Kyle Larson tops final practice at Dover

After posting the top speed on Friday in first practice, he had the fastest car in Happy Hour with a single-lap speed of 157.411mph. Larson’s fifth-place qualifying effort also led the Bow-tie brigade on Friday at the Monster Mile.

“We were really good in practice and I didn’t feel very good that first run, but we still weren’t really fast and my front-end was just working way too good,” Larson said. “Landing in the corner it was kind of getting me upset and the final round it got better, but our exit was too tight.

“I made a couple of mistakes the last couple of weeks,” Larson said. “Gotta clean that up and get back to Victory Lane.”

The first caution occurred six minutes into the session when Cole Whitt’s car stalled at the end of pit road. Jimmie Johnson was atop the leader board with a speed of 157.301mph followed by Kyle Busch (157.246mph), Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch — all with a lap of 157.143mph. Daniel Suarez (157.116mph), Martin Truex Jr. (157.061mph), Jamie McMurray (156.781mph), Chase Elliott (156.753mph) and Clint Bowyer (156.706mph) rounded out the top 10.

After the track returned to green, Kyle Larson shot up to the top of the chart with a lap of 157.411mph. Truex moved up to fourth with a lap of 157.143mph.

Midway through the 55-minute session, Larson remained at the top of the speed chart followed by Johnson, Kyle Busch, Truex, Kenseth, Harvick, Kurt Busch, Daniel Suarez, McMurray and Elliott.

The top-10 single lap speeds had not changed with 10 minutes remaining. Blaney, 15th-quick with a lap of 156.230mph, reported that the No. 21 Motorcraft Ford was tight in traffic.

Larson’s 60 laps completed were the most among the Monster Energy Cup Series drivers.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	60	22.870			157.411
2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	48	22.886	0.016	0.016	157.301
3	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	38	22.894	0.024	0.008	157.246
4	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	36	22.909	0.039	0.015	157.143
5	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	49	22.909	0.039	0.000	157.143
6	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	48	22.909	0.039	0.000	157.143
7	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	53	22.909	0.039	0.000	157.143
8	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	42	22.913	0.043	0.004	157.116
9	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	54	22.962	0.092	0.049	156.781
10	24	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	46	22.966	0.096	0.004	156.753
11	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	31	22.973	0.103	0.007	156.706
12	77	Erik Jones	Toyota	33	22.993	0.123	0.020	156.569
13	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	41	23.010	0.140	0.017	156.454
14	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	52	23.020	0.150	0.010	156.386
15	21	Ryan Blaney	Ford	47	23.043	0.173	0.023	156.230
16	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	42	23.056	0.186	0.013	156.142
17	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	47	23.058	0.188	0.002	156.128
18	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	42	23.077	0.207	0.019	155.999
19	22	Joey Logano	Ford	49	23.087	0.217	0.010	155.932
20	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	40	23.099	0.229	0.012	155.851
21	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	29	23.100	0.230	0.001	155.844
22	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	44	23.107	0.237	0.007	155.797
23	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	56	23.110	0.240	0.003	155.777
24	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	40	23.134	0.264	0.024	155.615
25	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	37	23.159	0.289	0.025	155.447
26	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	25	23.165	0.295	0.006	155.407
27	43	Regan Smith	Ford	42	23.255	0.385	0.090	154.805
28	10	Danica Patrick	Ford	44	23.335	0.465	0.080	154.275
29	95	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	36	23.340	0.470	0.005	154.242
30	34	Landon Cassill	Ford	43	23.450	0.580	0.110	153.518
31	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	38	23.457	0.587	0.007	153.472
32	38	David Ragan	Ford	44	23.500	0.630	0.043	153.191
33	23	Gray Gaulding	Toyota	22	23.682	0.812	0.182	152.014
34	83	Ryan Sieg	Toyota	24	23.723	0.853	0.041	151.751
35	15	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	27	23.745	0.875	0.022	151.611
36	72	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	16	23.833	0.963	0.088	151.051
37	33	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	30	24.084	1.214	0.251	149.477
38	66	Timmy Hill	Chevrolet	9	24.286	1.416	0.202	148.234