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NASCAR Cup Homestead
Joey Logano leads Saturday's first Cup practice at Homestead
Team Penske's Joey Logano led the way in Saturday's first of two practice sessions, topping the charts at 169.609mph.
Nick DeGroot
Edited: Nov 17, 2018, 5:38 PM
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Logano set the fast time early in the second practice of the weekend and remained there as teams focused on longer runs.
Aric Almirola was second, pole-sitter Denny Hamlin third, Ryan Newman fourth and Erik Jones fifth. Hamlin also ran the most laps at 46 total.
As for the other title contenders, Martin Truex Jr. was ninth, Kyle Busch 23rd and Kevin Harvick 28th.
Logano also led the speed charts in best ten-lap averages at 163.995mph ahead of Jones and Hamlin. Truex ranked fifth, Busch ninth and Harvick 13th.
The session also went incident-free.
Cla # Driver 4506 Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 22 
Joey Logano Ford 40 31.838 169.609 2 10 
Aric Almirola Ford 39 31.916 0.078 0.078 169.194 3 11 
Denny Hamlin Toyota 46 32.049 0.211 0.133 168.492 4 31 
Ryan Newman Chevrolet 34 32.143 0.305 0.094 167.999 5 20 
Erik Jones Toyota 31 32.256 0.418 0.113 167.411 6 21 Paul Menard Ford 28 32.290 0.452 0.034 167.234 7 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 38 32.347 0.509 0.057 166.940 8 19 
Daniel Suarez Toyota 42 32.389 0.551 0.042 166.723 9 78 
Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 43 32.390 0.552 0.001 166.718 10 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 43 32.397 0.559 0.007 166.682 11 34 
Michael McDowell Ford 24 32.410 0.572 0.013 166.615 12 38 David Ragan Ford 23 32.436 0.598 0.026 166.482 13 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 44 32.496 0.658 0.060 166.174 14 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 26 32.524 0.686 0.028 166.031 15 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 43 32.535 0.697 0.011 165.975 16 2 
Brad Keselowski Ford 38 32.590 0.752 0.055 165.695 17 6 Matt Kenseth Ford 31 32.615 0.777 0.025 165.568 18 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 44 32.690 0.852 0.075 165.188 19 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 41 32.746 0.908 0.056 164.906 20 24 William Byron Chevrolet 40 32.752 0.914 0.006 164.875 21 95 Regan Smith Chevrolet 34 32.754 0.916 0.002 164.865 22 42 
Kyle Larson Chevrolet 41 32.825 0.987 0.071 164.509 23 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 41 32.829 0.991 0.004 164.489 24 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 31 32.878 1.040 0.049 164.244 25 41 Kurt Busch Ford 41 32.882 1.044 0.004 164.224 26 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 22 32.889 1.051 0.007 164.189 27 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 25 32.968 1.130 0.079 163.795 28 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 33 33.017 1.179 0.049 163.552 29 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 17 33.255 1.417 0.238 162.382 30 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 31 33.385 1.547 0.130 161.749 31 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 28 33.444 1.606 0.059 161.464 32 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 24 33.972 2.134 0.528 158.954 33 72 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 14 34.025 2.187 0.053 158.707 34 23 J.J. Yeley Ford 25 34.065 2.227 0.040 158.520 35 97 Tanner Berryhill Toyota 15 34.098 2.260 0.033 158.367 36 99 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 20 34.278 2.440 0.180 157.535 37 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 19 34.342 2.504 0.064 157.242 38 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 17 35.193 3.355 0.851 153.440
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