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NASCAR Cup Kansas II
Daniel Hemric leads final Cup practice at Kansas
Daniel Hemric led the way in Friday’s final practice at Kansas Speedway in preparation for Sunday’s Hollywood 400.
Jim Utter
Edited: Oct 20, 2019, 7:35 PM
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Hemric’s average lap speed of 177.830 mph was set early in the 55-minute session and never topped. Kevin Harvick ended up second (177.096 mph) and Kurt Busch was third (177.072 mph).
Ryan Blaney was fourth and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. completed the top-five.
In Hemric’s only previous NASCAR Cup Series start at Kansas in the spring, he started 17th and finished 18th.
Rounding out the top-10 single-lap speeds were Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Daniel Suraez and Aric Almirola.
Qualifying for Sunday’s race is 12:35 p.m. ET.
Kyle Busch had the fastest average lap speed among all the drivers that completed at least 10 consecutive laps (176.154 mph). He was following in that category by Blaney, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin and Harvick.
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Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 8 
Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 37 30.366 177.830 2 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 48 30.492 00.126 00.126 177.096 3 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 32 30.496 00.130 00.004 177.072 4 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 48 30.527 00.161 00.031 176.893 5 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 45 30.556 00.190 00.029 176.725 6 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 28 30.563 00.197 00.007 176.684 7 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 58 30.575 00.209 00.012 176.615 8 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 38 30.583 00.217 00.008 176.569 9 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 63 30.608 00.242 00.025 176.424 10 10 Aric Almirola Ford 47 30.617 00.251 00.009 176.373 11 21 Paul Menard Ford 42 30.618 00.252 00.001 176.367 12 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 46 30.622 00.256 00.004 176.344 13 20 Erik Jones Toyota 45 30.657 00.291 00.035 176.142 14 6 Ryan Newman Ford 44 30.685 00.319 00.028 175.982 15 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 35 30.690 00.324 00.005 175.953 16 22 Joey Logano Ford 62 30.700 00.334 00.010 175.896 17 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 49 30.709 00.343 00.009 175.844 18 34 Michael McDowell Ford 26 30.731 00.365 00.022 175.718 19 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 43 30.741 00.375 00.010 175.661 20 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 48 30.772 00.406 00.031 175.484 21 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 29 30.816 00.450 00.044 175.234 22 24 William Byron Chevrolet 59 30.829 00.463 00.013 175.160 23 38 David Ragan Ford 28 30.840 00.474 00.011 175.097 24 36 Matt Tifft Ford 33 30.846 00.480 00.006 175.063 25 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 43 30.878 00.512 00.032 174.882 26 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 25 30.881 00.515 00.003 174.865 27 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 35 30.905 00.539 00.024 174.729 28 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 53 30.919 00.553 00.014 174.650 29 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 42 30.960 00.594 00.041 174.419 30 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 32 31.105 00.739 00.145 173.606 31 96 Parker Kligerman Toyota 30 31.251 00.885 00.146 172.794 32 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 21 31.343 00.977 00.092 172.287 33 51 J.J. Yeley Ford 12 31.371 01.005 00.028 172.133 34 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 20 31.654 01.288 00.283 170.595 35 52 Garrett Smithley Ford 7 32.420 02.054 00.766 166.564 36 53 Josh Bilicki Ford 16 32.508 02.142 00.088 166.113 37 77 Timmy Hill Chevrolet 9 33.214 02.848 00.706 162.582 38 66 Joey Gase Toyota 6 33.238 02.872 00.024 162.465
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