Spring Phoenix winner Kyle Busch tops Friday's first practice

Busch posted an average lap speed of 137.562 mph late in the 50-minute session to lead the way. Denny Hamlin (137.478 mph) and Matt DiBenedetto (137.169 mph) ended up second and third, respectively, as Toyotas swept the top three spots.

Busch is the only driver to win at Phoenix in the two races since the facility completed a major renovation and re-configuration last year. He led177 of 312 laps in his win in the spring – one of his four series wins this season.

Joey Logano ended up fourth and Kyle Larson completed the top-five.

Rounding out the top-10 single-lap speeds were Ryan Blaney, Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick and Paul Menard.

Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Jimmie Johnson all sat out the final 15 minutes of practice because each of their cars failed inspection twice prior to last weekend’s race.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	18	Kyle Busch		Toyota	26	26.170			137.562
2	11	Denny Hamlin		Toyota	28	26.186	0.016	0.016	137.478
3	95	Matt DiBenedetto		Toyota	34	26.245	0.075	0.059	137.169
4	22	Joey Logano		Ford	28	26.263	0.093	0.018	137.075
5	42	Kyle Larson		Chevrolet	33	26.268	0.098	0.005	137.049
6	12	Ryan Blaney		Ford	27	26.475	0.305	0.207	135.977
7	14	Clint Bowyer		Ford	25	26.506	0.336	0.031	135.818
8	2	Brad Keselowski		Ford	26	26.564	0.394	0.058	135.522
9	4	Kevin Harvick		Ford	33	26.583	0.413	0.019	135.425
10	21	Paul Menard		Ford	30	26.601	0.431	0.018	135.333
11	41	Daniel Suarez		Ford	32	26.610	0.440	0.009	135.287
12	34	Michael McDowell		Ford	20	26.656	0.486	0.046	135.054
13	19	Martin Truex Jr.		Toyota	34	26.661	0.491	0.005	135.029
14	20	Erik Jones		Toyota	35	26.673	0.503	0.012	134.968
15	38	David Ragan		Ford	29	26.679	0.509	0.006	134.938
16	10	Aric Almirola		Ford	31	26.686	0.516	0.007	134.902
17	37	Chris Buescher		Chevrolet	27	26.742	0.572	0.056	134.620
18	9	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	35	26.742	0.572	0.000	134.620
19	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		Ford	19	26.758	0.588	0.016	134.539
20	1	Kurt Busch		Chevrolet	35	26.777	0.607	0.019	134.444
21	88	Alex Bowman		Chevrolet	28	26.791	0.621	0.014	134.373
22	3	Austin Dillon		Chevrolet	26	26.843	0.673	0.052	134.113
23	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.		Chevrolet	32	26.846	0.676	0.003	134.098
24	24	William Byron		Chevrolet	30	26.918	0.748	0.072	133.740
25	8	Daniel Hemric		Chevrolet	23	26.948	0.778	0.030	133.591
26	48	Jimmie Johnson		Chevrolet	22	26.958	0.788	0.010	133.541
27	47	Ryan Preece		Chevrolet	33	26.978	0.808	0.020	133.442
28	13	Ty Dillon		Chevrolet	25	26.994	0.824	0.016	133.363
29	6	Ryan Newman		Ford	20	27.011	0.841	0.017	133.279
30	36	John Hunter Nemechek		Ford	31	27.240	1.070	0.229	132.159
31	32	Corey Lajoie		Ford	16	27.398	1.228	0.158	131.396
32	15	Ross Chastain		Chevrolet	26	27.626	1.456	0.228	130.312
33	53	J.J. Yeley		Ford	10	27.694	1.524	0.068	129.992
34	00	Landon Cassill		Chevrolet	30	27.730	1.560	0.036	129.823
35	51	Garrett Smithley		Chevrolet	15	27.756	1.586	0.026	129.702
36	27	Joe Nemechek		Chevrolet	18	28.106	1.936	0.350	128.087
37	77	Reed Sorenson		Chevrolet	19	28.270	2.100	0.164	127.343
38	52	Bayley Currey		Chevrolet	4	28.326	2.156	0.056	127.092
39	66	Joey Gase		Toyota	13	28.868	2.698	0.542	124.706