Ricky Stenhouse Jr. tops Kurt Busch in final practice at Texas

In the second half of the session, Stenhouse bolted to the top of the speed chart with an average lap speed of 192.349 mph.

In 11 Cup starts at Texas, Stenhouse’s best finish was 12th in this race one year ago. He is scheduled to start 17th in Sunday’s AAA 500.

Kurt Busch ended up second-fastest (192.075 mph) and reigning series champion Martin Truex Jr. was third (191.884 mph). Paul Menard was fourth and Ryan Blaney completed the top-five.

Rounding out the Top 10 were Erik Jones, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Aric Almirola and Daniel Suarez.

There were no incidents during the 55-minute session.

Cla	#	Driver	4506	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	28	28.074			192.349
2	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	48	28.114	0.040	0.040	192.075
3	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	34	28.142	0.068	0.028	191.884
4	21	Paul Menard	Ford	41	28.157	0.083	0.015	191.782
5	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	49	28.160	0.086	0.003	191.761
6	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	47	28.179	0.105	0.019	191.632
7	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	42	28.180	0.106	0.001	191.625
8	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	48	28.180	0.106	0.000	191.625
9	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	29	28.180	0.106	0.000	191.625
10	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	47	28.223	0.149	0.043	191.333
11	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	38	28.258	0.184	0.035	191.096
12	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	50	28.294	0.220	0.036	190.853
13	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	41	28.341	0.267	0.047	190.537
14	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	28	28.343	0.269	0.002	190.523
15	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	51	28.345	0.271	0.002	190.510
16	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	53	28.358	0.284	0.013	190.422
17	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	51	28.361	0.287	0.003	190.402
18	22	Joey Logano	Ford	59	28.386	0.312	0.025	190.235
19	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	49	28.389	0.315	0.003	190.215
20	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	44	28.407	0.333	0.018	190.094
21	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	31	28.407	0.333	0.000	190.094
22	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	49	28.413	0.339	0.006	190.054
23	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	44	28.417	0.343	0.004	190.027
24	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	27	28.421	0.347	0.004	190.000
25	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	10	28.498	0.424	0.077	189.487
26	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	42	28.498	0.424	0.000	189.487
27	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	26	28.587	0.513	0.089	188.897
28	38	David Ragan	Ford	35	28.631	0.557	0.044	188.607
29	95	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	33	28.658	0.584	0.027	188.429
30	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	29	28.695	0.621	0.037	188.186
31	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	33	28.768	0.694	0.073	187.709
32	96	Parker Kligerman	Toyota	24	28.858	0.784	0.090	187.123
33	99	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	18	29.334	1.260	0.476	184.087
34	72	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	12	29.444	1.370	0.110	183.399
35	23	J.J. Yeley	Toyota	5	29.797	1.723	0.353	181.226
36	97	David Starr	Toyota