Truex Jr. leads Championship 4 pack in first Homestead-Miami practice

Truex Jr.
Truex Jr.

Championship contender Martin Truex Jr. topped the leaderboard in Friday’s first practice at Homestead-Miami Speedway, wheeling his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota around the track at 173.997 mph.

Fellow Championship 4 driver Kyle Busch was second-fastest in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 173.299 mph.

Clint Bowyer, Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick, the third of four drivers competing for the 2018 championship in Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 (3 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), rounded out the top five.

Joey Logano, the fourth member of the Championship 4, never found much speed in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford, and his best lap of 172.194 mph was good for just 16th best.

Elliott served a 15-minute practice hold at the end of the session for being late to inspection at Phoenix.

The Monster Energy Series returns to the track at 6:10 p.m. ET for Busch Pole Qualifying (NBCSN/NBC Sports App).

Results

Pos

Car

Driver

Team

Time

Speed

Behind

Gap

1

78

Martin Truex Jr. (P)

Bass Pro Shops/5-hour ENERGY Toyota

31.035

173.997

—.—

—.—

2

18

Kyle Busch (P)

M&M's Toyota

31.160

173.299

-0.125

-0.125

3

14

Clint Bowyer

Rush Truck Centers/Haas Automation Ford

31.218

172.977

-0.183

-0.058

4

9

Chase Elliott

NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet

31.232

172.900

-0.197

-0.014

5

4

Kevin Harvick (P)

Jimmy John's Ford

31.245

172.828

-0.210

-0.013

6

41

Kurt Busch

Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford

31.262

172.734

-0.227

-0.017

7

3

Austin Dillon

Dow UCON Chevrolet

31.273

172.673

-0.238

-0.011

8

20

Erik Jones

DeWalt Toyota

31.282

172.623

-0.247

-0.009

9

1

Jamie McMurray

McDonald's Chevrolet

31.285

172.607

-0.250

-0.003

10

2

Brad Keselowski

Discount Tire Ford

31.322

172.403

-0.287

-0.037

11

42

Kyle Larson

Credit One Bank/DC Solar Chevrolet

31.324

172.392

-0.289

-0.002

12

31

Ryan Newman

E-Z-GO Chevrolet

31.328

172.370

-0.293

-0.004

13

88

Alex Bowman

Axalta Chevrolet

31.340

172.304

-0.305

-0.012

14

11

Denny Hamlin

FedEx Express Toyota

31.356

172.216

-0.321

-0.016

15

21

Paul Menard

Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford

31.356

172.216

-0.321

-0.000

16

22

Joey Logano (P)

Shell Pennzoil Ford

31.360

172.194

-0.325

-0.004

17

48

Jimmie Johnson

Lowe's Rookie Throwback Chevrolet

31.408

171.931

-0.373

-0.048

18

10

Aric Almirola

Smithfield Ford

31.416

171.887

-0.381

-0.008

19

6

Matt Kenseth

Wyndham Rewards Ford

31.421

171.860

-0.386

-0.005

20

12

Ryan Blaney

Menards/Richmond Ford

31.428

171.821

-0.393

-0.007

21

17

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Fastenal Ford

31.478

171.548

-0.443

-0.050

22

34

Michael McDowell

Speedco/Rotella Ford

31.479

171.543

-0.444

-0.001

23

47

AJ Allmendinger

Kroger ClickList Chevrolet

31.497

171.445

-0.462

-0.018

24

24

William Byron #

Hertz Chevrolet

31.520

171.320

-0.485

-0.023

25

19

Daniel Suarez

ARRIS Toyota

31.533

171.249

-0.498

-0.013

26

37

Chris Buescher

Scott Comfort Plus Chevrolet

31.643

170.654

-0.608

-0.110

27

43

Bubba Wallace #

Transportation Impact Chevrolet

31.705

170.320

-0.670

-0.062

28

95

Regan Smith

Dumont JETS Chevrolet

31.821

169.699

-0.786

-0.116

29

32

Matt DiBenedetto

Zynga Poker Ford

31.918

169.184

-0.883

-0.097

30

38

David Ragan

1000Bulbs.com Ford

31.925

169.146

-0.890

-0.007

31

13

Ty Dillon

GEICO Chevrolet

31.961

168.956

-0.926

-0.036

32

00

Landon Cassill(i)

Local Knowledge Chevrolet

32.169

167.863

-1.134

-0.208

33

23

JJ Yeley(i)

She Beverage Company Ford

32.471

166.302

-1.436

-0.302

34

72

Corey LaJoie

Schluter Systems Chevrolet

32.790

164.684

-1.755

-0.319

35

51

BJ McLeod(i)

Jacob Companies Ford

33.192

162.690

-2.157

-0.402

36

*99

yle Weatherman

International Marine/Native Boatworks Chevrolet

33.278

162.269

-2.243

-0.086

37

*97

anner Berryhill

Brand South Africa Toyota

33.382

161.764

-2.347

-0.104

38

15

Ross Chastain(i)

Xchange of America Chevrolet

33.393

161.711

-2.358

-0.011

39

*66

Timmy Hill(i)

Rewards.com Toyota

33.812

159.707

-2.777

-0.419

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