Kasey Kahne nipped Dale Earnhardt Jr. for bragging rights of being the fastest in the lone Sprint Cup practice session Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kahne’s best lap was 128.168 mph, while Earnhardt went 128.159 mph.
Qualifying will take place at 4:45 pm ET today.
There will be two more practice sessions for the Cup drivers on Saturday at the .533-mile bullring. The Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes will take place Sunday at 1 pm ET.
Here’s how Friday’s practice session played out:
1 Kasey Kahne … 128.168 mph … 38 laps
2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. … 128.159 … 52 laps
3 Brad Keselowski … 127.971 … 41 laps
4 Carl Edwards … 127.554 … 36 laps
5 David Ragan … 127.546 … 44 laps
6 Justin Allgaier … 127.503 … 43 laps
7 Joey Logano … 127.495 … 33 laps
8 Ryan Newman … 127.495 … 45 laps
9 Jamie McMurray … 127.410 … 33 laps
10 Austin Dillon … 127.385 … 46 laps
11 Michael McDowell … 127.385 … 27 laps
12 Kevin Harvick … 127.292 … 29 laps
13 Jeff Gordon … 127.165 … 33 laps
14 Kyle Larson … 127.031 … 45 laps
15 Matt Kenseth … 126.980 … 42 laps
16 Kurt Busch … 126.938 … 29 laps
17 Greg Biffle … 128.829 … 35 laps
18 Paul Menard … 126.745 … 51 laps
19 AJ Allmendinger … 126.695 … 38 laps
20 Landon Cassill … 126.695 … 43 laps
21 Martin Truex Jr. … 126.537 … 36 laps
22 Denny Hamlin … 126.537 … 30 laps
23 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. … 126.528 … 34 laps
24 Alex Bowman … 126.478 … 21 laps
25 Clint Bowyer … 126.395 … 27 laps
26 Brett Moffitt … 126.303 … 57 laps
27 Michael Annett … 126.278 … 60 laps
28 Jeb Burton … 126.270 … 36 laps
29 Aric Almirola … 126.121 … 38 laps
30 Josh Wise … 126.088 … 19 laps
31 Matt DiBenedetto … 126.030 … 14 laps
32 David Gilliland … 125.922 … 38 laps
33 Jimmie Johnson … 125.889 … 20 laps
34 Sam Hornish Jr. … 125.881 … 41 laps
35 Tony Stewart … 125.650 … 65 laps
36 Casey Mears … 125.559 … 47 laps
37 Trevor Bayne … 125.412 … 34 laps
38 Danica Patrick … 125.363 … 53 laps
39 Chris Buescher … 125.264 … 41 laps
40 Mike Bliss … 124.768 … 22 laps
41 Cole Whitt … 124.703 … 24 laps
42 JJ Yeley … 124.210 … 24 laps
43 Ron Hornaday Jr. … 123.698 … 23 laps
44 Alex Kennedy … 123.650 … 59 laps
45 Brendan Gaughan … 122.835 … 17 laps
Best 10 Consecutive Laps
1 Brad Keselowski … 123.670 mph
2 Kyle Larson … 123.243
3 Justin Allgaier … 123.107
4 Aric Almirola … 123.040
5 Paul Menard … 122.879
6 David Ragan … 122.801
7 Brett Moffitt … 122.555
8 Jeff Gordon … 122.536
9 Austin Dillon … 122.471
10 David Gilliland … 122.197
11 Jamie McMurray … 121.994
12 Kasey Kahne … 121.906
13 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. … 121.861
14 Michael Annett … 121.641
15 Tony Stewart … 121.318
16 Trevor Bayne … 120.825
17 Alex Kennedy … 119.708
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