Jeff Gordon won a week ago at Dover. On Friday the driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet SS was again at the front of the field setting the fastest time in opening practice at Kansas Speedway.
Gordon paced the field at 196.257 miles per hour at the 1.5-mile track which will be the opening race for the second round of the NASCAR Chase.
Opening Practice Speeds for Kansas Speedway
RANK | CAR | DRIVER | TIME | SPEED | BEST | LAPS |
1 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 27.515 | 196.257 | 14 | 18 |
2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 27.526 | 196.178 | 7 | 7 |
3 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 27.589 | 195.73 | 18 | 21 |
4 | 42 | Kyle Larson # | 27.613 | 195.56 | 25 | 25 |
5 | 3 | Austin Dillon # | 27.617 | 195.532 | 17 | 21 |
6 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 27.623 | 195.489 | 18 | 18 |
7 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 27.643 | 195.348 | 22 | 22 |
8 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 27.655 | 195.263 | 17 | 21 |
9 | 43 | Aric Almirola | 27.663 | 195.207 | 17 | 23 |
10 | 31 | Ryan Newman | 27.669 | 195.164 | 15 | 19 |
11 | 27 | Paul Menard | 27.674 | 195.129 | 14 | 14 |
12 | 22 | Joey Logano | 27.678 | 195.101 | 16 | 22 |
13 | 55 | Brian Vickers | 27.686 | 195.044 | 9 | 13 |
14 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 27.719 | 194.812 | 10 | 15 |
15 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | 27.722 | 194.791 | 14 | 14 |
16 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 27.736 | 194.693 | 15 | 19 |
17 | 51 | Justin Allgaier # | 27.756 | 194.553 | 20 | 24 |
18 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 27.756 | 194.553 | 32 | 32 |
19 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 27.774 | 194.426 | 17 | 17 |
20 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | 27.793 | 194.294 | 14 | 14 |
21 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 27.811 | 194.168 | 5 | 11 |
22 | 10 | Danica Patrick | 27.812 | 194.161 | 19 | 23 |
23 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 27.822 | 194.091 | 16 | 18 |
24 | 13 | Casey Mears | 27.858 | 193.84 | 13 | 17 |
25 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 27.87 | 193.757 | 22 | 22 |
26 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 27.88 | 193.687 | 19 | 20 |
27 | 41 | Kurt Busch | 27.899 | 193.555 | 19 | 21 |
28 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | 27.941 | 193.264 | 20 | 20 |
29 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 27.996 | 192.885 | 23 | 23 |
30 | 95 | Michael McDowell | 28.042 | 192.568 | 10 | 12 |
31 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | 28.112 | 192.089 | 6 | 8 |
32 | 7 | Michael Annett # | 28.157 | 191.782 | 12 | 12 |
33 | 38 | David Gilliland | 28.166 | 191.721 | 13 | 13 |
34 | 37 | Mike Bliss(i) | 28.202 | 191.476 | 5 | 6 |
35 | 40 | Landon Cassill(i) | 28.307 | 190.766 | 19 | 20 |
36 | 26 | Cole Whitt # | 28.32 | 190.678 | 6 | 12 |
37 | 83 | JJ Yeley | 28.353 | 190.456 | 5 | 6 |
38 | 98 | Josh Wise | 28.362 | 190.396 | 11 | 11 |
39 | 23 | Alex Bowman # | 28.448 | 189.82 | 15 | 17 |
40 | 34 | David Ragan | 28.561 | 189.069 | 23 | 23 |
41 | 33 | Timmy Hill | 28.757 | 187.78 | 17 | 18 |
42 | 32 | Joey Gase(i) | 28.846 | 187.201 | 20 | 22 |
43 | 66 | Mike Wallace(i) | 29.429 | 183.492 | 4 | 7 |