Ryan Newman turned the fastest lap of the morning session on Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Newman drove the No. 31 Quicken Loans Chevrolet to a lap of 15.099 finishing ahead of Kevin Harvick and Friday’s fastest in practice Kurt Busch. Matt Kenseht and Paul Menard rounded out the top five. Denny Hamlin who won the pole for Sunday’s race at the 0.533 mile track turned in the sixth fastest lap.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice speeds from Session No. 2
| Rank | No | Driver | BestLapTime | BestSpeed | BestLap | Laps |
| 1 | 31 | Ryan Newman | 15.099 | 127.081 | 4 | 58 |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 15.125 | 126.863 | 3 | 66 |
| 3 | 41 | Kurt Busch | 15.146 | 126.687 | 6 | 51 |
| 4 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | 15.148 | 126.67 | 21 | 43 |
| 5 | 27 | P. Menard / M. Crafton | 15.163 | 126.545 | 3 | 50 |
| 6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 15.207 | 126.179 | 3 | 41 |
| 7 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 15.216 | 126.104 | 1 | 44 |
| 8 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | 15.221 | 126.063 | 33 | 46 |
| 9 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 15.224 | 126.038 | 6 | 41 |
| 10 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 15.23 | 125.988 | 5 | 46 |
| 11 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 15.234 | 125.955 | 30 | 55 |
| 12 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 15.256 | 125.773 | 12 | 38 |
| 13 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 15.258 | 125.757 | 2 | 60 |
| 14 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 15.26 | 125.74 | 4 | 43 |
| 15 | 22 | Joey Logano | 15.288 | 125.51 | 17 | 60 |
| 16 | 13 | Casey Mears | 15.29 | 125.494 | 9 | 43 |
| 17 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 15.298 | 125.428 | 3 | 38 |
| 18 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 15.312 | 125.313 | 2 | 37 |
| 19 | 38 | David Gilliland | 15.332 | 125.15 | 5 | 38 |
| 20 | 34 | David Ragan | 15.333 | 125.142 | 4 | 40 |
| 21 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 15.336 | 125.117 | 4 | 67 |
| 22 | 55 | Brian Vickers | 15.338 | 125.101 | 5 | 54 |
| 23 | 51 | Justin Allgaier # | 15.34 | 125.085 | 36 | 48 |
| 24 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | 15.349 | 125.011 | 3 | 48 |
| 25 | 43 | Aric Almirola | 15.356 | 124.954 | 2 | 56 |
| 26 | 10 | Danica Patrick | 15.37 | 124.841 | 9 | 47 |
| 27 | 3 | Austin Dillon # | 15.393 | 124.654 | 2 | 50 |
| 28 | 42 | Kyle Larson # | 15.394 | 124.646 | 2 | 57 |
| 29 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 15.41 | 124.517 | 4 | 59 |
| 30 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 15.42 | 124.436 | 7 | 54 |
| 31 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 15.438 | 124.291 | 8 | 34 |
| 32 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | 15.44 | 124.275 | 4 | 43 |
| 33 | 7 | Michael Annett # | 15.453 | 124.17 | 7 | 47 |
| 34 | 23 | Alex Bowman # | 15.504 | 123.762 | 34 | 63 |
| 35 | 40 | Landon Cassill(i) | 15.516 | 123.666 | 4 | 29 |
| 36 | 26 | Cole Whitt # | 15.516 | 123.666 | 6 | 34 |
| 37 | 95 | Michael McDowell | 15.538 | 123.491 | 3 | 46 |
| 38 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | 15.541 | 123.467 | 5 | 33 |
| 39 | 98 | Josh Wise | 15.594 | 123.047 | 4 | 23 |
| 40 | 30 | Parker Kligerman # | 15.608 | 122.937 | 4 | 36 |
| 41 | 83 | Ryan Truex # | 15.63 | 122.764 | 11 | 47 |
| 42 | 66 | Joe Nemechek(i) | 15.83 | 121.213 | 5 | 28 |
| 43 | 33 | Timmy Hill | 15.97 | 120.15 | 19 | 39 |
