Kasey Kahne vaulted to the top of the speed charts in the second and final Sprint Cup practice session Friday at Richmond International Raceway.
Kahne, who won his first career Sprint Cup race at RIR in 2005, was the fastest of the pack with a speed of 126.357 mph.
Greg Biffle was second-fastest (126.162 mph), followed by Carl Edwards (126.027), Jamie McMurray (125.851) and Denny Hamlin (125.839).
Sprint Cup qualifying for Saturday’s Toyota Owners 400 takes place later today at 5:45 pm ET.
Saturday’s race begins at 7 pm ET.
Here’s how Friday’s second and final Sprint Cup practice of the weekend played out:
1 Kasey Kahne … 126.357 mph … 46 laps
2 Greg Biffle … 126.162 … 33 laps
3 Carl Edwards … 126.027 … 38 laps
4 Jamie McMurray … 125.851 … 45 laps
5 Denny Hamlin … 125.839 … 44 laps
6 Martin Truex Jr. … 125.780 … 36 laps
7 Landon Cassill … 125.652 … 56 laps
8 Brett Moffitt … 125.576 … 54 laps
9 David Gilliland … 125.441 … 28 laps
10 Jimmie Johnson … 125.406 … 14 laps
11 Kurt Busch … 125.360 … 60 laps
12 Jeff Gordon … 125.337 … 43 laps
13 Joey Logano … 125.296 … 42 laps
14 Austin Dillon … 125.104 … 58 laps
15 Brad Keselowski … 125.012 … 39 laps
16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. … 124.936 … 50 laps
17 Clint Bowyer … 124.902 … 31 laps
18 David Ragan … 124.752 … 60 laps
19 Paul Menard … 124.717 … 58 laps
20 Kevin Harvick … 124.579 … 41 laps
21 Kyle Larson … 124.573 … 21 laps
22 Josh Wise … 124.487 … 12 laps
23 Ryan Newman … 124.476 … 68 laps
24 Matt Kenseth … 124.453 … 43 laps
25 Justin Allgaier … 124.349 … 44 laps
26 Tony Stewart … 124.252 … 60 laps
27 Chase Elliott … 124.189 … 44 laps
28 AJ Allmendinger … 124.172 … 25 laps
29 Casey Mears … 124.007 … 20 laps
30 Michael Annett … 123.995 … 53 laps
31 Sam Hornish Jr. … 123.984 … 43 laps
32 Cole Whitt … 123.950 … 31 laps
33 Trevor Bayne … 123.836 … 40 laps
34 Dale Earnhardt Jr. … 123.785 … 95 laps
35 Reed Sorenson … 123.745 … 95 laps
36 Danica Patrick … 123.666 … 35 laps
37 Aric Almirola … 123.525 … 47 laps
38 Matt DiBenedetto … 123.434 … 16 laps
39 Jeb Burton … 123.395 … 27 laps
40 Alex Bowman … 123.344 … 50 laps
41 Alex Kennedy … 122.794 … 49 laps
42 Brendan Gaughan … 122.605 … 16 laps
43 Joey Gase … 121.764 … 58 laps
44 JJ Yeley … 121.578 … 24 laps
45 Jeff Green … 120.005 … 2 laps
Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average:
1 Kevin Harvick … 122.212
2 Carl Edwards … 122.181
3 AJ Allmendinger … 122.139
4 Matt Kenseth … 122.100
5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. … 122.076
6 Jamie McMurray … 121.865
7 Kurt Busch … 121.813
8 Clint Bowyer … 121.725
9 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. … 121.723
10 Kasey Kahne … 121.722
11 Austin Dillon … 121.718
12 Brad Keselowski … 121.676
13 Trevor Bayne … 121.524
14 Greg Biffle … 121.350
15 David Ragan … 121.071
16 Aric Almirola … 121.065
17 Jeff Gordon … 121.005
18 Brett Moffitt … 120.991
19 Tony Stewart … 120.956
20 Landon Cassill … 120.928
21 Paul Menard … 120.648
22 Ryan Newman … 120.595
23 Justin Allgaier … 120.503
24 Alex Bowman … 119.903
25 Reed Sorenson … 119.642
26 Alex Kennedy … 119.567
27 Michael Annett … 119.431
28 Joey Gase … 118.521
29 Sam Hornish Jr. … 118.447
30 Denny Hamlin … 118.413
31 Chase Elliott … 118.360
32 David Gilliland … 118.268
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