RELATED: Practice 3 results| 10-lap averages
Martin Truex topped the leaderboard in Saturday’s final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Homestead-Miami Speedway at 174.289 mph in the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota.
Carl Edwards was right off his pace, leading the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup contingent at 174.031 mph, good for second overall on the leaderboard.
Edwards’ Chase competitors were a little off the pace in the session, seeing Joey Logano place eighth at 171.832 mph, Jimmie Johnson 10th at 171.587 mph and Edwards’ Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch 14th at 170.924 mph.
Early in the session, Johnson ran over a bit of debris to bring out the caution. His No. 48 Chevrolet wasn’t severely impacted.
Rounding out the top five were Ryan Newman in the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, AJ Allmendinger in the No. 47 JTG-Daugherty Racing Chevrolet and Chase Elliott in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
All that’s left now is the race. Tune in Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC/NBC Sports App (MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) to watch the Ford EcoBoost 400 unfold, and a champion crowned.
PRACTICE 2 | Results
Jimmie Johnson led the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice on Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, driving a fast lap of 174.345 mph in the No. 48 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson found speed early in the second-to-last session before Sunday’s Championship 4 race, the Ford EcoBoost 400 (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Johnson will compete against three other drivers to try to win a record-tying seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title. Of those drivers, Carl Edwards was the quickest in Saturday’s practice, wheeling his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to third place at 172.949 mph.
Joey Logano and Kyle Busch, the other Championship 4 contestants, were sixth and 28th, respectively, in the 55-minute session on the 1.5-mile track in South Florida. Busch ran 22 laps, which was fewest among the remaining Chase drivers.
Rounding out the top five were Chase Elliott in second in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, Trevor Bayne in fourth place in the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford and Ryan Blaney in fifth place in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford.