After Chevrolet’s and Ford’s topped the speed list for much of the opening round of practice it was the Toyota of Brian Vickers who finished the session as the fastest.
The first championship eligible driver was Kevin Harvick who was second. The next driver still in the Chase was Jeff Gordon at fifth. Each of the top 25 cars topped 196 mph.
There are just 43 cars on the entry list for the AAA 500 at Texas meaning all of the drivers who took laps today will make the race.
Sprint Cup Series Speed Chart for Texas
RANK | CAR | DRIVER | TIME | SPEED | LAP | TOTAL | |
1 | 55 | Brian Vickers | 27.106 | 199.218 | 25 | 25 | 27.106 |
2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 27.137 | 198.99 | 22 | 22 | 27.137 |
3 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 27.154 | 198.866 | 8 | 8 | 27.154 |
4 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | 27.188 | 198.617 | 11 | 11 | 27.188 |
5 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 27.193 | 198.581 | 17 | 17 | 27.193 |
6 | 43 | Aric Almirola | 27.271 | 198.013 | 16 | 16 | 27.271 |
7 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 27.279 | 197.954 | 16 | 16 | 27.279 |
8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 27.284 | 197.918 | 7 | 7 | 27.284 |
9 | 21 | Trevor Bayne(i) | 27.335 | 197.549 | 10 | 12 | 27.335 |
10 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 27.345 | 197.477 | 13 | 13 | 27.345 |
11 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 27.351 | 197.433 | 7 | 7 | 27.351 |
12 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 27.357 | 197.39 | 17 | 17 | 27.357 |
13 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 27.357 | 197.39 | 18 | 18 | 27.357 |
14 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 27.411 | 197.001 | 21 | 23 | 27.411 |
15 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 27.42 | 196.937 | 13 | 17 | 27.42 |
16 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 27.422 | 196.922 | 20 | 20 | 27.422 |
17 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 27.439 | 196.8 | 16 | 20 | 27.439 |
18 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | 27.476 | 196.535 | 16 | 16 | 27.476 |
19 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 27.477 | 196.528 | 21 | 23 | 27.477 |
20 | 22 | Joey Logano | 27.482 | 196.492 | 25 | 25 | 27.482 |
21 | 3 | Austin Dillon # | 27.498 | 196.378 | 19 | 19 | 27.498 |
22 | 42 | Kyle Larson # | 27.508 | 196.307 | 11 | 11 | 27.508 |
23 | 31 | Ryan Newman | 27.511 | 196.285 | 12 | 14 | 27.511 |
24 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 27.524 | 196.192 | 21 | 23 | 27.524 |
25 | 27 | Paul Menard | 27.549 | 196.014 | 13 | 17 | 27.549 |
26 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | 27.56 | 195.936 | 23 | 23 | 27.56 |
27 | 51 | Justin Allgaier # | 27.564 | 195.908 | 18 | 20 | 27.564 |
28 | 38 | David Gilliland | 27.591 | 195.716 | 8 | 10 | 27.591 |
29 | 13 | Casey Mears | 27.636 | 195.397 | 20 | 20 | 27.636 |
30 | 41 | Kurt Busch | 27.7 | 194.946 | 15 | 19 | 27.7 |
31 | 98 | Josh Wise | 27.7 | 194.946 | 8 | 8 | 27.7 |
32 | 23 | Alex Bowman # | 27.721 | 194.798 | 15 | 15 | 27.721 |
33 | 95 | Michael McDowell | 27.733 | 194.714 | 11 | 11 | 27.733 |
34 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | 27.806 | 194.203 | 5 | 7 | 27.806 |
35 | 7 | Michael Annett # | 27.837 | 193.986 | 18 | 19 | 27.837 |
36 | 34 | David Ragan | 27.858 | 193.84 | 19 | 19 | 27.858 |
37 | 10 | Danica Patrick | 27.917 | 193.431 | 18 | 18 | 27.917 |
38 | 26 | Cole Whitt # | 28.004 | 192.83 | 14 | 14 | 28.004 |
39 | 40 | Landon Cassill(i) | 28.042 | 192.568 | 27 | 27 | 28.042 |
40 | 83 | JJ Yeley(i) | 28.161 | 191.755 | 9 | 9 | 28.161 |
41 | 66 | Brett Moffitt | 28.383 | 190.255 | 9 | 9 | 28.383 |
42 | 32 | Joey Gase(i) | 28.853 | 187.156 | 27 | 27 | 28.853 |
43 | 33 | Timmy Hill | 28.922 | 186.709 | 1 | 21 | 28.922 |