Friday's practice recaps from Martinsville

Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon led opening Sprint Cup Series practice on Friday afternoon at Martinsville Speedway.

Gordon, the defending race-winner, will look to pick up his second victory of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and advance from the Eliminator Round to Homestead-Miami Speedway's Championship Round race on Nov. 16.

The four-time 2014 winner led the way with a best speed of 99.250 mph, achieved on the 32nd of 36 total laps around the 0.526-mile circuit. Gordon was trailed by a pair of Chase drivers in Joey Logano (99.198) and Denny Hamlin (99.141). Jamie McMurray was fourth at 99.115, while last week's winner at Talladega, Brad Keselowski, rounded out the top five with a speed of 99.069.

Kurt Busch, who won the race earlier this season at Martinsville and will soon be swapping crew chiefs with teammate Danica Patrick, was 22nd at 98.170. Patrick, meanwhile, was 16th with a speed of 98.328.

In the opening minutes of the practice, Justin Allgaier spun his No. 51 Chevrolet for the session's only caution period. Jamie McMurray also brushed the wall lightly, but incurred minimal damage and no caution was thrown.

Qualifying for Sunday's Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 (1:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) is at 4:40 p.m. ET (FS1) on Friday, while a pair of practices will run Saturday at 9 a.m. and noon ET (both on FS1).

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Brad Keselowski Racing driver Ryan Blaney topped opening Camping World Truck Series practice on Friday afternoon at Martinsville Speedway.

Blaney -- who will participate in all three NASCAR national series this month -- paced the 50-minute session with a best speed of 95.184 mph, achieved on the third of 10 laps around the 0.526-mile circuit. Chevrolet driver Gray Gaulding nearly matched Blaney's speed, falling 0.001 seconds off his pace at 95.180 mph.

Brandon Jones (95.122), Austin Hill (95.084) and Johnny Sauter (94.913) rounded out the top five, with spring Martinsville winner and points leader Matt Crafton pulling in seventh at 94.704.

Defending race-winner Darrell Wallace Jr. was 16th in the practice, running a best speed of 94.111.

Camden Murphy forced a caution early in the practice with a mechanical issue.

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Defending race-winner Darrell Wallace Jr. led the way in final Camping World Truck Series practice on Friday afternoon at Martinsville Speedway.

Wallace, who picked up the first win of his national series career in this race last year, paced the session with a top speed of 95.888 mph. His Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate Erik Jones was just off the pace at 95.801 mph, good for third place.

Series points leader and spring Martinsville winner Matt Crafton was second with a speed of 95.869. Cole Custer (95.690) and Timothy Peters (95.651) rounded out the top five.

Ryan Blaney, who led the opening session, fell to 18th in the final run-through, turning his eighth and final lap at a 94.157 clip.

Late in the session, Charles Buchanan Jr. spun to bring out a caution. He placed 36th. The caution gave the track crew a chance to clean up fluid leaking from the No. 08 of Camden Murphy.

The Kroger 200 is Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET with coverage on FOX Sports 1.

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