Martin Truex Jr. (174.289 mph) was the fastest driver overall in Saturday’s final NASCAR Sprint Cup practice for Sunday’s season-ending and championship-deciding Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The fastest of the four Championship 4 drivers was Carl Edwards (174.031 mph), who was second fastest overall.
Ryan Newman was third fastest, just under 1 ½ mph slower than Edwards at 172.723 mph, followed by AJ Allmendinger (172.502 mph) and Chase Elliott (172.408 mph).
The other three Championship 4 drivers and their speeds were Joey Logano (eighth fastest at 171.832 mph), Jimmie Johnson (10th fastest at 171.587 mph) and defending series champion Kyle Busch (170.024 mph).
Here’s the entire practice results:
Final Sprint Cup practice at Homestead-Miami
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