Kyle Busch – like you expected someone else, right? – was the fastest overall driver in Friday’s first of two Nationwide Series practice sessions at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.
Busch, who won last week’s NNS race at Bristol, has been on a tear in NASCAR’s junior circuit. In addition to his win at Bristol, he also won at Phoenix, was second at his hometown track in Las Vegas and his overall “worst” NNS finish thus far this season was fourth in the 2014 opener at Daytona.
Busch was the only driver over 174 mph in Friday’s first session at 174.157 mph, followed by three fellow Sprint Cup drivers, Kevin Harvick (173.519), Joey Logano (173.281) and Matt Kenseth (173.244).
The fastest full-time NNS driver was Trevor Bayne (172.678).
Only 35 cars practiced for Saturday’s TreatMyClot.com 300. The slowest was Carlos Contreras at 153.866., more than 21 mph behind Busch’s speed.
Here’s the results for Friday’s first of two practice sessions for the NASCAR Nationwide Series:
1 Kyle Busch 174.157
2 Kevin Harvick 173.519
3 Joey Logano 173.281
4 Matt Kenseth 173.244
5 Trevor Bayne 172.678
6 Chase Elliott 172.616
7 Dylan Kwasniewski 172.509
8 Brian Scott 172.505
9 David Ragan 172.191
10 Regan Smith 172.125
11Ty Dillon 172.101
12 Kyle Larson 171.916
13 Brendan Gaughan 171.572
14 James Buescher 171.249
15 Elliott Sadler 171.221
16 Mike Bliss 171.127
17 JJ Yeley 170.503
18 Ryan Sieg 170.189
19 Ryan Reed 169.960
20 David Starr 168.741
21 Chris Buescher 168.512
22 Dakoda Armstrong 168.496
23 Landon Cassill 168.476
24 Jeremy Clements 168.366
25 Mike Wallace 168.004
26 Matt DiBenedetto 167.348
27 Jamie Dick 167.123
28 Josh Wise 167.030
29 Tanner Berryhill 166.995
30 Kevin Lepage 166.459
31 Jeffrey Earnhardt 165.468
32 Eric McClure 165.225
33 Daryl Harr 162.848
34 Joey Gase 161.478
35 Carlos Contreras 153.866
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