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Menard, Rhodes top Road America practices

RELATED: Practice 2 results

 

The NASCAR XFINITY drivers were battling some weather conditions during the second practice session on Friday afternoon with light rain.

 

Despite the rain, Paul Menard was the fastest during the second practice at Road America. Menard's No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet clocked in at 108.202 mph.

 

Second on the leaderboard was the No. 54 Toyota of Boris Said, soaring around the 4.048-mile road course at 108.044 mph.

 

Chase Elliott's No. 9 Chevrolet had some speed in the second session with a quickest lap of 107.672 mph, followed by the No. 22 Ford of Ryan Blaney (107.656 mph), for fourth on the leaderboard. Rounding out the top five was the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Ty Dillon (107.636 mph).

 

NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying for the Road America 180 Fired Up by Johnsonville is set for Saturday afternoon at 12:15 p.m. ET (NBCSN/Live Extra).

 

The Road America 180 Fired Up by Johnsonville will be held on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET (NBCSN/Live Extra., MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

 

RELATED: Practice 1 results

 

Ben Rhodes topped the leaderboard for Friday afternoon's first NASCAR XFINITY Series practice session at Road America for the Road America 180 Fired Up by Johnsonville. Rhodes' No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet posted a fastest lap of 108.500 mph.

 

The No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet of Chase Elliott was next on the leaderboard, clocking in a fastest lap of 108.133 mph.

 

Last week's winner in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Ryan Blaney, rounded out the top three with a fast lap of 108.039 mph in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford.

 

The No. 42 Chevrolet of Justin Marks (107.948 mph) and the No. 2 Chevrolet of Brian Scott (107.947 mph) came in fourth and fifth, respectively.

 

Points leader Chris Buescher just missed the top five as he had a fastest lap of 107.879 mph and was sixth on the leaderboard. 

 

The race at Road America is the final road course race of the 2015 season for the XFINITY Series.