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NASCAR Cup Chicagoland
Larson leads second Cup practice at Chicagoland
Kyle Larson topped the speed charts in second Sprint Cup practice at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday.
Lee Spencer
Edited: Sep 17, 2016, 3:52 PM
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Larson’s lap of 185.995mph early in the exercise held up during the 55-minute session.
Fellow Chasers Kurt Busch (185.778mph), Joey Logano (185.211mph), Carl Edwards (185.198mph)and Martin Truex Jr., (185.103) rounded out the top five in single lap runs. Kasey Kahne(185.039mph), Tony Stewart (184.849mph), Alex Bowman Jr. (184.786mph), Austin Dillon (184.710mph) and Ryan Blaney (184.666mph) rounded out the top 10.
Denny Hamlin was 11th among the remaining nine Chase contenders with Chase Elliott 12th, Kyle Busch 13th, Kevin Harvick 16th, Jimmie Johnson 17th and Chris Buescher 18th. Jamie McMurray was 21st followed by Denny Hamlin (23rd) and Brad Keselowski (25th).
Ryan Newman’s 47 laps were the most completed among Cup drivers during the second session.
Harvick led the Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average with a speed of 182.520mph, followed by Johnson (181.921mph), Kenseth (181.646mph), Austin Dillon (181.354mph), Newman (181.156mph), Keselowski (180.347mph), Jamie McMurray (180.138mph), Elliott (179.136mph), Casey Mears (179.068mph) and Larson (178.823mph). Other Chasers posting 10-lap runs included Truex (178.681mph), Kyle Busch (178.168mph) and Stewart (176.194mph).
Cla#DriverManufacturerLapsTimeGapIntervalMph 1 42 
Kyle Larson Chevrolet 34 29.033 185.995 2 41 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 38 29.067 0.034 0.034 185.778 3 22 Joey Logano Ford 33 29.156 0.123 0.089 185.211 4 19 Carl Edwards Toyota 34 29.158 0.125 0.002 185.198 5 78 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 22 29.173 0.140 0.015 185.103 6 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 40 29.183 0.150 0.010 185.039 7 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 39 29.213 0.180 0.030 184.849 8 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 36 29.223 0.190 0.010 184.786 9 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 31 29.235 0.202 0.012 184.710 10 21 Ryan Blaney Ford 28 29.242 0.209 0.007 184.666
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