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Larson, Kahne lead Cup practices at Martinsville

Practice 3 | Results

Kyle Larson
propelled his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet at 95.468 mph to the top of the speed charts in Saturday's final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway. Larson, who is pulling double-duty with the Truck Series race this weekend, will roll off the grid 17th in Sunday's STP 500 at "The Paperclip" (1 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM).

Kyle Busch, also racing in Saturday's Truck Series race (2:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM) was second-fastest in the field, wheeling his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 95.338 mph.

Brian Vickers -- filling in for the injured Tony Stewart in the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet -- was third-fastest (95.304 mph), while Ryan Newman in the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (95.304 mph) and Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota (95.280 mph) rounded out the top five, respectively.

Series points leader Kevin Harvick turned the 21st-fastest lap (94.775 mph) in his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet.

Reigning race winner Denny Hamlin was seventh-fastest (95.228 mph), while pole-sitter Joey Logano turned the 12th-fastest lap (95.108 mph).

Practice 2 | Results


Wheeling his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at 96.073 mph, Kasey Kahne topped the leaderboard in Saturday's first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway. Kahne will start second beside pole-sitter Joey Logano in Sunday's STP 500.

 

Right behind him was Ryan Newman, his No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet clocking in at 95.849 mph.

Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota (95.694 mph), Brian Vickers -- who is filling in for Tony Stewart in the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet -- (95.660 mph) and Paul Menard in the No. 27 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (95.636 mph) rounded out the top five.

Series points leader Kevin Harvick was 16th-fastest with a speed of 95.189 mph in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet.

Jimmie Johnson -- 13th-fastest in the field -- made brief contact with the wall midway through practice, incurring slight damage to the right rear of his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

The caution flag was waved briefly once at the beginning of the 55-minute session for rain.