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Kevin Harvick leads second Cup practice at Fontana

Kevin Harvick continues to be the man to beat at Auto Club Speedway

Nick DeGroot

Edited: Mar 17, 2018, 5:39 PM

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Other than the final round of qualifying Friday at Fontana, Harvick has led every session this weekend as he pursues a fourth consecutive victory.

After a slight delay due to track drying, the second practice got underway Saturday morning with A.J. Allmendinger quickly jumping to the top of the charts. But on his very first lap, Harvick bested the No. 47 with a 184.068mph lap. He later bettered himself, putting up a 186.075mph lap.

Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kurt Busch ended up second, followed by Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney.

Brad Keselowski, Allmendinger, Joey Logano, Alex Bowman and Clint Bowyer rounded out the top ten.

Along with running the most laps at 31, Harvick also led the best five, ten and 15 consecutive lap averages.

The No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Toyota of Timmy Hill was the only driver to serve a practice hold, forced to sit out the final 15 minutes due to being late to pre-qualifying inspection.

The 40-minute practice went without incident.

Cla#DriverManufacturerLapsTimeGapIntervalMph 1 4 united_states Kevin Harvick Ford 31 38.694 186.075 2 41 Kurt Busch Ford 24 39.039 0.345 0.345 184.431 3 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 22 39.126 0.432 0.087 184.021 4 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 29 39.150 0.456 0.024 183.908 5 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 19 39.160 0.466 0.010 183.861 6 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 24 39.220 0.526 0.060 183.580 7 47 united_states A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 16 39.236 0.542 0.016 183.505 8 22 Joey Logano Ford 20 39.242 0.548 0.006 183.477 9 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 21 39.314 0.620 0.072 183.141 10 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 25 39.316 0.622 0.002 183.132 11 10 Aric Almirola Ford 19 39.319 0.625 0.003 183.118 12 20 united_states Erik Jones Toyota 30 39.332 0.638 0.013 183.057 13 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 17 39.336 0.642 0.004 183.038 14 95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 17 39.379 0.685 0.043 182.839 15 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 17 39.392 0.698 0.013 182.778 16 19 mexico Daniel Suarez Toyota 17 39.396 0.702 0.004 182.760 17 78 united_states Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 16 39.397 0.703 0.001 182.755 18 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 31 39.399 0.705 0.002 182.746 19 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 21 39.430 0.736 0.031 182.602 20 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 18 39.453 0.759 0.023 182.496 21 24 William Byron Chevrolet 18 39.532 0.838 0.079 182.131 22 18 united_states Kyle Busch Toyota 20 39.578 0.884 0.046 181.919 23 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 22 39.590 0.896 0.012 181.864 24 21 Paul Menard Ford 26 39.591 0.897 0.001 181.860 25 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 26 39.596 0.902 0.005 181.837 26 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 19 39.626 0.932 0.030 181.699 27 17 united_states Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 14 39.681 0.987 0.055 181.447 28 34 Michael McDowell Ford 21 39.763 1.069 0.082 181.073 29 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 17 39.808 1.114 0.045 180.868 30 38 David Ragan Ford 15 39.870 1.176 0.062 180.587 31 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 14 39.885 1.191 0.015 180.519 32 72 united_states Cole Whitt Chevrolet 11 40.461 1.767 0.576 177.949 33 00 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 12 40.952 2.258 0.491 175.816 34 23 Gray Gaulding Toyota 12 41.126 2.432 0.174 175.072 35 51 Timmy Hill Chevrolet 8 41.891 3.197 0.765 171.875

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