Denny Hamlin leads second Cup practice from NHMS

Hamlin set the pace early in the 55-minute session, going to the top of the board at 132.942mph.

Ryan Blaney was the top Ford driver in second, 0.090 seconds adrift of the top speed. Martin Truex Jr. clocked in third, Kyle Busch fourth and Kevin Harvick fifth.

Harvick, who ran the most laps at 50, explained to NBCSN that running so many laps is the only way to find out how much the tires are going to fall off in the race.

In the average speed category, Blaney led the way at 131.260mph over Truex, Hamlin, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch.

The second practice of the weekend went green without incident.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	37	28.650			132.942
2	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	30	28.740	0.090	0.090	132.526
3	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	26	28.754	0.104	0.014	132.462
4	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	37	28.766	0.116	0.012	132.406
5	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	50	28.777	0.127	0.011	132.356
6	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	32	28.785	0.135	0.008	132.319
7	22	Joey Logano	Ford	27	28.797	0.147	0.012	132.264
8	95	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	26	28.801	0.151	0.004	132.245
9	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	39	28.812	0.162	0.011	132.195
10	21	Paul Menard	Ford	36	28.820	0.170	0.008	132.158
11	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	39	28.854	0.204	0.034	132.002
12	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	27	28.860	0.210	0.006	131.975
13	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	30	28.864	0.214	0.004	131.957
14	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	25	28.867	0.217	0.003	131.943
15	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	42	28.888	0.238	0.021	131.847
16	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	36	28.892	0.242	0.004	131.829
17	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	41	28.919	0.269	0.027	131.706
18	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	34	28.926	0.276	0.007	131.674
19	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	41	28.941	0.291	0.015	131.606
20	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	36	28.949	0.299	0.008	131.569
21	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	41	28.995	0.345	0.046	131.361
22	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	33	29.001	0.351	0.006	131.333
23	6	Matt Kenseth	Ford	28	29.058	0.408	0.057	131.076
24	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	39	29.075	0.425	0.017	130.999
25	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	29	29.116	0.466	0.041	130.815
26	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	38	29.141	0.491	0.025	130.702
27	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	23	29.177	0.527	0.036	130.541
28	15	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	24	29.213	0.563	0.036	130.380
29	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	33	29.246	0.596	0.033	130.233
30	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	20	29.275	0.625	0.029	130.104
31	38	David Ragan	Ford	28	29.277	0.627	0.002	130.095
32	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	24	29.393	0.743	0.116	129.582
33	72	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	17	29.571	0.921	0.178	128.802
34	00	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	33	29.656	1.006	0.085	128.433
35	51	B.J. McLeod	Chevrolet	19	29.768	1.118	0.112	127.949
36	99	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	21	29.845	1.195	0.077	127.619
37	23	Jones Blake	Toyota	35	30.058	1.408	0.213	126.715