Brad Keselowski tops two playoffs drivers in Saturday's first practice

Keselowski, who was eliminated from further playoff contention following last weekend’s race at Kansas, topped the first practice session with an average lap speed of 95.714 mph.

Keselowski has one series win at Martinsville, coming in 2017. He has finished 10^th or higher at the track in six of his last seven races at the short track.

Kurt Busch was second (95.646 mph) and Kyle Busch was third (95.593 mph). Ryan Blaney and Aric Almirola completed the top-five.

Rounding out the Top 10 were Martin Truex Jr., Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones and A.J. Allmendinger.

About 34 minutes into the session, a caution was displayed after Almirola’s No. 10 Ford slowed on the track. He appeared to have broken a tire rod or suffered a mechanical failure with his right-front wheel.

The track soon returned to green-flag conditions.

Three drivers – Jamie McMurray, Jeb Burton and Alex Bowman – sat out the final 15 minutes of the session after their respective cars failed pre-race inspection last weekend at Kansas.

Cla	#	Driver	4506	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	33	19.784			95.714
2	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	24	19.798	0.014	0.014	95.646
3	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	37	19.809	0.025	0.011	95.593
4	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	20	19.858	0.074	0.049	95.357
5	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	36	19.874	0.090	0.016	95.280
6	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	36	19.879	0.095	0.005	95.256
7	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	39	19.904	0.120	0.025	95.137
8	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	38	19.906	0.122	0.002	95.127
9	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	33	19.937	0.153	0.031	94.979
10	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	36	19.986	0.202	0.049	94.746
11	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	45	19.998	0.214	0.012	94.689
12	21	Paul Menard	Ford	37	19.999	0.215	0.001	94.685
13	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	38	20.004	0.220	0.005	94.661
14	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	29	20.013	0.229	0.009	94.618
15	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	45	20.017	0.233	0.004	94.600
16	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	53	20.019	0.235	0.002	94.590
17	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	48	20.027	0.243	0.008	94.552
18	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	31	20.028	0.244	0.001	94.548
19	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	15	20.032	0.248	0.004	94.529
20	22	Joey Logano	Ford	53	20.035	0.251	0.003	94.515
21	6	Matt Kenseth	Ford	31	20.036	0.252	0.001	94.510
22	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	45	20.059	0.275	0.023	94.402
23	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	46	20.063	0.279	0.004	94.383
24	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	34	20.086	0.302	0.023	94.275
25	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	53	20.123	0.339	0.037	94.101
26	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	42	20.133	0.349	0.010	94.055
27	38	David Ragan	Ford	29	20.149	0.365	0.016	93.980
28	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	28	20.174	0.390	0.025	93.863
29	72	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	15	20.177	0.393	0.003	93.849
30	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	38	20.179	0.395	0.002	93.840
31	95	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	34	20.183	0.399	0.004	93.822
32	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	30	20.224	0.440	0.041	93.631
33	23	J.J. Yeley	Toyota	28	20.462	0.678	0.238	92.542
34	15	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	28	20.464	0.680	0.002	92.533
35	96	D.J. Kennington	Toyota	23	20.515	0.731	0.051	92.303
36	7	Hermie Sadler	Chevrolet	19	20.780	0.996	0.265	91.126
37	00	Joey Gase	Chevrolet	39	20.905	1.121	0.125	90.581
38	51	Jeb Burton	Ford	20	21.014	1.230	0.109	90.111
39	66	Timmy Hill	Toyota	16	21.053	1.269	0.039	89.944

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