Practice report
NASCAR Cup Richmond
Kyle Larson leads first NASCAR Cup practice at Richmond
Kyle Larson, still searching for his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win of the season, topped Friday’s first practice session at Richmond.
Jim Utter
Published: Apr 12, 2019, 4:08 PM
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Larson, who won at Richmond in fall 2017, posted an average lap speed of 121.704 mph early in the session that stood the entire 55-minute practice.
Denny Hamlin (121.682 mph) was second and Chris Buescher was third (121.638 mph). Kyle Busch, looking for his third consecutive win at Richmond, was fourth and David Ragan completed the top-five.
Rounding out the top 10 were Daniel Suarez, Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano.
There were no on-track incidents during the session.
Four drivers – Ryan Newman, Ragan, Larson and Jeb Burton – had to sit out the final 15 minutes of the session as all four teams were late to pre-race inspection last weekend at Bristol, Tenn.
Harvick missed the final 30 minutes of the session as his No. 4 Ford failed pre-race inspection three times last weekend.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 42 
Kyle Larson Chevrolet 25 22.185 121.704 2 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 43 22.189 0.004 0.004 121.682 3 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 42 22.197 0.012 0.008 121.638 4 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 55 22.202 0.017 0.005 121.611 5 38 David Ragan Ford 33 22.219 0.034 0.017 121.518 6 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 41 22.224 0.039 0.005 121.490 7 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 29 22.232 0.047 0.008 121.447 8 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 42 22.246 0.061 0.014 121.370 9 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 28 22.260 0.075 0.014 121.294 10 22 Joey Logano Ford 44 22.274 0.089 0.014 121.218 11 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 45 22.285 0.100 0.011 121.158 12 20 Erik Jones Toyota 51 22.366 0.181 0.081 120.719 13 10 Aric Almirola Ford 49 22.372 0.187 0.006 120.687 14 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 37 22.395 0.210 0.023 120.563 15 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 41 22.420 0.235 0.025 120.428 16 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 58 22.433 0.248 0.013 120.358 17 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 37 22.441 0.256 0.008 120.315 18 34 Michael McDowell Ford 51 22.453 0.268 0.012 120.251 19 21 Paul Menard Ford 49 22.454 0.269 0.001 120.246 20 24 William Byron Chevrolet 55 22.460 0.275 0.006 120.214 21 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 42 22.464 0.279 0.004 120.192 22 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 49 22.470 0.285 0.006 120.160 23 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 53 22.473 0.288 0.003 120.144 24 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 68 22.484 0.299 0.011 120.085 25 36 Matt Tifft Ford 44 22.538 0.353 0.054 119.798 26 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 59 22.538 0.353 0.000 119.798 27 6 Ryan Newman Ford 28 22.551 0.366 0.013 119.729 28 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 49 22.644 0.459 0.093 119.237 29 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 39 22.649 0.464 0.005 119.211 30 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 48 22.674 0.489 0.025 119.079 31 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 38 22.698 0.513 0.024 118.953 32 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 34 22.719 0.534 0.021 118.843 33 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 25 22.912 0.727 0.193 117.842 34 51 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 16 23.153 0.968 0.241 116.616 35 52 Bayley Currey Ford 15 23.192 1.007 0.039 116.419 36 66 Joey Gase Toyota 13 23.535 1.350 0.343 114.723 37 77 Quin Houff Chevrolet 44 23.568 1.383 0.033 114.562
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