Kyle Larson fastest in Friday's final Cup practice at Dover

Larson led the single-lap average speed with 162.705 mph and set the mark early in the 50-minute session. 

Statistically, Dover is one of Larson’s best tracks with five top-five and eight top-10 finishes in 11 career starts. He finished third in this year’s spring race.

Martin Truex Jr. ended up second (161.377 mph) and Kevin Harvick third (160.385 mph). Brad Keselowski and last weekend’s winner, Chase Elliott, rounded out the top-five.

Completing the top-10 speeds were Matt DiBenedetto, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chris Buescher, Austin Dillon and Kurt Busch.

Larson also had the fastest average speed (157.752 mph) among all drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps. Jimmie Johnson and Alex Bowman were second and third, respectively, in that category.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	42	Kyle Larson		Chevrolet	62	22.126			162.705
2	19	Martin Truex Jr.		Toyota	59	22.308	0.182	0.182	161.377
3	4	Kevin Harvick		Ford	48	22.436	0.310	0.128	160.456
4	2	Brad Keselowski		Ford	51	22.446	0.320	0.010	160.385
5	9	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	58	22.465	0.339	0.019	160.249
6	95	Matt DiBenedetto		Toyota	60	22.570	0.444	0.105	159.504
7	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		Ford	52	22.605	0.479	0.035	159.257
8	37	Chris Buescher		Chevrolet	38	22.620	0.494	0.015	159.151
9	3	Austin Dillon		Chevrolet	47	22.688	0.562	0.068	158.674
10	1	Kurt Busch		Chevrolet	60	22.709	0.583	0.021	158.527
11	48	Jimmie Johnson		Chevrolet	77	22.744	0.618	0.035	158.284
12	20	Erik Jones		Toyota	49	22.748	0.622	0.004	158.256
13	12	Ryan Blaney		Ford	65	22.754	0.628	0.006	158.214
14	88	Alex Bowman		Chevrolet	68	22.759	0.633	0.005	158.179
15	24	William Byron		Chevrolet	77	22.767	0.641	0.008	158.124
16	14	Clint Bowyer		Ford	45	22.792	0.666	0.025	157.950
17	18	Kyle Busch		Toyota	65	22.806	0.680	0.014	157.853
18	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.		Chevrolet	45	22.810	0.684	0.004	157.826
19	11	Denny Hamlin		Toyota	60	22.823	0.697	0.013	157.736
20	41	Daniel Suarez		Ford	84	22.829	0.703	0.006	157.694
21	8	Daniel Hemric		Chevrolet	48	22.831	0.705	0.002	157.680
22	10	Aric Almirola		Ford	56	22.856	0.730	0.025	157.508
23	22	Joey Logano		Ford	82	22.866	0.740	0.010	157.439
24	21	Paul Menard		Ford	49	22.893	0.767	0.027	157.253
25	38	David Ragan		Ford	29	22.914	0.788	0.021	157.109
26	32	Corey Lajoie		Ford	41	23.111	0.985	0.197	155.770
27	6	Ryan Newman		Ford	46	23.127	1.001	0.016	155.662
28	36	Matt Tifft		Ford	58	23.178	1.052	0.051	155.320
29	34	Michael McDowell		Ford	52	23.183	1.057	0.005	155.286
30	13	Ty Dillon		Chevrolet	60	23.210	1.084	0.027	155.106
31	47	Ryan Preece		Chevrolet	40	23.261	1.135	0.051	154.765
32	52	J.J. Yeley		Ford	22	23.365	1.239	0.104	154.077
33	00	Landon Cassill		Chevrolet	39	23.486	1.360	0.121	153.283
34	51	B.J. McLeod		Ford	16	23.679	1.553	0.193	152.033
35	54	Garrett Smithley		Chevrolet	18	23.932	1.806	0.253	150.426
36	15	Ross Chastain		Chevrolet	12	24.123	1.997	0.191	149.235
37	77	Reed Sorenson		Chevrolet	25	24.379	2.253	0.256	147.668