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NASCAR Cup Dover
Kyle Larson tops final practice at Dover
Kyle Larson continued to lead the Chevrolet contingent at Dover International Speedway on Saturday.
Lee Spencer
Edited: Jun 3, 2017, 4:51 PM
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After posting the top speed on Friday in first practice, he had the fastest car in Happy Hour with a single-lap speed of 157.411mph. Larson’s fifth-place qualifying effort also led the Bow-tie brigade on Friday at the Monster Mile.
“We were really good in practice and I didn’t feel very good that first run, but we still weren’t really fast and my front-end was just working way too good,” Larson said. “Landing in the corner it was kind of getting me upset and the final round it got better, but our exit was too tight.
“I made a couple of mistakes the last couple of weeks,” Larson said. “Gotta clean that up and get back to Victory Lane.”
The first caution occurred six minutes into the session when Cole Whitt’s car stalled at the end of pit road. Jimmie Johnson was atop the leader board with a speed of 157.301mph followed by Kyle Busch (157.246mph), Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch — all with a lap of 157.143mph. Daniel Suarez (157.116mph), Martin Truex Jr. (157.061mph), Jamie McMurray (156.781mph), Chase Elliott (156.753mph) and Clint Bowyer (156.706mph) rounded out the top 10.
After the track returned to green, Kyle Larson shot up to the top of the chart with a lap of 157.411mph. Truex moved up to fourth with a lap of 157.143mph.
Midway through the 55-minute session, Larson remained at the top of the speed chart followed by Johnson, Kyle Busch, Truex, Kenseth, Harvick, Kurt Busch, Daniel Suarez, McMurray and Elliott.
The top-10 single lap speeds had not changed with 10 minutes remaining. Blaney, 15th-quick with a lap of 156.230mph, reported that the No. 21 Motorcraft Ford was tight in traffic.
Larson’s 60 laps completed were the most among the Monster Energy Cup Series drivers.
Cla#DriverManufacturerLapsTimeGapIntervalMph 1 42 
Kyle Larson Chevrolet 60 22.870 157.411 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 48 22.886 0.016 0.016 157.301 3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 38 22.894 0.024 0.008 157.246 4 78 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 36 22.909 0.039 0.015 157.143 5 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 49 22.909 0.039 0.000 157.143 6 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 48 22.909 0.039 0.000 157.143 7 41 Kurt Busch Ford 53 22.909 0.039 0.000 157.143 8 19 
Daniel Suarez Toyota 42 22.913 0.043 0.004 157.116 9 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 54 22.962 0.092 0.049 156.781 10 24 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 46 22.966 0.096 0.004 156.753 11 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 31 22.973 0.103 0.007 156.706 12 77 Erik Jones Toyota 33 22.993 0.123 0.020 156.569 13 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 41 23.010 0.140 0.017 156.454 14 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 52 23.020 0.150 0.010 156.386 15 21 Ryan Blaney Ford 47 23.043 0.173 0.023 156.230 16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 42 23.056 0.186 0.013 156.142 17 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 47 23.058 0.188 0.002 156.128 18 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 42 23.077 0.207 0.019 155.999 19 22 Joey Logano Ford 49 23.087 0.217 0.010 155.932 20 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 40 23.099 0.229 0.012 155.851 21 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 29 23.100 0.230 0.001 155.844 22 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 44 23.107 0.237 0.007 155.797 23 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 56 23.110 0.240 0.003 155.777 24 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 40 23.134 0.264 0.024 155.615 25 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 37 23.159 0.289 0.025 155.447 26 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 25 23.165 0.295 0.006 155.407 27 43 Regan Smith Ford 42 23.255 0.385 0.090 154.805 28 10 Danica Patrick Ford 44 23.335 0.465 0.080 154.275 29 95 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 36 23.340 0.470 0.005 154.242 30 34 Landon Cassill Ford 43 23.450 0.580 0.110 153.518 31 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 38 23.457 0.587 0.007 153.472 32 38 David Ragan Ford 44 23.500 0.630 0.043 153.191 33 23 Gray Gaulding Toyota 22 23.682 0.812 0.182 152.014 34 83 Ryan Sieg Toyota 24 23.723 0.853 0.041 151.751 35 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 27 23.745 0.875 0.022 151.611 36 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 16 23.833 0.963 0.088 151.051 37 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 30 24.084 1.214 0.251 149.477 38 66 Timmy Hill Chevrolet 9 24.286 1.416 0.202 148.234
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