Ryan Blaney posted the fastest single lap in the first practice session for the Kansas Cup race with a speed of 192.130 mph. Blaney enters the weekend 22 points below the cutoff line.
He beat Kyle Busch (191.768 mph) by .053 seconds.
Kevin Harvick (191.761), Joey Logano (191.632) and Chase Elliott (191.421) round out the top five
Kyle Larson’s weekend continues to worsen. With 15 minutes remaining in Friday’s practice session, he got loose and made heavy contact with the wall. Larson will have to roll out a back up car and drop to the back of the field to start the race. Larson (189.288) was 20th on the speed chart at the time.
Regan Smith was the only driver who posted 10 consecutive laps. His average speed was 182.606 mph.
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