Kyle Busch was the fastest car in Friday’s second practice session for the Geico 500. The driver of the No. 18 M&M Toyota Camry was the fastest beating out rookie Kyle Larson for the honor.
Unlike in the first practice session where non-Chase drivers made up the first seven drivers on the speed chart, five of the top nine in the second session are championship eligible drivers.
Qualifying for Sunday’s race will take place on Saturday afternoon.
Speeds from Final Sprint Cup Series Practice at Talladega
| RANK | CAR | DRIVER | TIME | SPEED | BEST | LAPS |
| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 49.056 | 195.205 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 42 | Kyle Larson # | 49.078 | 195.118 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 49.081 | 195.106 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 49.104 | 195.015 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 13 | Casey Mears | 49.112 | 194.983 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | 49.144 | 194.856 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 49.261 | 194.393 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 29 | Joe Nemechek(i) | 49.316 | 194.176 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 49.34 | 194.082 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 49.661 | 192.827 | 10 | 11 |
| 11 | 51 | Justin Allgaier # | 49.663 | 192.82 | 8 | 17 |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney(i) | 49.664 | 192.816 | 5 | 13 |
| 13 | 98 | Josh Wise | 49.926 | 191.804 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | 49.989 | 191.562 | 3 | 21 |
| 15 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 50.414 | 189.947 | 8 | 9 |
| 16 | 49 | Mike Wallace(i) | 50.417 | 189.936 | 8 | 8 |
| 17 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 50.484 | 189.684 | 6 | 7 |
| 18 | 10 | Danica Patrick | 50.615 | 189.193 | 9 | 10 |
| 19 | 7 | Michael Annett # | 50.893 | 188.159 | 7 | 7 |
| 20 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 50.946 | 187.964 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | 22 | Joey Logano | 59.66 | 160.51 | 1 | 1 |
