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Kurt Busch leads Saturday afternoon Cup practice at Texas

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA Texas 500 - Qualifying

FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 03: Crew members push the #41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford, driven by Kurt Busch (not pictured), down pit road prior to qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 3, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway)

Sarah Crabill

FORT WORTH, Texas - Kurt Busch posted the fastest lap in Saturday afternoon’s Cup practice at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch, who won the pole for Sunday’s race, led the way with a lap of 191.768 mph.

Final Cup practice will be from 5 - 5:50 p.m. ET on CNBC.

Busch was followed in Saturday afternoon’s session by Denny Hamlin (191.110 mph), Erik Jones (191.069), Kyle Larson (190.880) and Chase Elliott (190.853). The next three drivers after Elliott were playoff drivers: Kyle Busch (190.725), Martin Truex Jr. (190.449) and Ryan Blaney (190.422).

Three playoff drivers ranked outside the top 10 in speed in the session. Kevin Harvick (189.987 mph) was 12th, Jimmie Johnson (189.261) was 16th and Brad Keselowski (188.147) was 23rd.

Larson has the best average over 10 consecutive laps at 189.152 mph.

There were no incidents in the session.

Click here for practice report