Kevin Harvick tops final Cup practice at Phoenix, Menard wrecks

Harvick, who was fastest in Saturday’s first practice session and won the pole for Sunday’s Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway, posted the fastest single average lap speed in the final session (135.125 mph).

Brad Keselowski ended up second (134.484 mph) and Kyle Busch was third (134.308 mph). Erik Jones and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top-five.

With less than two minutes remaining in the session, Paul Menard wrecked hard between Turn 3 and 4. He will have to move to a backup car and will start Sunday’s race from the rear of the field.

Completing the top-10 are William Byron, Aric Almirola, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano and Austin Dillon.

Three playoff drivers failed to crack the Top-10: Chase Elliott (12th), Kurt Busch (13th) and Clint Bowyer (19th).

About 15 minutes into the session, a small fire erupted under the hood of Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s No. 17 Ford when it was brought back down pit road following a run.

A.J. Allmendinger and Tanner Berryhill both had to hit out the final 15 minutes of practice for twice failing pre-qualifying inspection on Friday.

Truex had to sit out the final 30 minutes of practice after his No. 78 Toyota failed pre-qualifying inspection three times on Friday.

Cla	#	Driver	4506	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	53	26.642			135.125
2	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	46	26.769	0.127	0.127	134.484
3	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	49	26.804	0.162	0.035	134.308
4	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	32	26.866	0.224	0.062	133.998
5	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	28	26.880	0.238	0.014	133.929
6	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	48	26.884	0.242	0.004	133.909
7	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	41	26.893	0.251	0.009	133.864
8	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	42	26.894	0.252	0.001	133.859
9	22	Joey Logano	Ford	59	26.902	0.260	0.008	133.819
10	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	46	26.912	0.270	0.010	133.769
11	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	60	26.916	0.274	0.004	133.749
12	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	52	26.926	0.284	0.010	133.700
13	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	58	26.931	0.289	0.005	133.675
14	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	48	26.931	0.289	0.000	133.675
15	6	Matt Kenseth	Ford	40	26.955	0.313	0.024	133.556
16	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	52	26.956	0.314	0.001	133.551
17	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	53	26.975	0.333	0.019	133.457
18	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	27	26.976	0.334	0.001	133.452
19	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	50	26.988	0.346	0.012	133.393
20	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	40	26.995	0.353	0.007	133.358
21	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	52	27.010	0.368	0.015	133.284
22	21	Paul Menard	Ford	44	27.012	0.370	0.002	133.274
23	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	47	27.032	0.390	0.020	133.175
24	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	25	27.058	0.416	0.026	133.048
25	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	32	27.107	0.465	0.049	132.807
26	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	35	27.266	0.624	0.159	132.033
27	38	David Ragan	Ford	51	27.268	0.626	0.002	132.023
28	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	27	27.276	0.634	0.008	131.984
29	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	46	27.323	0.681	0.047	131.757
30	95	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	27	27.434	0.792	0.111	131.224
31	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	16	27.435	0.793	0.001	131.219
32	15	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	27	27.473	0.831	0.038	131.038
33	00	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	29	27.542	0.900	0.069	130.709
34	23	J.J. Yeley	Toyota	29	27.585	0.943	0.043	130.506
35	72	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	22	27.768	1.126	0.183	129.646
36	7	D.J. Kennington	Chevrolet	19	27.954	1.312	0.186	128.783
37	97	Tanner Berryhill	Toyota	18	28.157	1.515	0.203	127.855
38	66	Timmy Hill	Toyota	18	28.174	1.532	0.017	127.777
39	51	Cody Ware	Ford	25	28.324	1.682	0.150	127.101

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