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May 5, 2016

Townley, Byron, Reddick top Kansas practices


PRACTICE 3: Results

After missing out on the top spot during second practice, John Wes Townley locked in the fastest lap in his No. 05 Chevrolet during Thursday’s third and final practice at Kansas Speedway (176.980 mph).

Right behind Townley was the No. 23 Chevrolet of Spencer Gallagher. The GMS Racing wheelman soared around the track at 176.748 mph.

Rounding out the top three was the No. 13 ThorSport Racing Toyota of Cameron Hayley, who climbed to the third spot during the final minutes of the 85-minute session (176.702 mph).

The No. 29 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford of Tyler Reddick took fourth at 176.448 mph with the two-time champ Matt Crafton behind him in fifth (176.269 mph) in his No. 88 ThorSport Racing Toyota.

The field will return to the 1.5-mile track for Keystone Light Pole Qualifying on Friday at 4:30 p.m. ET (FS1).

PRACTICE 2: Results

In the final minutes of the 55-minute session, William Byron scored the fastest lap during Thursday’s second practice at Kansas Speedway. Byron propelled his No. 9 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota around the 1.5-mile track at 176.650 mph.

Next was the No. 05 Chevrolet of John Wes Townley who was second-fastest during the practice (176.621 mph).

Third-quickest was the defending race winner Matt Crafton in his No. 88 ThorSport Racing Toyota. The two-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion posted a quick lap of 176.401 mph.

The No. 19 of Daniel Hemric (176.252 mph) and the No. 41 of Ben Rhodes (175.833 mph) were behind Crafton in fourth and fifth, respectively.

PRACTICE 1: Results

Tyler Reddick soared to the fastest lap in opening NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice Thursday afternoon at Kansas Speedway.

Reddick powered the Brad Keselowski Racing No. 29 Ford to a best lap of 176.137 mph on the 1.5-mile track. He was just .028 seconds faster than defending race winner Matt Crafton, a two-time series champ, who posted the second-fastest lap at 175.976 mph in the ThorSport Racing No. 88 Toyota.

Matt Tifft (175.541 mph), John Wes Townley (175.473 mph) and Ben Rhodes (175.444 mph) completed the top five in the opening 55-minute prep session for Friday’s Toyota Tundra 250 (8:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM), the series’ fourth race of the season.

Series points leader John Hunter Nemechek was 17th-fastest in the NEMCO Motorsports No. 8 Chevrolet. Sprint Cup regular Clint Bowyer, making his first start in the series since 2014, was clocked 16th-fastest in the GMS Racing No. 24 Chevrolet.