Kyle Busch topped the leaderboard in Friday's first Sprint Cup Series practice at Richmond International Raceway at 120.979 mph in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
'Rowdy' has four wins at the 0.75-mile Virginia track and a sterling 6.9 average finish in 22 starts.
Right behind him was last week's Darlington Raceway winner Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota at 120.649 mph.
Rounding out the top five were Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 JGR Toyota, Kasey Kahne in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and Matt Kenseth in the No. 20 JGR Toyota.
Series points leader Kevin Harvick was 13th fastest with a speed of 119.105 mph in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet.
Saturday's Federated Auto Parts 400 (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN/NBC Sports App) is the final regular-season race before the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup begins.
The next practice session is at Noon ET (NBCSN).
Top 10-Consecutive Lap Averages:
'Rowdy' has four wins at the 0.75-mile Virginia track and a sterling 6.9 average finish in 22 starts.
Right behind him was last week's Darlington Raceway winner Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota at 120.649 mph.
Rounding out the top five were Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 JGR Toyota, Kasey Kahne in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and Matt Kenseth in the No. 20 JGR Toyota.
Series points leader Kevin Harvick was 13th fastest with a speed of 119.105 mph in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet.
Saturday's Federated Auto Parts 400 (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN/NBC Sports App) is the final regular-season race before the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup begins.
The next practice session is at Noon ET (NBCSN).
Top 10-Consecutive Lap Averages:
Pos
|
Car
|
Driver
|
From Lap
|
To Lap
|
Avg Speed
|
1
|
18
|
Kyle Busch
|
1
|
10
|
119.781
|
2
|
78
|
Martin Truex Jr.
|
2
|
11
|
119.458
|
3
|
19
|
Carl Edwards
|
3
|
12
|
118.840
|
4
|
48
|
Jimmie Johnson
|
2
|
11
|
118.330
|
5
|
2
|
Brad Keselowski
|
1
|
10
|
118.162
|
6
|
10
|
Danica Patrick
|
1
|
10
|
117.788
|
7
|
17
|
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
|
1
|
10
|
117.770
|
8
|
34
|
Chris Buescher #
|
1
|
10
|
117.367
|
9
|
44
|
Brian Scott #
|
2
|
11
|
117.201
|
10
|
23
|
David Ragan
|
2
|
11
|
117.072
|
11
|
88
|
Jeff Gordon
|
12
|
21
|
117.058
|
12
|
11
|
Denny Hamlin
|
31
|
40
|
116.948
|
13
|
41
|
Kurt Busch
|
19
|
28
|
116.670
|
14
|
13
|
Casey Mears
|
1
|
10
|
115.956
|
15
|
95
|
Michael McDowell
|
12
|
21
|
115.513
|
16
|
1
|
Jamie McMurray
|
16
|
25
|
114.978
|
17
|
83
|
Dylan Lupton(i)
|
2
|
11
|
114.908
|
18
|
6
|
Trevor Bayne
|
19
|
28
|
114.763
|
19
|
21
|
* Ryan Blaney #
|
26
|
35
|
114.259
|
20
|
31
|
Ryan Newman
|
22
|
31
|
114.198
|
21
|
14
|
Tony Stewart
|
31
|
40
|
114.000
|
22
|
93
|
* Matt DiBenedetto
|
32
|
41
|
113.668
|
23
|
24
|
Chase Elliott #
|
25
|
34
|
113.616
|
* Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart.
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