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Matt Crafton soared atop the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series leaderboard Friday afternoon, posting the fastest lap in final practice at Michigan International Speedway.
The two-time defending series champion registered a fast lap of 186.659 mph in the ThorSport Racing No. 88 Toyota. His time was almost a tenth of a second faster than Daniel Hemric, who was fastest in Friday's opening practice for Saturday's Careers for Veterans 200 presented by Cooper Standard and Brad Keselowski's Checkered Flag Foundation (Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM).
Hemric turned a slightly faster 186.210 mph lap in final practice in the NTS Motorsports No. 14 Chevrolet. Cameron Hayley also backed up his second-fastest speed in the first session with a third-best 185.907 in the final session behind the wheel of the ThorSport No. 13 Toyota.
Cody Coughlin, a 19-year-old development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing, was fourth-fastest in preparation for just his second Truck Series start, driving the Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 54 Toyota. He was just ahead of Austin Dillon, who rounded out the top five in the GMS Racing No. 33 Chevrolet.
Sprint Cup regular Kyle Busch was sixth-fastest, just ahead of points leader Tyler Reddick.
Keystone Light Pole Qualifying is scheduled for 9:40 a.m. ET Saturday (FOX Sports 1).
Hemric hangs on to top spot in first practice
Daniel Hemric shot to the top of the leaderboard in opening NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice at Michigan International Speedway.
Hemric, driving the NTS Motorsports No. 14 Chervrolet, turned a fast lap of 185.009 mph on the 2-mile track. The 24-year-old driver is scheduled to make just his 16th start in the series in Saturday's Careers for Veterans 200 presented by Cooper Standard and Brad Keselowski's Checkered Flag Foundation (1 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM).
NASCAR Next product Cameron Hayley was second-fastest in the ThorSport Racing No. 13 Toyota at 184.186 mph. Michigan native Erik Jones was third-fastest at 184.082 mph on his home track in the Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 4 Toyota.
Alex Bowman, set to make his truck series debut for JR Motorsports, was fourth-best, followed by fellow Sprint Cup regular Kyle Busch to complete the top five.
Johnny Sauter, last year's winner at Michigan, was sixth-fastest in the ThorSport Racing No. 98 Toyota. He was slightly faster than two-time Camping World Truck Series champion Matt Crafton, his ThorSport teammate in the No. 88 Toyota.
Spencer Gallagher's scrape with the Turn 2 wall halted practice with approximately 13 minutes left in the 55-minute session. His GMS Racing team unloaded a new No. 23 Chevrolet after his primary truck suffered significant right-rear fender damage.