Kevin Harvick paced the field in the first of two practice sessions Friday at Kansas Speedway with a lap of 190.772 mph.
Ryan Newman, running without suspended crew chief Luke Lambert, was 17th at 185.631. Todd Parrott is serving as the team’s interim crew chief at the track.
There were no incidents during the session.
Friday’s first practice speeds:
1 - Kevin Harvick ... 190.772 mph ... 30 laps run
2 - Joey Logano ... 190.375 ... 37 laps
3 - Carl Edwards ... 190.268 ... 32 laps
4 - Tony Stewart ... 189.188 ... 23 laps
5 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. ... 187.637 ... 55 laps
6 - Kyle Larson ... 187.039 ... 48 laps
7 - Brad Keselowski ... 186.916 ... 37 laps
8 - Matt Kenseth ... 186.838 ... 50 laps
9 - Erik Jones ... 186.806 ... 45 laps
10 - Martin Truex Jr. ... 186.664 ... 37 laps
11 - Kasey Kahne ... 186.567 ... 50 laps
12 - Clint Bowyer ... 186.034 ... 33 laps
13 - Austin Dillon ... 186.008 ... 42 laps
14 - Aric Almirola ... 185.976 ... 33 laps
15 - Denny Hamlin ... 185.912 ... 40 laps
16 - Kurt Busch ... 185.656 ... 52 laps
17 - Ryan Newman ... 185.631 ... 38 laps
18 - Greg Biffle ... 185.612 ... 41 laps
19 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ... 185.484 ... 37 laps
20 - Casey Mears ... 185.312 ... 36 laps
21 - Jeff Gordon ... 185.306 ... 50 laps
22 - Jamie McMurray ... 185.255 ... 27 laps
23 - David Ragan ... 185.071 ... 51 laps
24 - Jimmie Johnson ... 185.071 ... 30 laps
25 - Paul Menard ... 184.786 ... 50 laps
26 - AJ Allmendinger ... 184.647 ... 32 laps
27 - Sam Hornish Jr. ... 184.565 ... 26 laps
28 - Justin Allgaier ... 184.546 ... 36 laps
29 - Jeb Burton ... 184.269 ... 22 laps
30 - Danica Patrick ... 184.225 ... 53 laps
31 - Trevor Bayne ... 183.786 ... 33 laps
32 - Ty Dillon ... 183.698 ... 34 laps
33 - Michael Annett ... 183.574 ... 20 laps
34 - Matt DiBenedetto ... 183.343 ... 18 laps
35 - Alex Bowman ... 183.318 ... 42 laps
36 - Michael McDowell ... 183.237 ... 31 laps
37 - JJ Yeley ... 182.865 ... 20 laps
38 - Josh Wise ... 182.729 ... 22 laps
39 - Brett Moffitt ... 182.488 ... 33 laps
40 - David Gilliland ... 181.916 ... 21 laps
41 - Cole Whitt ... 181.708 ... 22 laps
42 - Landon Cassill ... 181.671 ... 25 laps
43 - Joey Gase ... 179.880 ... 29 laps
44 - Brendan Gaughan ... 179.057 ... 8 laps
Best Consecutive 10-lap average
1 - Erik Jones ... 185.065 mph
2 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. ... 184.678
3 - Matt Kenseth ... 184.369
4 - Kyle Larson ... 184.120
5 - Kurt Busch ... 183.452
6 - Kasey Kahne ... 183.315
7 - Brad Keselowski ... 183.228
8 - David Ragan ... 182.620
9 - Ryan Newman ... 182.192
10 - Danica Patrick ... 180.029
11 - Alex Bowman ... 180.016