minutes of practice time. They were Kurt Busch, Michael McDowell, Gray Gaulding and Timmy Hill.

Rookie William Byron ran the most laps at 48.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	44	26.705			134.806
2	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	32	26.705	0.000	0.000	134.806
3	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	40	26.735	0.030	0.030	134.655
4	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	40	26.754	0.049	0.019	134.559
5	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	38	26.781	0.076	0.027	134.424
6	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	46	26.788	0.083	0.007	134.389
7	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	35	26.801	0.096	0.013	134.323
8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	35	26.818	0.113	0.017	134.238
9	22	Joey Logano	Ford	27	26.822	0.117	0.004	134.218
10	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	44	26.828	0.123	0.006	134.188
11	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	28	26.860	0.155	0.032	134.028
12	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	36	26.882	0.177	0.022	133.919
13	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	42	26.898	0.193	0.016	133.839
14	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	48	26.903	0.198	0.005	133.814
15	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	29	26.939	0.234	0.036	133.635
16	21	Paul Menard	Ford	36	26.948	0.243	0.009	133.591
17	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	27	26.948	0.243	0.000	133.591
18	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	34	26.954	0.249	0.006	133.561
19	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	45	26.973	0.268	0.019	133.467
20	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	30	26.984	0.279	0.011	133.412
21	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	26	26.985	0.280	0.001	133.407
22	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	22	27.010	0.305	0.025	133.284
23	38	David Ragan	Ford	42	27.020	0.315	0.010	133.235
24	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	29	27.028	0.323	0.008	133.195
25	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	33	27.034	0.329	0.006	133.166
26	95	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	29	27.050	0.345	0.016	133.087
27	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	38	27.062	0.357	0.012	133.028
28	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	34	27.096	0.391	0.034	132.861
29	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	32	27.108	0.403	0.012	132.802
30	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	35	27.184	0.479	0.076	132.431
31	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	38	27.196	0.491	0.012	132.372
32	15	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	30	27.491	0.786	0.295	130.952
33	23	Gray Gaulding	Toyota	22	27.550	0.845	0.059	130.672
34	96	D.J. Kennington	Toyota	23	27.607	0.902	0.057	130.402
35	72	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	17	27.689	0.984	0.082	130.016
36	51	Timmy Hill	Chevrolet	18	28.058	1.353	0.369	128.306