Practice report
NASCAR Cup Pocono
Three-time Pocono winner Kurt Busch fastest in final practice
Kurt Busch, who has three career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series wins at Pocono Raceway, topped Friday’s final practice.
Jim Utter
Edited: Jun 1, 2019, 9:41 AM
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Busch and Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Kyle Larson took two of the top three positions on the leaderboard as both rocketed to the top in the final minutes of the 50-minute session.
Busch’s average lap speed of 171.798 mph topped Brad Keselowski (171.798 mph) and Larson (171.612 mph). Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch completed the top-five.
In 35 career starts at Pocono, Kurt Busch has three wins (the most recent in 2016), 14 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes and has won two poles.
Rounding out the top-10 in practice were Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Erik Jones, William Byron and last weekend’s race winner at Charlotte, Martin Truex Jr.
Kyle Busch posted the fastest average lap speed among drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps (170.042 mph). Keselowski and Chase Elliott, were second and third respectively, in that category.
Daniel Suarez topped Friday’s first practice session. He ended up 17th-fastest in the final session.
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Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 1 
Kurt Busch Chevrolet 18 52.110 172.712 2 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 30 52.387 0.277 0.277 171.798 3 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 25 52.444 0.334 0.057 171.612 4 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 21 52.626 0.516 0.182 171.018 5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 34 52.678 0.568 0.052 170.849 6 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 27 52.699 0.589 0.021 170.781 7 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 37 52.721 0.611 0.022 170.710 8 20 Erik Jones Toyota 29 52.728 0.618 0.007 170.687 9 24 William Byron Chevrolet 33 52.743 0.633 0.015 170.639 10 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 25 52.754 0.644 0.011 170.603 11 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 26 52.772 0.662 0.018 170.545 12 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 33 52.830 0.720 0.058 170.358 13 22 Joey Logano Ford 43 52.895 0.785 0.065 170.148 14 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 34 52.905 0.795 0.010 170.116 15 21 Paul Menard Ford 29 52.952 0.842 0.047 169.965 16 10 Aric Almirola Ford 24 52.996 0.886 0.044 169.824 17 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 37 53.006 0.896 0.010 169.792 18 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 22 53.017 0.907 0.011 169.757 19 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 22 53.052 0.942 0.035 169.645 20 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 21 53.081 0.971 0.029 169.552 21 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 29 53.113 1.003 0.032 169.450 22 6 Ryan Newman Ford 23 53.155 1.045 0.042 169.316 23 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 21 53.167 1.057 0.012 169.278 24 38 David Ragan Ford 18 53.174 1.064 0.007 169.256 25 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 21 53.478 1.368 0.304 168.294 26 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 26 53.528 1.418 0.050 168.136 27 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 27 53.614 1.504 0.086 167.867 28 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 19 53.856 1.746 0.242 167.112 29 36 Matt Tifft Ford 22 53.900 1.790 0.044 166.976 30 51 Bayley Currey Ford 12 53.986 1.876 0.086 166.710 31 34 Michael McDowell Ford 25 54.056 1.946 0.070 166.494 32 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 18 54.915 2.805 0.859 163.890 33 52 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 16 55.109 2.999 0.194 163.313
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