Kevin Harvick was the fastest of 43 cars in the first Sprint Cup Series practice held on Friday afternoon at Phoenix International Raceway.
Havick, who has won the last two races at Phoenix, and drove his No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet to the top of the scoring chart for the Quicken Loans Race for Heros 500.
Kyle Larson was the second fastest. The only other Chase driver to crack the top five was Brad Keselowski who was third. Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top five.
Sprint Cup Series Practice Chart for PIR
| RANK | CAR | DRIVER | LAP | SPEED | BEST | TOTAL LAPS |
| 1 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 25.438 | 141.521 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | 42 | Kyle Larson # | 25.447 | 141.471 | 27 | 28 |
| 3 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 25.559 | 140.851 | 25 | 29 |
| 4 | 41 | Kurt Busch | 25.618 | 140.526 | 30 | 30 |
| 5 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 25.648 | 140.362 | 27 | 28 |
| 6 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | 25.679 | 140.192 | 20 | 24 |
| 7 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 25.683 | 140.171 | 21 | 28 |
| 8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 25.699 | 140.083 | 26 | 27 |
| 9 | 22 | Joey Logano | 25.715 | 139.996 | 26 | 27 |
| 10 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 25.749 | 139.811 | 24 | 27 |
| 11 | 27 | Paul Menard | 25.754 | 139.784 | 26 | 27 |
| 12 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 25.758 | 139.762 | 25 | 28 |
| 13 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | 25.778 | 139.654 | 26 | 29 |
| 14 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | 25.791 | 139.584 | 22 | 23 |
| 15 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 25.806 | 139.502 | 28 | 32 |
| 16 | 55 | Brian Vickers | 25.807 | 139.497 | 16 | 19 |
| 17 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 25.808 | 139.492 | 28 | 30 |
| 18 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 25.822 | 139.416 | 22 | 26 |
| 19 | 3 | Austin Dillon # | 25.834 | 139.351 | 27 | 31 |
| 20 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 25.843 | 139.303 | 16 | 21 |
| 21 | 13 | Casey Mears | 25.844 | 139.297 | 24 | 30 |
| 22 | 51 | Justin Allgaier # | 25.864 | 139.19 | 34 | 37 |
| 23 | 43 | Aric Almirola | 25.868 | 139.168 | 23 | 23 |
| 24 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 25.901 | 138.991 | 22 | 23 |
| 25 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 25.902 | 138.985 | 14 | 15 |
| 26 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 25.909 | 138.948 | 20 | 26 |
| 27 | 31 | Ryan Newman | 25.912 | 138.932 | 22 | 25 |
| 28 | 33 | Ty Dillon(i) | 25.949 | 138.734 | 16 | 25 |
| 29 | 10 | Danica Patrick | 25.969 | 138.627 | 33 | 36 |
| 30 | 95 | Michael McDowell | 26.175 | 137.536 | 19 | 25 |
| 31 | 26 | Cole Whitt # | 26.23 | 137.247 | 16 | 17 |
| 32 | 34 | David Ragan | 26.238 | 137.206 | 20 | 23 |
| 33 | 38 | David Gilliland | 26.251 | 137.138 | 12 | 16 |
| 34 | 98 | Josh Wise | 26.309 | 136.835 | 12 | 12 |
| 35 | 7 | Michael Annett # | 26.328 | 136.737 | 28 | 29 |
| 36 | 37 | Mike Bliss(i) | 26.329 | 136.731 | 7 | 10 |
| 37 | 23 | Alex Bowman # | 26.449 | 136.111 | 19 | 22 |
| 38 | 75 | Clay Rogers | 26.469 | 136.008 | 2 | 11 |
| 39 | 83 | JJ Yeley(i) | 26.489 | 135.905 | 12 | 19 |
| 40 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 26.495 | 135.875 | 12 | 27 |
| 41 | 40 | Landon Cassill(i) | 26.516 | 135.767 | 26 | 26 |
| 42 | 66 | Mike Wallace(i) | 26.713 | 134.766 | 11 | 15 |
| 43 | 32 | Joey Gase(i) | 26.733 | 134.665 | 26 | 26 |
| 44 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | 26.87 | 133.978 | 23 | 27 |
