Final Homestead practice: How Championship 4 fared

The final on-track tune-up for the four championship-eligible drivers is in the books at Homestead-Miami Speedway ahead of Sunday's Ford EcoBoost 400 (3 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM).

As the four prepare to vie for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship, here's a glance at their Saturday showings in final practice.

Martin Truex Jr.

Team: Furniture Row Racing No. 78 Toyota
Final practice rank: 1st (171.195 mph)
Final 10-lap average rank: 2nd (164.460 mph)
Noteworthy: A slight brush of the outside wall in Saturday's earlier practice failed to slow Truex in the final 50-minute session, as he was a solid .261 seconds ahead of the pack.
Quotable: 'I feel good, we’ve got good speed and I just need to make sure we get the balance right for tomorrow and you never know how these things are going to play out.'

Kyle Busch

Team: Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota
Final practice rank: 6th (169.492 mph)
Final 10-lap average rank: 1st (164.681 mph)
Noteworthy: Busch's No. 18 crew also had to smooth out a right-rear fender scrape from second practice. His chart-topping 10-lap average is a source of encouragement for long-run performance.
Quotable: 'Certainly you always want to be faster than you are, but the feel of our Camry feels pretty good so hopefully that bodes well in the race.'

Brad Keselowski

Team: Team Penske No. 2 Ford
Final practice rank: 11th (168.824 mph)
Final 10-lap average rank: 6th (163.513 mph)
Noteworthy: Keselowski was slowest of the final four in the 10-lap averages category, but his long-run speed was still among the higher-percentile teams.
Quotable: 'We learned some things there that I was happy about. We still probably need a solid tenth or two to run with the 18 and the 4.'

Kevin Harvick

Team: Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Ford
Final practice rank: 18th (166.795 mph)
Final 10-lap average rank: 4th (163.652 mph)
Noteworthy: Harvick's team was docked 15 minutes of final practice time because of inspection violations last weekend at Phoenix. Though the single-lap speeds were near the middle of the field, the SHR crew played catch-up in a hurry in the 10-lap averages file.
Quotable: 'Everything is fine right now. We kept the car clean and I feel like we have speed and the car hangs on really good.'