Truex tops second NASCAR Cup practice at Chicagoland

Truex, who is the defending winner of the Tales of the Turtles 400, rolls off third on Sunday.

Chase Elliott led the Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average category with a speed of 176.416mph.

In the opening minutes, Ryan Blaney (179.802mph) was second in single-lap speeds followed by Chase Elliott (179.689mph), Keselowski (179.659mph), Newman (179.414mph), Aric Almirola (179.235mph), Kahne (178.879mph), Kurt Busch (178.814), Kenseth (178.589mph) and Logano (178.306mph). The top nine speeds held up during second practice.

After the first five minutes, 31 drivers posted at least one lap and the top 10 speeds remained in tact. Erik Jones was 11th followed by Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Daniel Suarez, Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon and AJ Allmendinger.

Kyle Busch bumped Logano out of the top 10 with a lap of 178.312mph just before the 10-minute mark.

“Coming to you, crashing,” Busch told his crew after nine laps.

Fifteen minutes into practice, Kyle Busch was the only addition to the top 10 single-lap speeds. Almirola’s 23 laps were the most completed at that point.

At the 30-minute mark, the top 10 remained the same with Logano holding onto 11th followed by Jones, Bowyer, Harvick, Larson, Hamlin, Johnson, McMurray, Suarez and Austin Dillon. Dillon’s 26 laps were the most completed.

“It just kept building tighter,” McMurray said after 22 laps.

With 10 minutes remaining, there were no changes to the top 20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the 16th driver in the playoffs, was 22nd (176.702mph) on the speed chart after 17 laps. Austin Dillon’s 36 laps were the most completed among 40 drivers.

In the closing moments, Larson moved up to 14th on the sheet with a top speed of 178.106mph.

Keselowski was second quick in Best 10 Consecutive Lap Averages with a speed of 176.303mph followed by Kenseth, Newman, McMurray, Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon, Harvick, Menard and Almirola.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	22	29.892			180.650
2	21	Ryan Blaney	Ford	23	30.033	0.141	0.141	179.802
3	24	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	45	30.052	0.160	0.019	179.689
4	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	30	30.057	0.165	0.005	179.659
5	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	25	30.098	0.206	0.041	179.414
6	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	34	30.128	0.236	0.030	179.235
7	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	23	30.188	0.296	0.060	178.879
8	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	35	30.199	0.307	0.011	178.814
9	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	46	30.237	0.345	0.038	178.589
10	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	30	30.284	0.392	0.047	178.312
11	22	Joey Logano	Ford	28	30.285	0.393	0.001	178.306
12	77	Erik Jones	Toyota	28	30.298	0.406	0.013	178.230
13	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	34	30.317	0.425	0.019	178.118
14	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	23	30.319	0.427	0.002	178.106
15	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	37	30.342	0.450	0.023	177.971
16	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	30	30.388	0.496	0.046	177.702
17	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	33	30.457	0.565	0.069	177.299
18	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	32	30.468	0.576	0.011	177.235
19	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	34	30.471	0.579	0.003	177.218
20	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	48	30.528	0.636	0.057	176.887
21	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	15	30.532	0.640	0.004	176.864
22	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	29	30.560	0.668	0.028	176.702
23	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	18	30.580	0.688	0.020	176.586
24	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	30	30.580	0.688	0.000	176.586
25	95	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	36	30.619	0.727	0.039	176.361
26	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	20	30.701	0.809	0.082	175.890
27	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	21	30.718	0.826	0.017	175.793
28	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	31	30.801	0.909	0.083	175.319
29	10	Danica Patrick	Ford	29	30.921	1.029	0.120	174.639
30	38	David Ragan	Ford	22	30.934	1.042	0.013	174.565
31	34	Landon Cassill	Ford	30	31.201	1.309	0.267	173.071
32	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	23	31.211	1.319	0.010	173.016
33	23	Corey Lajoie	Toyota	14	31.302	1.410	0.091	172.513
34	15	Reed Sorenson	Toyota	21	31.359	1.467	0.057	172.199
35	72	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	8	31.373	1.481	0.014	172.123
36	83	Brett Moffitt	Toyota	29	31.474	1.582	0.101	171.570
37	55	Gray Gaulding	Toyota	19	31.727	1.835	0.253	170.202
38	66	Timmy Hill	Chevrolet	8	31.939	2.047	0.212	169.072
39	33	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	15	32.203	2.311	0.264	167.686
40	51	Ray Black Jr.	Chevrolet	11	32.665	2.773	0.462	165.315