Practice report
NASCAR Cup Michigan
Keselowski leads final Michigan practice, Allmendinger crashes
Brad Keselowski was fastest in Happy Hour at his hometown track on Saturday.
Lee Spencer
Edited: Jun 17, 2017, 5:24 PM
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Just past half-way in final practice, Keselowski set shot to the top of the board with a lap of 197.401mph at Michigan International Speedway. The driver of the No. 2 Team Penske Ford completed 30 laps after five different runs. Keselowski rolls off 12th on Sunday.
Kyle Busch was second followed by polesitter Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Erik Jones, Daniel Suarez, Martin Truex Jr., Clint Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin.
Kyle Busch set the quick pace early with a lap of 197.174mph. Larson was second (196.266mph) followed by Hamlin (196.244mph), Harvick (196.094mph), Jones (196.020mph), Ryan Blaney (19.945mph), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (195.929mph), Keselowski (195.689mph) and Clint Bowyer (195.397mph).
Truex climbed up to second (196.609mph) just before the 15-minute mark but was quickly passed by Logano (196.969mph) and Daniel Suarez (196.694mph).
Eighteen minutes into the session, Johnson took his first laps in his back up car. The No. 48 team elected to park the primary after sustaining damage to the front end of the car after Johnson spun in the morning practice. He was sixth-quick (196.260mph) in his initial laps.
"The backup Kobalt Chevy is pretty good,” Johnson said. “We need to work a little more on it to make it more comfortable for me, but all things considered we will be ok tomorrow. Just need to pass some cars again.”
At halfway in the 50-minute session, Busch continued to lead single-lap runs followed by Logano, Suarez, Truex, Bowyer, Larson, Johnson, Hamlin, Blaney and Jones.
Keselowski shot up to P1 at the 30-minute mark with a lap of 197.401mph. Jones’ vaulted to fourth. With 15-minutes remaining, Keselowski remained atop the leader board followed by Kyle Busch, Larson, Logano, Jones, Suarez, Truex, Bowyer, Johnson and Hamlin.
In the final moment, AJ Allmendinger wrecked coming off of Turn 4 on his 18th lap. He was 28th on the speed chart. He had no indication of his tire going down. “No, the left rear tire blew and I crashed,” Dinger said.
Larson led the Best 10 Consecutive Average category with a speed of 195.416mph. Hamlin (195.391mph) was second followed by Harvick (195.188mph), Keselowski (195.110mph) and Blaney (195.047mph). Suarez, McMurray, Matt Kenseth, Kasey Kahne and Bowyer rounded out the top 10. Kahne’s 41 laps were the most completed during final practice.
Cla#DriverManufacturerTimeGapMph 1 42 
Kyle Larson Chevrolet 35.616 202.156 2 78 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 35.623 0.007 202.117 3 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 35.703 0.087 201.664 4 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 35.728 0.112 201.523 5 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 35.761 0.145 201.337 6 21 Ryan Blaney Ford 35.847 0.231 200.854 7 22 Joey Logano Ford 35.862 0.246 200.770 8 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 35.867 0.251 200.742 9 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 35.869 0.253 200.730 10 24 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 35.932 0.316 200.378 11 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 35.963 0.347 200.206 12 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 35.991 0.375 200.050 13 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 35.945 0.329 200.306 14 77 Erik Jones Toyota 35.968 0.352 200.178 15 41 Kurt Busch Ford 36.052 0.436 199.712 16 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 36.114 0.498 199.369 17 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 36.140 0.524 199.225 18 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 36.188 0.572 198.961 19 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 36.234 0.618 198.708 20 19 
Daniel Suarez Toyota 36.266 0.650 198.533 21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 36.268 0.652 16.019 22 95 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 36.325 0.709 198.211 23 10 Danica Patrick Ford 36.405 0.789 197.775 24 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 36.492 0.876 197.304 25 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 36.451 0.835 197.525 26 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 36.459 0.843 22.871 27 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Ford 36.474 0.858 197.401 28 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 36.519 0.903 197.158 29 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 36.693 1.077 196.046 30 38 David Ragan Ford 36.776 1.160 15.698 31 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 36.807 1.191 195.615 32 23 Ryan Sieg Toyota 37.177 1.561 193.668 33 83 Corey Lajoie Toyota 37.408 1.792 192.472 34 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 37.594 1.978 191.520 35 15 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 37.834 2.218 190.305 36 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 37.895 2.279 189.999 37 34 Landon Cassill Ford 0.000 0.000
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