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NASCAR Cup Martinsville II

Keselowski tops final Cup practice at Martinsville

Brad Keselowski, who won the spring race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway this season, ended up fastest in Saturday’s final practice.

Jim Utter

Edited: Oct 26, 2019, 9:40 PM

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Brad Keselowski, Team Penske, Ford Mustang Alliance Truck Parts

Keselowski ended up eliminated from the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs last weekend at Kansas but his average lap speed of 96.283 mph has him poised at the chance to sweep both races at the 1-mile track this season.

Penske teammate Ryan Blaney ended up second (95.762 mph) and Kurt Busch was third (95.704 mph). Daniel Hemric was fourth and Ryan Preece completed the top-five.

Rounding out the top-10 in single-lap speeds were Chase Elliott, who blew an engine in Saturday’s first practice, William Byron, Erik Jones, Clint Bowyer and Michael McDowell.

Elliott’s laps were his first in his No. 9 Chevrolet since his team replaced the engine after just five laps in the first practice.

Truck Series driver Matt Crafton continued to practice in Front Row Motorsports’ No. 36 Ford in place of Matt Tifft, who was transported to a local hospital earlier in the day with a “serious medical issue.”

Crafton is expected to remain in the car for Saturday’s qualifying and perhaps the remainder of the weekend.

Bowyer had the fastest average lap speed (94.488 mph) among those drivers who completed at least 10 consecutive laps. Aric Almirola and Jones were second and third, respectively, in that category.

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Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 2 United States Brad Keselowski Ford 67 19.667 96.283 2 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 88 19.774 00.107 00.107 95.762 3 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 76 19.786 00.119 00.012 95.704 4 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 57 19.809 00.142 00.023 95.593 5 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 72 19.833 00.166 00.024 95.477 6 9 United States Chase Elliott Chevrolet 58 19.835 00.168 00.002 95.468 7 24 William Byron Chevrolet 66 19.925 00.258 00.090 95.036 8 20 Erik Jones Toyota 61 19.966 00.299 00.041 94.841 9 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 71 19.968 00.301 00.002 94.832 10 34 Michael McDowell Ford 50 19.996 00.329 00.028 94.699 11 13 United States Ty Dillon Chevrolet 39 20.005 00.338 00.009 94.656 12 10 Aric Almirola Ford 88 20.014 00.347 00.009 94.614 13 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 45 20.024 00.357 00.010 94.567 14 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 31 20.034 00.367 00.010 94.519 15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 73 20.036 00.369 00.002 94.510 16 11 United States Denny Hamlin Toyota 57 20.040 00.373 00.004 94.491 17 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 66 20.042 00.375 00.002 94.482 18 22 Joey Logano Ford 83 20.046 00.379 00.004 94.463 19 41 Mexico Daniel Suarez Ford 84 20.048 00.381 00.002 94.453 20 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 72 20.057 00.390 00.009 94.411 21 42 United States Kyle Larson Chevrolet 95 20.063 00.396 00.006 94.383 22 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 69 20.127 00.460 00.064 94.083 23 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 50 20.156 00.489 00.029 93.947 24 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 64 20.165 00.498 00.009 93.905 25 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 70 20.166 00.499 00.001 93.901 26 37 United States Chris Buescher Chevrolet 75 20.176 00.509 00.010 93.854 27 6 Ryan Newman Ford 47 20.190 00.523 00.014 93.789 28 21 Paul Menard Ford 41 20.241 00.574 00.051 93.553 29 38 David Ragan Ford 52 20.246 00.579 00.005 93.530 30 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 46 20.247 00.580 00.001 93.525 31 36 United States Matt Crafton Ford 48 20.494 00.827 00.247 92.398 32 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 52 20.832 01.165 00.338 90.899 33 51 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 10 21.043 01.376 00.211 89.987 34 53 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 40 21.088 01.421 00.045 89.795 35 52 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 31 21.340 01.673 00.252 88.735

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