A week ago Brad Keselowski won the Chase opening race at Chicagoland. On Friday afternoon the driver of the No. 2 Ford Fusion of Team Pesnke was again at the top of the pylon posting the fastest time during the opening round of practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Eight of the top ten fastest drivers are those in the Chase with Ganassi Racing’s Jamie McMurray and Kyle Larson also making the top ten.
Qualifying for Sunday’s Sylvania 300 will take place at 4:40 pm ET on Friday.
Opening Round Practice Speeds for Loudon
| RANK | CAR | DRIVER | TIME | SPEED | BEST LAP | LAPS |
| 1 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 27.516 | 138.421 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 27.622 | 137.89 | 29 | 29 |
| 3 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 27.635 | 137.825 | 30 | 32 |
| 4 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 27.668 | 137.661 | 26 | 27 |
| 5 | 42 | Kyle Larson # | 27.674 | 137.631 | 32 | 32 |
| 6 | 22 | Joey Logano | 27.69 | 137.551 | 23 | 24 |
| 7 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 27.694 | 137.532 | 21 | 21 |
| 8 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | 27.703 | 137.487 | 27 | 27 |
| 9 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 27.721 | 137.398 | 25 | 28 |
| 10 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | 27.726 | 137.373 | 16 | 16 |
| 11 | 55 | Brian Vickers | 27.728 | 137.363 | 23 | 23 |
| 12 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 27.746 | 137.274 | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 27.776 | 137.126 | 28 | 30 |
| 14 | 41 | Kurt Busch | 27.786 | 137.076 | 25 | 26 |
| 15 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 27.789 | 137.061 | 23 | 23 |
| 16 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 27.802 | 136.997 | 21 | 21 |
| 17 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 27.804 | 136.987 | 23 | 26 |
| 18 | 27 | Paul Menard | 27.842 | 136.801 | 21 | 21 |
| 19 | 13 | Casey Mears | 27.853 | 136.746 | 32 | 32 |
| 20 | 34 | David Ragan | 27.859 | 136.717 | 29 | 30 |
| 21 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 27.86 | 136.712 | 14 | 14 |
| 22 | 31 | Ryan Newman | 27.872 | 136.653 | 16 | 19 |
| 23 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 27.912 | 136.457 | 22 | 22 |
| 24 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 27.915 | 136.443 | 32 | 34 |
| 25 | 10 | Danica Patrick | 27.955 | 136.248 | 27 | 29 |
| 26 | 43 | Aric Almirola | 27.962 | 136.213 | 30 | 30 |
| 27 | 3 | Austin Dillon # | 27.973 | 136.16 | 27 | 32 |
| 28 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | 28.041 | 135.83 | 21 | 22 |
| 29 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 28.068 | 135.699 | 26 | 26 |
| 30 | 51 | Justin Allgaier # | 28.072 | 135.68 | 27 | 28 |
| 31 | 38 | David Gilliland | 28.268 | 134.739 | 30 | 30 |
| 32 | 23 | Alex Bowman # | 28.276 | 134.701 | 28 | 28 |
| 33 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | 28.298 | 134.596 | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | 83 | Travis Kvapil | 28.484 | 133.717 | 13 | 14 |
| 35 | 26 | Cole Whitt # | 28.557 | 133.375 | 23 | 25 |
| 36 | 7 | Michael Annett # | 28.605 | 133.152 | 11 | 11 |
| 37 | 93 | Clay Rogers | 28.674 | 132.831 | 11 | 11 |
| 38 | 98 | Josh Wise | 28.675 | 132.827 | 9 | 10 |
| 39 | 77 | Corey Lajoie(i) | 28.801 | 132.245 | 30 | 30 |
| 40 | 40 | Landon Cassill(i) | 28.811 | 132.2 | 32 | 35 |
| 41 | 33 | David Stremme | 28.821 | 132.154 | 21 | 22 |
| 42 | 32 | Timmy Hill | 28.926 | 131.674 | 22 | 23 |
| 43 | 66 | Mike Wallace(i) | 29.163 | 130.604 | 14 | 16 |
