Larson tops second practice at NHMS over Blaney and Truex

Larson completed 31 laps in the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevy with a fast lap of 132.586mph.

“I thought our car in race trim was really good,” said Larson, who rolls off second on Sunday in the ISM Connect 300. “We unloaded exactly how we race. We know we will be in the ballpark we just have to fine tune it a little bit, probably.”

Ryan Blaney, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, Daniel Suarez, Erik Jones, polesitter Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top 10. Jimmie Johnson ran 11th followed by Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer and Joey Logano.

Kahne led the second practice session in the first five minutes with a speed of 130.986mph. Erik Jones (132.008mph) topped the chart at the seven-minute mark after his first run. Ryan Blaney followed to second (131.925mph).

After the first 10 minutes, Jones held tight in first followed by Blaney, Kenseth (131.902mph), Johnson (131.760mph), Larson, Truex, Harvick, Boywer Kurt Busch and Jamie McMurray. Eleven minutes in, Larson bumped Jones with a lap of 132.186mph. Keselowski joined the top 10 by the 12-minute mark. His lap of 131.697mph was fast enough for eighth — the same speed as Harvick.

Larson, Jones, Kyle Busch (131.961mph), Blaney, Kenseth, Johnson, Truex, Keselowski, Harvick and Clint Bowyer completed the top 10 after the first 15-minutes. Joey Logano (131.519mph) was 11th, followed by Kurt Busch, McMurray, Hamlin, Ryan Newman, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kahne and Suarez.

Suarez climbed up to 3rd at the 20-minute mark, then bumped Jones for second on his 16th lap (132.044mph). Kyle Busch, Blaney, Kenseth, Johnson, Truex, Keselowski and Harvick rounded out the top 10. Just before the 24-minute mark, Kenseth vaulted to second-quick on his ninth lap (132.163mph).

Blaney bumped Larson for P1 with a lap of 132. 517mph on his 13th lap with Truex in tow (132.462mph) as 25-minutes expired in second practice. Larson regained the top spot on his 11th lap (132. 586mph) followed by Blaney, Truex, Kenseth, Hamlin, Suarez, Jones, Kyle Busch, Johnson and Keselowski.

Thirty minutes in, Larson remained P1 followed by Blaney — and six Toyotas — Truex, Kenseth, Hamlin, Suarez, Jones and Kyle Busch. Johnson ran ninth followed by Keselowski, Harvick, Bowyer, Joey Logano, McMurray, Kurt Busch, Kahne, Elliott, Newman, Earnhardt and AJ Allmendinger.

With 15-minutes remaining in the 55-minute session, Larson’s lap was still fastest and he had completed 24 laps. The only change in the top 10 was Kahne bumping Johnson for ninth (131.815mph). Austin Dillon and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were the only drivers outside of the top 20 single laps speeds. Dillon’s best lap was 130.927mph (22nd). Stenhouse followed with a lap of 130.546mph (23rd).

In the final 10 minutes, McMurray moved up to 10th (131.770mph), Johnson dropped to 11th followed by Keselowski, Harvick, Bowyer and Logano. Kurt Busch, Elliott, Newman, Earnhardt and Allmendinger completed to the top 20 single-lap speeds.

Not surprisingly, Logano led the most laps (56) in the second — and his final practice session. He was 15th quick with a lap of 131.519mph. Logano didn’t clear inspection in time to qualify on Friday and will forfeit all 50-minutes of Happy Hour practice after failing inspection four times.

Truex led the Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average category with a speed of 131.396mph followed by Johnson, Blaney, Kyle Busch, McMurray, Harvick, Logano, Suarez, Kenseth, Earnhardt, Elliott, Kurt Busch, Bowyer, Baney and Newman.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	31	28.727			132.586
2	21	Ryan Blaney	Ford	28	28.742	0.015	0.015	132.517
3	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	32	28.745	0.018	0.003	132.503
4	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	34	28.819	0.092	0.074	132.163
5	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	32	28.839	0.112	0.020	132.071
6	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	42	28.845	0.118	0.006	132.044
7	77	Erik Jones	Toyota	31	28.853	0.126	0.008	132.007
8	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	25	28.863	0.136	0.010	131.961
9	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	40	28.895	0.168	0.032	131.815
10	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	41	28.905	0.178	0.010	131.770
11	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	45	28.907	0.180	0.002	131.760
12	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	20	28.921	0.194	0.014	131.697
13	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	24	28.921	0.194	0.000	131.697
14	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	30	28.945	0.218	0.024	131.587
15	22	Joey Logano	Ford	56	28.960	0.233	0.015	131.519
16	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	46	28.961	0.234	0.001	131.515
17	24	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	44	28.986	0.259	0.025	131.401
18	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	33	29.020	0.293	0.034	131.247
19	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	39	29.043	0.316	0.023	131.143
20	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	30	29.051	0.324	0.008	131.107
21	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	31	29.087	0.360	0.036	130.945
22	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	44	29.091	0.364	0.004	130.927
23	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	29	29.176	0.449	0.085	130.546
24	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	21	29.191	0.464	0.015	130.479
25	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	28	29.213	0.486	0.022	130.380
26	10	Danica Patrick	Ford	33	29.216	0.489	0.003	130.367
27	34	Landon Cassill	Ford	29	29.244	0.517	0.028	130.242
28	38	David Ragan	Ford	44	29.255	0.528	0.011	130.193
29	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	34	29.325	0.598	0.070	129.882
30	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	30	29.391	0.664	0.066	129.591
31	15	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	27	29.441	0.714	0.050	129.371
32	23	Corey Lajoie	Toyota	28	29.448	0.721	0.007	129.340
33	95	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	25	29.500	0.773	0.052	129.112
34	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	47	29.523	0.796	0.023	129.011
35	72	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	23	29.604	0.877	0.081	128.658
36	83	Brett Moffitt	Toyota	22	29.702	0.975	0.098	128.234
37	33	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	25	29.977	1.250	0.275	127.057
38	55	Gray Gaulding	Toyota	18	30.024	1.297	0.047	126.859
39	51	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	11	30.945	2.218	0.921	123.083