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NASCAR Cup Pocono II

Joey Logano tops Harvick in final practice at Pocono

Joey Logano led three Fords in the top-five of Saturday’s final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Pocono.

Jim Utter

Edited: Jul 28, 2018, 5:12 PM

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Going out later in the 50-minute session, Logano posted an average lap speed of 176.370 mph, just edging last week’s race winner, Kevin Harvick (176.336 mph), who was fastest in Saturday’s first practice. Martin Truex Jr. was third (175.404 mph).

Harvick’s Stewart-Haas Racing teammate, Aric Almirola, was fourth and Jimmie Johnson completed the top-five and was the top Chevrolet driver.

Completed the Top 10 were Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch – putting all four SHR drivers in the top seven – Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott.

With just over a minute remaining in the session, Larson spun off Turn 1 and made some contact with the inside wall with the left-front of his No. 42 Chevrolet.

His Chip Ganassi Racing team was planning to repair the damage.

Harvick was fastest among those drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps with an average speed of 172.505 mph.

Cla#DriverManufacturerLapsTimeGapIntervalMph 1 22 united_states Joey Logano Ford 18 51.029 176.370 2 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 26 51.039 0.010 0.010 176.336 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 13 51.310 0.281 0.271 175.404 4 10 Aric Almirola Ford 16 51.372 0.343 0.062 175.193 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 13 51.504 0.475 0.132 174.744 6 14 united_states Clint Bowyer Ford 15 51.520 0.491 0.016 174.689 7 41 Kurt Busch Ford 17 51.550 0.521 0.030 174.588 8 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 20 51.557 0.528 0.007 174.564 9 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 17 51.622 0.593 0.065 174.344 10 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 20 51.634 0.605 0.012 174.304 11 95 united_states Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 12 51.679 0.650 0.045 174.152 12 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 18 51.726 0.697 0.047 173.994 13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 22 51.795 0.766 0.069 173.762 14 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 19 51.806 0.777 0.011 173.725 15 20 Erik Jones Toyota 23 51.915 0.886 0.109 173.360 16 11 united_states Denny Hamlin Toyota 24 51.924 0.895 0.009 173.330 17 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 14 51.953 0.924 0.029 173.233 18 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 15 51.993 0.964 0.040 173.100 19 6 Matt Kenseth Ford 14 51.996 0.967 0.003 173.090 20 19 mexico Daniel Suarez Toyota 19 52.097 1.068 0.101 172.755 21 34 united_states Michael McDowell Ford 15 52.103 1.074 0.006 172.735 22 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 17 52.226 1.197 0.123 172.328 23 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 9 52.265 1.236 0.039 172.199 24 24 William Byron Chevrolet 22 52.365 1.336 0.100 171.871 25 38 David Ragan Ford 13 52.417 1.388 0.052 171.700 26 21 united_states Paul Menard Ford 14 52.435 1.406 0.018 171.641 27 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 13 52.672 1.643 0.237 170.869 28 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 12 52.677 1.648 0.005 170.853 29 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 19 52.721 1.692 0.044 170.710 30 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 18 53.131 2.102 0.410 169.393 31 32 united_states Matt DiBenedetto Ford 11 53.294 2.265 0.163 168.875 32 72 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 11 53.720 2.691 0.426 167.535 33 96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 10 53.769 2.740 0.049 167.383 34 23 J.J. Yeley Toyota 8 54.119 3.090 0.350 166.300 35 99 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 9 54.433 3.404 0.314 165.341 36 7 united_states Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 2 54.466 3.437 0.033 165.241 37 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 6 54.709 3.680 0.243 164.507 38 51 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 9 55.667 4.638 0.958 161.676 39 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 6 55.991 4.962 0.324 160.740

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