Final Practice | Results
Denny Hamlin lunged to the top of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series leaderboard in Saturday's final practice at Dover International Speedway.
Hamlin powered the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 Toyota to a best lap of 157.329 mph on the 1-mile concrete oval. He'll start sixth in Sunday's AAA 400 Drive for Autism (1 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), lining up according to first practice speeds after Friday's Coors Light Pole Qualifying session was rained out.
Kevin Harvick, Sunday's pole-starter and the most recent winner at the Monster Mile, was second-fastest at 156.447 mph in the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Chevy.
Defending Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch notched the third-best lap at 156.365 mph in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota. His brother, Kurt Busch, and rookie Chase Elliott completed the top five in the 55-minute session.
Jimmie Johnson, a 10-time Dover winner, was 13th-fastest in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 Chevrolet.
Harvick was also fastest in the category of 10 consecutive lap average, posting a speed of 154.471 mph over a 10-mile run. Martin Truex Jr., Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Elliott rounded out the top five average speeds among the drivers running 10 straight laps.
Sunday's 400-miler will be the 12th of 36 points-paying races this year for the Sprint Cup Series.
Practice 2 | Results
Kyle Busch topped the leaderboard in Saturday's opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Dover International Speedway at 157.839 mph in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Right behind the 2015 Sprint Cup Series champion was JGR teammate Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 Toyota at 157.356 mph.
Rounding out the top five on the leaderboard were Carl Edwards in the No. 19 JGR Toyota (157.006 mph), Ryan Newman in the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (156.760 mph) and Kurt Busch in the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet (156.590 mph).
Series points leader Kevin Harvick, who was fastest in Friday's practice, was 10th-quickest during the session with a speed of 156.413 mph in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet.