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Sprint Cup Series Practice 2 | Results
Kevin Harvick continued to produce faster times around Homestead-Miami Speedway than the other three NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship contenders on Saturday. In fact, Harvick was faster than everyone else, too, in the day’s first session at the 1.5-mile track.
In the No. 4 Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing, Harvick posted a best speed of 175.069 mph in the first of two scheduled 50-minute sessions. That was better than Denny Hamlin (fifth, 173.969 mph), Joey Logano (sixth, 173.589 mph) and Ryan Newman (12th, 172.712 mph).
Newman had trouble that extended beyond being the slowest of the group, too. He came to his pit stall so his crew could look at his No. 31 after radioing in that “something broke.” FOX Sports 1’s Wendy Venturini reported that the team fixed the busted bead blower on his right front tire, but damage to the splitter would require the crew to replace it between practice sessions.
Following Harvick, and rounding out the top-five fastest of the session, were Jeff Gordon in second (175.029 mph), followed by Brad Keselowski (174.498 mph), Jimmie Johnson (174.222 mph) and Hamlin. Gordon won the Coors Light Pole Award on Friday night.
Earlier this weekend, Harvick led the other three title contenders in Friday’s opening practice, then qualified best among the group Friday night. His No. 4 Chevrolet will line up fifth in Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 (3 p.m. ET, ESPN). Hamlin will start the race eighth, with Logano in ninth. Newman qualified 21st.
Saturday’s opening practice session — the second of the weekend — was delayed early on when the No. 33 of Brian Scott dropped fluid on the track.
Sprint Cup Series Practice 3 | Get results
Jimmie Johnson led the final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice of the season Saturday, a 50-minute session at Homestead-Miami Speedway in which the four drivers in contention for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship all finished inside the top 15.
Johnson’s speed of 175.200 mph in his No. 48 Chevrolet paced all cars, and “Six-Time” was the only driver to top the 175-mph mark. He led teammate Kasey Kahne, who logged a spot of 174.820 mph.
Kurt Busch, AJ Allmendinger and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five.
Joey Logano finished seventh (173.127 mph), just ahead of fellow championship hopeful Kevin Harvick (173.099 mph). It was the only time all weekend there was on-track activity in which Harvick was not the fastest of the Chase cars. He topped the other three drivers (and finished second overall) in Friday’s opening practice, qualified fifth for Sunday’s race and set the pace in Saturday’s first practice.
Ryan Newman, whose team planned to swap his splitter in between practice sessions, finished 12th — matching his placement from the day’s first practice — at 172.806 mph. Denny Hamlin was 13th at 172.756 mph.
There was a brief caution period when Kyle Larson spun in Turn 4 coming to pit road.
The Ford EcoBoost 400 is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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