Kevin Harvick fastest in rain-shortened practice at Michigan

The session was delayed by several minutes from early-morning showers and the session ended up getting cut short six minutes early by more rain in the area.

In between, Harvick posted the fastest average lap speed of 200.719 mph to top the speed chart. Kyle Larson (200.083 mph) was the only other driver to top the 200 mph mark.

Joey Logano was third-fastest, Clint Bowyer was fourth and Brad Keselowski completed the top-five.

Rounding out the Top 10 were Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch, William Byron, pole-winner Kurt Busch and Erik Jones.

Aric Almirola, who ended up 13th-fastest, completed the most laps in the session (31).

“Well, we learned what not to go. We made some adjustments throughout the practice trying to help the car longer and roll the center a little bit better and we actually hurt so,” he said.

“We’re going back on those changes and the guys will come up for a plan hopefully for second practice, weather-depending. But I feel good about it. Our car is really fast, got a good starting spot for Sunday.

“Everyone at Stewart-Haas Racing is killing it right now, bringing really fast race cars to the track every weekend. We’ve got some work to do but I feel good about it.”

Harvick, Kyle Busch and Larson were the three fastest drivers of those who completed at least 10 consecutive laps.

“Our car was pretty good the first run, balance-wise and the way the car felt was very drivable,” Busch said. “Didn’t quite have the speed we were hoping for.

“Overall, there are a few guys out here that are pretty fast. But our Camry will be good in race trim and we’ll keep the downforce in it and hopefully that will pay off for us on race day when it should be hot and sunny.”

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	21	35.871			200.719
2	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	27	35.985	0.114	0.114	200.083
3	22	Joey Logano	Ford	26	36.036	0.165	0.051	199.800
4	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	23	36.050	0.179	0.014	199.723
5	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	18	36.085	0.214	0.035	199.529
6	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	23	36.104	0.233	0.019	199.424
7	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	13	36.117	0.246	0.013	199.352
8	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	27	36.122	0.251	0.005	199.325
9	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	30	36.213	0.342	0.091	198.824
10	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	30	36.242	0.371	0.029	198.665
11	21	Paul Menard	Ford	25	36.243	0.372	0.001	198.659
12	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	25	36.264	0.393	0.021	198.544
13	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	31	36.282	0.411	0.018	198.446
14	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	17	36.288	0.417	0.006	198.413
15	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	30	36.293	0.422	0.005	198.385
16	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	30	36.296	0.425	0.003	198.369
17	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	21	36.302	0.431	0.006	198.336
18	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	18	36.313	0.442	0.011	198.276
19	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	26	36.319	0.448	0.006	198.243
20	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	21	36.327	0.456	0.008	198.200
21	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	22	36.341	0.470	0.014	198.123
22	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	21	36.406	0.535	0.065	197.770
23	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	20	36.409	0.538	0.003	197.753
24	38	David Ragan	Ford	21	36.438	0.567	0.029	197.596
25	6	Matt Kenseth	Ford	20	36.564	0.693	0.126	196.915
26	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	13	36.616	0.745	0.052	196.635
27	95	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	13	36.628	0.757	0.012	196.571
28	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	19	36.674	0.803	0.046	196.324
29	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	24	36.677	0.806	0.003	196.308
30	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	14	36.882	1.011	0.205	195.217
31	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	15	36.933	1.062	0.051	194.948
32	15	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	16	37.474	1.603	0.541	192.133
33	72	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	13	37.534	1.663	0.060	191.826
34	7	D.J. Kennington	Chevrolet	13	37.868	1.997	0.334	190.134
35	23	Gray Gaulding	Toyota	11	37.881	2.010	0.013	190.069
36	51	B.J. McLeod	Chevrolet	5	37.931	2.060	0.050	189.818
37	00	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	11	38.426	2.555	0.495	187.373
38	99	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	15	38.576	2.705	0.150	186.645
39	66	Timmy Hill	Toyota	9	38.778	2.907	0.202	185.672