{"id":20739,"date":"2019-05-10T15:39:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T19:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=20739"},"modified":"2019-05-10T15:40:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T19:40:58","slug":"kurt-busch-fastest-in-final-mencs-practice-at-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2019\/05\/10\/kurt-busch-fastest-in-final-mencs-practice-at-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Busch fastest in final MENCS practice at Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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XXX was fastest in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice at Kansas Speedway.<\/p>\n

The MENCS cars ran two practice sessions on Friday ahead of qualifying. Aric Almirola was fastest in the first session<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Qualifying for the Digital Ally 400 will take place at 7:05 p.m. ET and can be seen on FS1.<\/p>\n

Kevin Harvick won this event last spring while Chase Elliott was the fall winner.<\/p>\n

Kansas Final Practice Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
RaceRank<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nDriver<\/td>\nBestLapTime<\/td>\nBestSpeed<\/td>\nBestLap<\/td>\nLaps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nKurt Busch<\/td>\n30.383<\/td>\n177.731<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n88<\/td>\nAlex Bowman<\/td>\n30.452<\/td>\n177.328<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n14<\/td>\nClint Bowyer<\/td>\n30.459<\/td>\n177.288<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nKevin Harvick<\/td>\n30.46<\/td>\n177.282<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n11<\/td>\nDenny Hamlin<\/td>\n30.467<\/td>\n177.241<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n9<\/td>\nChase Elliott<\/td>\n30.558<\/td>\n176.713<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n18<\/td>\nKyle Busch<\/td>\n30.558<\/td>\n176.713<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nBrad Keselowski<\/td>\n30.56<\/td>\n176.702<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n10<\/td>\nAric Almirola<\/td>\n30.565<\/td>\n176.673<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n48<\/td>\nJimmie Johnson<\/td>\n30.596<\/td>\n176.494<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n24<\/td>\nWilliam Byron<\/td>\n30.637<\/td>\n176.257<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n20<\/td>\nErik Jones<\/td>\n30.643<\/td>\n176.223<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n47<\/td>\nRyan Preece #<\/td>\n30.643<\/td>\n176.223<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nAustin Dillon<\/td>\n30.645<\/td>\n176.211<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n42<\/td>\nKyle Larson<\/td>\n30.65<\/td>\n176.183<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nRyan Blaney<\/td>\n30.65<\/td>\n176.183<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n*31<\/td>\nTyler Reddick(i)<\/td>\n30.661<\/td>\n176.12<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n41<\/td>\nDaniel Suarez<\/td>\n30.668<\/td>\n176.079<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n8<\/td>\nDaniel Hemric #<\/td>\n30.689<\/td>\n175.959<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nJoey Logano<\/td>\n30.697<\/td>\n175.913<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n19<\/td>\nMartin Truex Jr.<\/td>\n30.7<\/td>\n175.896<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\n6<\/td>\nRyan Newman<\/td>\n30.731<\/td>\n175.718<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n34<\/td>\nMichael McDowell<\/td>\n30.733<\/td>\n175.707<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\n21<\/td>\nPaul Menard<\/td>\n30.745<\/td>\n175.638<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\n43<\/td>\nBubba Wallace<\/td>\n30.746<\/td>\n175.633<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n37<\/td>\nChris Buescher<\/td>\n30.748<\/td>\n175.621<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\n32<\/td>\nCorey LaJoie<\/td>\n30.822<\/td>\n175.2<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\n95<\/td>\nMatt DiBenedetto<\/td>\n30.831<\/td>\n175.148<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n17<\/td>\nRicky Stenhouse Jr.<\/td>\n30.849<\/td>\n175.046<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n38<\/td>\nDavid Ragan<\/td>\n30.97<\/td>\n174.362<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\n00<\/td>\nLandon Cassill(i)<\/td>\n31.09<\/td>\n173.689<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\n13<\/td>\nTy Dillon<\/td>\n31.139<\/td>\n173.416<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n36<\/td>\nMatt Tifft #<\/td>\n31.15<\/td>\n173.355<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n51<\/td>\nCody Ware(i)<\/td>\n31.463<\/td>\n171.63<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n77<\/td>\nQuin Houff<\/td>\n31.853<\/td>\n169.529<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\n52<\/td>\nBayley Currey(i)<\/td>\n31.875<\/td>\n169.412<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\n*27<\/td>\nReed Sorenson<\/td>\n31.893<\/td>\n169.316<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\n*46<\/td>\nJoey Gase(i)<\/td>\n32.249<\/td>\n167.447<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n*66<\/td>\nTimmy Hill(i)<\/td>\n32.629<\/td>\n165.497<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

XXX was fastest in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice at Kansas Speedway. The MENCS cars ran two practice sessions on Friday ahead of qualifying. Aric Almirola was fastest in the first session. Qualifying for the Digital Ally 400 will take place at 7:05 p.m. ET and can be seen on FS1. Kevin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,788],"tags":[683,372,708],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-20739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cup-series","8":"category-news","9":"tag-kansas-speedway","10":"tag-kurt-busch","11":"tag-nascar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20739"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=20739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}