Brian Vickers was the fastest of 43 cars in opening practice on Friday. The driver of the No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine turned his fastest lap on his eighth trip around the 2.5 mile tricky triangle.
Jimmie Johnson, last year’s winner of this event, was the fifth fastest car.
Qualifying for the Pocono 400 will take place later Friday 4:40 pm ET on Fox Sports 1.
Full List of Speeds for NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice at Pocono
| RANK | CAR | DRIVER | TIME | SPEED | LAP | LAPS RUN |
| 1 | 55 | Brian Vickers | 49.764 | 180.854 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 49.938 | 180.223 | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 50.052 | 179.813 | 15 | 15 |
| 4 | 41 | Kurt Busch | 50.216 | 179.226 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 50.228 | 179.183 | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 50.231 | 179.172 | 13 | 13 |
| 7 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 50.312 | 178.884 | 18 | 18 |
| 8 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | 50.312 | 178.884 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 50.318 | 178.862 | 10 | 12 |
| 10 | 42 | Kyle Larson # | 50.354 | 178.735 | 17 | 17 |
| 11 | 31 | Ryan Newman | 50.394 | 178.593 | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | 10 | Danica Patrick | 50.432 | 178.458 | 8 | 11 |
| 13 | 22 | Joey Logano | 50.448 | 178.402 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 3 | Austin Dillon # | 50.469 | 178.327 | 17 | 17 |
| 15 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 50.495 | 178.235 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 50.505 | 178.2 | 8 | 8 |
| 17 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 50.533 | 178.101 | 9 | 9 |
| 18 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | 50.679 | 177.588 | 12 | 13 |
| 19 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 50.697 | 177.525 | 10 | 12 |
| 20 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 50.703 | 177.504 | 10 | 10 |
| 21 | 27 | Paul Menard | 50.717 | 177.455 | 11 | 11 |
| 22 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 50.721 | 177.441 | 10 | 10 |
| 23 | 51 | Justin Allgaier # | 50.724 | 177.431 | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 50.742 | 177.368 | 11 | 11 |
| 25 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 50.807 | 177.141 | 9 | 9 |
| 26 | 43 | Aric Almirola | 50.816 | 177.11 | 9 | 9 |
| 27 | 13 | Casey Mears | 50.851 | 176.988 | 12 | 12 |
| 28 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 50.99 | 176.505 | 12 | 12 |
| 29 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | 51.182 | 175.843 | 10 | 10 |
| 30 | 7 | Michael Annett # | 51.292 | 175.466 | 5 | 7 |
| 31 | 40 | Landon Cassill(i) | 51.49 | 174.791 | 11 | 11 |
| 32 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | 51.5 | 174.757 | 10 | 11 |
| 33 | 38 | David Gilliland | 51.544 | 174.608 | 8 | 8 |
| 34 | 23 | Alex Bowman # | 51.67 | 174.182 | 10 | 10 |
| 35 | 44 | JJ Yeley(i) | 51.993 | 173.1 | 9 | 9 |
| 36 | 83 | Ryan Truex # | 52.166 | 172.526 | 13 | 13 |
| 37 | 34 | David Ragan | 52.249 | 172.252 | 18 | 18 |
| 38 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | 52.433 | 171.648 | 19 | 20 |
| 39 | 98 | Josh Wise | 52.549 | 171.269 | 5 | 5 |
| 40 | 77 | Dave Blaney | 52.942 | 169.997 | 4 | 8 |
| 41 | 26 | Cole Whitt # | 53.186 | 169.217 | 5 | 8 |
| 42 | 66 | Timmy Hill | 53.307 | 168.833 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | 33 | Alex Kennedy | 53.547 | 168.077 | 8 | 10 |
