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Defending race winner Austin Dillon snuck up the leaderboard late Friday afternoon to top Pocono Raceway’s sole Camping World Truck Series practice ahaead of Saturday’s Pocono Mountains 150 (1 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1).
Dillon’s best speed was a blistering 166.482 mph.
Rookie Erik Jones was off Dillon’s pace at 165.612 mph, followed closely by his boss and mentor, Kyle Busch, at 165.023 mph.
Saturday’s race will be Busch’s first Truck Series start of the season, after a crash in the XFINITY Series opener at Daytona left him with injuries that sidelined him for several months.
Timothy Peters (164.087 mph) was next on the leaderboard, followed by Johnny Sauter (164.045 mph) to round out the top five.
Reigning Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick failed to enter the top 10, placing 12th on the charts at 163.245 mph.
The practice was halted and the red flag displayed with a little more than 30 minutes left in the 2-hour, 25-minute session when Jennifer Jo Cobb‘s No. 10 truck lost an engine and started billowing smoke.
The green flag for Keystone Light Pole Qualifying drops at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday on FOX Sports 1.