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Matt Kenseth zipped to the top of final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Kenseth piloted the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota to a fast lap of 189.460 mph around the 1.5-mile track in final preparation for Sunday's Kobalt 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM). Kenseth, a three-time winner at Las Vegas, landed the third starting spot for the third race of the season in Friday's Coors Light Pole Qualifying.
Carl Edwards, a teammate to Kenseth in the JGR No. 19 Toyota, posted the second-fastest lap at 188.851 mph in a backup car. Kurt Busch, a Las Vegas native and Friday's pole winner, turned the third-fastest lap at 188.706 mph in the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 Chevy.
Richard Childress Racing teammates Paul Menard (188.679 mph) and Ryan Newman (188.547) completed the top five.
Jimmie Johnson, a four-time Vegas winner fresh from his victory last weekend at Atlanta, was sixth-fastest in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 Chevrolet. Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, driving a reserve Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 Toyota after a crash in Thursday testing, logged the ninth-fastest lap.
Defending Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch, the current series points leader, bolted to the 14th-fastest lap in the JGR No. 18 Toyota. Kevin Harvick, the defending race winner, was 22nd-fastest in another Stewart-Haas entry, the No. 4 Chevy.
Austin Dillon posted the 11th-fastest single lap in the Richard Childress Racing No. 3 Chevrolet, but was atop the heap for 10 consecutive lap average. Johnson, Kurt Busch, Kenseth and AJ Allmendinger rounded out the top five in the 10-lap average category.
Brian Vickers, subbing for the injured Tony Stewart in the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 Chevrolet, grazed the wall at Turn 4's exit with roughly 20 minutes left in the 50-minute session. He wound up 26th-fastest in the 39-car field in final practice.
Edwards recovers from wreck, tops Saturday's early practice
Carl Edwards seemed to have no repercussions from Friday's qualifying crash, as he propelled his backup No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 191.564 mph to the top of the leaderboard in Saturday's opening practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Because the No. 19 team switched to a backup car after wrecking during Coors Light Pole qualifying, Edwards will start Sunday's Kobalt 400 from the rear of the field (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN, Sirius XM NASCAR Radio).
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Richard Childress Racing's Austin Dillon -- who won the 2015 XFINITY Series race at Las Vegas -- was second-fastest, his No. 3 Chevrolet clocking in at 190.894 mph.
Casey Mears came up third on the speed charts, wheeling his No. 13 Germain Racing ride at 190.698 mph. Hendrick Motorsports' Kasey Kahne (190.355 mph) and Team Penske's Brad Keselowski (190.295 mph) completed the top five.
Kurt Busch, who earned the Coors Light Pole Award Friday evening in Las Vegas, was 10th-fastest in Saturday's opening practice.
The 55-minute session was briefly delayed for fluid on the track. As a result, the session was extended by five minutes, until 12:30 p.m. ET.