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NASCAR Cup Kansas II
Keselowski leads first Cup practice at Kansas
Brad Keselowski rocketed to the top of the speed chart in the final minute of Friday’s first NASCAR Cup Series practice session at Kansas Speedway.
Jim Utter
Edited: Oct 18, 2019, 11:18 PM
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Keselowski, who won this race in the spring, made a mock qualifying run late in the 55-minute session and his average lap speed of 176.499 mph ended up fastest.
Fellow Ford drivers Aric Almirola (176.390 mph) and Daniel Suarez (176.332 mph) ended up second and third, respectively. Denny Hamlin and last weekend’s race winner, Ryan Blaney, completed the top-five.
“Anytime you come back to a track you won at it gives you a lot of confidence. We won this race in the spring and won Martinsville in the spring as well and they are back-to-back races,” Keselowski said Friday.
“We are coming into these two races feeling pretty good.”
In 19 career starts at Kansas, Keselowski has two wins, four top-five and 10 top-10 finishes and has won one pole.
Rounding out the top-10 single-lap speeds were Kurt Busch, Paul Menard, Austin Dillon, Kevin Harvick and Daniel Hemric.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 2 
Brad Keselowski Ford 27 30.595 176.499 2 10 Aric Almirola Ford 26 30.614 00.019 00.019 176.390 3 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 29 30.624 00.029 00.010 176.332 4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 25 30.682 00.087 00.058 175.999 5 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 18 30.778 00.183 00.096 175.450 6 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 26 30.792 00.197 00.014 175.370 7 21 Paul Menard Ford 26 30.803 00.208 00.011 175.308 8 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 29 30.857 00.262 00.054 175.001 9 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 28 30.876 00.281 00.019 174.893 10 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 28 30.888 00.293 00.012 174.825 11 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 39 30.902 00.307 00.014 174.746 12 20 Erik Jones Toyota 29 30.904 00.309 00.002 174.735 13 22 Joey Logano Ford 31 30.915 00.320 00.011 174.672 14 6 Ryan Newman Ford 23 30.954 00.359 00.039 174.452 15 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 31 30.961 00.366 00.007 174.413 16 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 26 30.975 00.380 00.014 174.334 17 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 17 30.979 00.384 00.004 174.312 18 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 19 30.992 00.397 00.013 174.239 19 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 26 30.997 00.402 00.005 174.210 20 24 William Byron Chevrolet 37 31.000 00.405 00.003 174.194 21 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 38 31.021 00.426 00.021 174.076 22 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 24 31.024 00.429 00.003 174.059 23 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 26 31.075 00.480 00.051 173.773 24 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 55 31.085 00.490 00.010 173.717 25 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 14 31.098 00.503 00.013 173.645 26 34 Michael McDowell Ford 18 31.126 00.531 00.028 173.488 27 36 Matt Tifft Ford 15 31.165 00.570 00.039 173.271 28 38 David Ragan Ford 20 31.303 00.708 00.138 172.507 29 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 30 31.342 00.747 00.039 172.293 30 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 26 31.377 00.782 00.035 172.101 31 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 17 31.448 00.853 00.071 171.712 32 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 17 31.453 00.858 00.005 171.685 33 51 J.J. Yeley Ford 16 31.512 00.917 00.059 171.363 34 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 18 31.711 01.116 00.199 170.288 35 27 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 19 31.955 01.360 00.244 168.988 36 96 Parker Kligerman Toyota 20 31.975 01.380 00.020 168.882 37 52 Garrett Smithley Ford 13 32.216 01.621 00.241 167.619 38 53 Josh Bilicki Ford 7 33.035 02.440 00.819 163.463 39 77 Timmy Hill Chevrolet 13 33.036 02.441 00.001 163.458 40 66 Joey Gase Toyota 14 33.209 02.614 00.173 162.607
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