Practice report
NASCAR Cup Homestead
Hamlin leads Earnhardt in second practice, Truex scrapes the wall
Denny Hamlin posted the fastest single-lap speed in second practice at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Lee Spencer
Edited: Nov 19, 2017, 2:54 PM
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The polesitter for the Ford EcoBoost 400 set the quick pace early in practice with a lap of 171.130mph (31.555-seconds) followed by Earnhardt Jr. (31.638), Truex (31.761), Kurt Busch (31.850), Kahne (31.958), Newman (32.020), Logano (32.048), Bayne (32.084), Blaney (32.095) and Suarez (32.162).
“I’m tight overall,” said Hamlin after 20 laps. “Definitely tighter than I was yesterday.” Hamlin also topped the charts in the ten lap averages (165.576mph). Truex was second, Brad Keselowski third, Kyle Busch fourth, Kyle Larson fifth and Kevin Harvick sixth.
Jamie McMurray hit the wall in Turn 3 in the first 10 minutes. Chase Elliott also tagged the wall after 11 laps. Keselowski bumped Suarez out of the top 10 with a lap of 167.900mph (32.162).
After the first 20 minutes of second practice, the top 10 remained the same. Suarez, McMurray, Michael McDowell, Aric Almirola, Paul Menard, Kyle Busch (167.188mph), Kevin Harvick (167.017mph), David Ragan, Matt DiBenedetto and Clint Bowyer Harvick’s 23 laps were the most completed.
NASCAR warned the spotters not to let their drivers speed down pit road. Several drivers were directed to complete pass-thru penalties during the 55-minute session. The No. 42 Ganassi Racing team called it a day half-way through.
Kahne’s 30 laps were the most completed with 20 minutes remaining. Truex tagged the Turn 2 wall and received slight damage to the right side of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota.
With just under 15 minutes to go, Harvick radioed to his crew the car was “absolutely terrible.”
Daniel Hemric jumped in the No. 13 Germain Racing Chevy for Ty Dillon, who is on baby watch.
Austin Dillon ran the most laps at 49.
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Cla#DriverManufacturerLapsTimeGapIntervalMph 1 11 
Denny Hamlin Toyota 41 31.555 171.130 2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 32 31.638 0.083 0.083 170.681 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 24 31.761 0.206 0.123 170.020 4 41 Kurt Busch Ford 36 31.850 0.295 0.089 169.545 5 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 32 31.958 0.403 0.108 168.972 6 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 35 32.020 0.465 0.062 168.645 7 22 Joey Logano Ford 34 32.048 0.493 0.028 168.497 8 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 31 32.084 0.529 0.036 168.308 9 21 Ryan Blaney Ford 36 32.095 0.540 0.011 168.251 10 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 31 32.162 0.607 0.067 167.900 11 19 
Daniel Suarez Toyota 40 32.162 0.607 0.000 167.900 12 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 28 32.163 0.608 0.001 167.895 13 95 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 45 32.192 0.637 0.029 167.744 14 43 Aric Almirola Ford 31 32.205 0.650 0.013 167.676 15 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 36 32.271 0.716 0.066 167.333 16 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 43 32.299 0.744 0.028 167.188 17 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 33 32.332 0.777 0.033 167.017 18 38 David Ragan Ford 35 32.351 0.796 0.019 166.919 19 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 30 32.400 0.845 0.049 166.667 20 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 21 32.405 0.850 0.005 166.641 21 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 39 32.408 0.853 0.003 166.626 22 77 Erik Jones Toyota 24 32.409 0.854 0.001 166.620 23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 39 32.414 0.859 0.005 166.595 24 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 20 32.441 0.886 0.027 166.456 25 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 49 32.508 0.953 0.067 166.113 26 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 21 32.517 0.962 0.009 166.067 27 24 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 27 32.524 0.969 0.007 166.031 28 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 31 32.579 1.024 0.055 165.751 29 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 25 32.815 1.260 0.236 164.559 30 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 41 32.854 1.299 0.039 164.364 31 10 Danica Patrick Ford 26 33.064 1.509 0.210 163.320 32 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 35 33.130 1.575 0.066 162.994 33 34 Landon Cassill Ford 28 33.311 1.756 0.181 162.109 34 23 Corey Lajoie Toyota 10 33.404 1.849 0.093 161.657 35 15 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 23 33.485 1.930 0.081 161.266 36 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 5 34.268 2.713 0.783 157.581 37 51 Ray Black Jr. Chevrolet 16 34.348 2.793 0.080 157.214 38 83 Joey Gase 18 34.418 2.863 0.070 156.895
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