{"id":20011,"date":"2019-03-16T13:12:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T17:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=20011"},"modified":"2019-03-16T13:12:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T17:12:51","slug":"kevin-harvick-fastest-in-second-mencs-practice-at-auto-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2019\/03\/16\/kevin-harvick-fastest-in-second-mencs-practice-at-auto-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick fastest in second MENCS practice at Auto Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20012\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/03\/harvick.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/03\/harvick.jpg 788w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/03\/harvick-550x418.jpg 550w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/03\/harvick-300x228.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/03\/harvick-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Harvick in the No. 4 Jimmy John&#8217;s Ford Mustang was the fastest in the second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice session at Auto Club Speedway.<\/p>\n<p>Harvick was joined by some usual suspects atop the leader board as Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. followed. Daniel Hemric was a surprise name in fifth.\u00a0Polesitter Austin Dillon was ninth fastest.<\/p>\n<p>The Auto Club 400 will take place at 3:30 pm ET on Sunday. Fox and the Fox Sports App will have viewing options while MRN has the radio.<\/p>\n<h2>MENCS Practice #2 at Auto Club<\/h2>\n<table width=\"560\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"82\">RaceRank<\/td>\n<td width=\"41\">No<\/td>\n<td width=\"125\">Driver<\/td>\n<td width=\"102\">BestLapTime<\/td>\n<td width=\"89\">BestSpeed<\/td>\n<td width=\"71\">BestLap<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">Laps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kevin Harvick<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40.94<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">175.867<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyle Busch<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40.962<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">175.773<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22<\/td>\n<td 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Harvick was joined by some usual suspects atop the leader board as Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. followed. 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