Jamie McMurray was the fastest driver in Saturday’s final practice for Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
McMurray’s best lap was his first of the final session, covering the progressively-banked 1.5-mile surface at 186.942 mph.
A close second was Daytona 500 pole sitter Austin Dillon at 186.896 mph.
Third through fifth were Clint Bowyer (186.851), Kasey Kahne (186.793) and Kevin Harvick (186.458).
Sprint Cup points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. was ninth-fastest at 185.893 mph.
Sunday’s pole sitter, Joey Logano, was 15th-fastest at 185.918 mph.
Danica Patrick, who was sixth-fastest in the morning practice session, fell off the pace in the one-hour afternoon stanza at 32nd-fastest.
With less than four minutes to go, the motor in Parker Kligerman’s let go, spilling oil and fluid on the track, almost causing Greg Biffle to wreck. It was yet a continuation of the frustration that Kligerman has experienced in his first full Sprint Cup season. Kligerman is the only driver in the series who has recorded DNF’s in the first two races at Daytona and Phoenix.
Here’s the speeds of Saturday’s final Sprint Cup practice:
1 Jamie McMurray 186.942
2 Austin Dillon 186.896
3 Clint Bowyer 186.851
4 Kasey Kahne 186.793
5 Kevin Harvick 186.458
6 Kyle Larson 186.419
7 Jimmie Johnson 186.233
8 Brian Vickers 186.047
9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 185.893
10 Casey Mears 185.810
11 Ryan Newman 185.567
12 Brad Keselowski 185.484
13 Aric Almirola 185.440
14 Trevor Bayne 185.312
15 Joey Logano 185.918
16 Denny Hamlin 185.147
17 Martin Truex Jr. 185.122
18 Kurt Busch 185.077
19 Matt Kenseth 184.919
20 Carl Edwards 184.735
21 Tony Stewart 184.559
22 Marcos Ambrose 184.521
23 Jeff Gordon 184.451
24 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
25 Kyle Busch 184.168
26 Paul Menard 184.162
27 Alex Bowman 183.580
28 AJ Allmendinger 182.814
29 Jeff Burton 182.580
30 David Gilliland 182.377
31 Greg Biffle 182.359
32 Danica Patrick 181.830
33 Reed Sorenson 181.257
34 Michael McDowell 181.208
35 David Ragan 181.099
36 Justin Allgaier 181.080
37 Josh Wise 180.717
38 Parker Kligerman 179.557
39 Ryan Truex 179.97
40 Michael Annett 179.390
41 Travis Kvapil 179.146
42 Timmy Hill 178.968
43 Cole Whitt 175.718
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