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NASCAR Cup Dover II
Kyle Larson fastest in final NASCAR Cup practice at Dover
Kyle Larson was fastest in Saturday’s final NASCAR Cup Series practice session as he continued to look for his first series win at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.
Jim Utter
Edited: Oct 6, 2018, 9:40 PM
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Larson, who was also fastest in Friday’s session, topped the final one-hour, 20-minute session with an average lap speed of 159.011 mph.
“I’m thinking the No. 4 car (Kevin Harvick) may be better than we are but I think we are very good,” Larson said after the practice. “We are a close second to him. I thought we would have had a good shot at the pole if we had qualified yesterday.
“So far, the weekend has gone well and I hope we have a good shot on Sunday.”
Denny Hamlin was second-fastest (157.343 mph) and Erik Jones was third (157.095 mph). Aric Almirola was fourth and Chase Elliott completed the top-five.
Rounding out the Top 10 were Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch and Harvick.
Harvick had the best average speed over the entire 77 laps he ran. Joey Logano completed the most laps (95).
Three drivers had to sit out the final 15 minutes of the session – Landon Cassill and Harrison Rhodes for being late to pre-race inspection last weekend and B.J. McLeod for twice failing pre-qualifying inspection on Friday.
Cla # Driver 4506 Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 42 
Kyle Larson Chevrolet 87 22.640 159.011 2 11 
Denny Hamlin Toyota 69 22.880 0.240 0.240 157.343 3 20 
Erik Jones Toyota 74 22.916 0.276 0.036 157.095 4 10 
Aric Almirola Ford 66 22.958 0.318 0.042 156.808 5 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 80 22.995 0.355 0.037 156.556 6 41 
Kurt Busch Ford 67 23.000 0.360 0.005 156.522 7 14 
Clint Bowyer Ford 61 23.012 0.372 0.012 156.440 8 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 67 23.020 0.380 0.008 156.386 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 57 23.058 0.418 0.038 156.128 10 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 77 23.112 0.472 0.054 155.763 11 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 59 23.114 0.474 0.002 155.750 12 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 77 23.122 0.482 0.008 155.696 13 22 
Joey Logano Ford 95 23.122 0.482 0.000 155.696 14 31 
Ryan Newman Chevrolet 61 23.140 0.500 0.018 155.575 15 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 72 23.167 0.527 0.027 155.393 16 24 William Byron Chevrolet 80 23.170 0.530 0.003 155.373 17 21 Paul Menard Ford 74 23.181 0.541 0.011 155.300 18 6 Matt Kenseth Ford 49 23.192 0.552 0.011 155.226 19 78 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 63 23.197 0.557 0.005 155.192 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 95 23.226 0.586 0.029 154.999 21 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 83 23.231 0.591 0.005 154.965 22 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 63 23.251 0.611 0.020 154.832 23 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 58 23.259 0.619 0.008 154.779 24 19 
Daniel Suarez Toyota 65 23.266 0.626 0.007 154.732 25 95 Regan Smith Chevrolet 76 23.267 0.627 0.001 154.726 26 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 62 23.300 0.660 0.033 154.506 27 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 62 23.321 0.681 0.021 154.367 28 34 Michael McDowell Ford 51 23.412 0.772 0.091 153.767 29 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 59 23.476 0.836 0.064 153.348 30 38 David Ragan Ford 85 23.498 0.858 0.022 153.205 31 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 49 23.508 0.868 0.010 153.139 32 96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 57 23.821 1.181 0.313 151.127 33 72 
Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 40 23.830 1.190 0.009 151.070 34 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 57 24.054 1.414 0.224 149.663 35 23 J.J. Yeley Toyota 37 24.130 1.490 0.076 149.192 36 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 31 24.218 1.578 0.088 148.650 37 51 B.J. McLeod Ford 24 24.341 1.701 0.123 147.899 38 52 Harrison Rhodes Chevrolet 9 24.620 1.980 0.279 146.223 39 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 29 24.923 2.283 0.303 144.445
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