PRACTICE 2: Results
Last week’s Hisense 300 polesitter Erik Jones started the Pocono Raceway weekend off hot, topping the series’ second practice. Piloting the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Jones soared to the top of the leaderboard at 172.914 mph.
In the final minutes of the 55-minute session, Brandon Jones‘ No. 33 Chevrolet surged to a quick pace of 171.298 mph, second-fastest on the speed charts. Jones is also making his ’16 ARCA Racing Series debut with Ranier Racing with MDM debut this weekend at Pocono.
Kyle Busch rounded out the top three, propelling his No. 18 entry around the 2.5-mile track at 171.138 mph.
The No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Ty Dillon (169.885 mph) and the No. 19 JGR Toyota of current series leader Daniel Suarez (169.792 mph) took fourth and fifth, respectively.
The field returns to “The Tricky Triangle” Friday for third practice at 12:30 p.m. ET (FS1).
PRACTICE 1: Results
Kyle Busch topped the leaderboard in Thursday’s first XFINITY Series practice at Pocono Raceway, wheeling his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 170.171 mph.
Right behind him was JGR teammate Erik Jones in the No. 20 Toyota at 169.770 mph.
Rounding out the top five were Paul Menard in the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet at 169.122 mph, Justin Allgaier in the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet at 168.922 mph, and Ty Dillon in the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet at 168.571 mph.
Series points leader Daniel Suarez was just outside the top five at sixth-fastest with a speed of 168.042 mph in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.