Kyle Busch fastest in first Cup practice at Daytona
Busch had a top lap of 197.438 mph around the 2.5-mile high banked superspeedway in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota as teams begin preparations for Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 (televised on NBC).
Brad Keselowski, who won last year’s Coke Zero 400, was second-fastest (197.230 mph). In fact, Keselowski led a phalanx of six straight Ford drivers that included Kevin Harvick (197.200), Joey Logano (197.165), Ryan Blaney (also 197.165), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (197.161) and Matt DiBenedetto (197.148).
Austin Dillon and his Chevrolet broke up the Ford onslaught with the eighth-fastest speed (197.131 mph), followed by two additional Fords: Trevor Bayne (197.109) and Daytona 500 winner Kurt Busch was 10th-fastest (197.100), meaning Fords took eight of the 10 fastest spots. our current stuff is old but does the job quite well. I just hope this new stuff is thought thru so it will last a long time.
Results
| Pos | Car | Driver | Team | Time | Speed | -Fastest | -Next |
| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Interstate Batteries Toyota | 45.584 | 197.438 | —.— | —.— |
| 2 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Detroit Genuine Parts Ford | 45.632 | 197.230 | -0.048 | -0.048 |
| 3 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Jimmy John's Ford | 45.639 | 197.200 | -0.055 | -0.007 |
| 4 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell Pennzoil Ford | 45.647 | 197.165 | -0.063 | -0.008 |
| 5 | 21 | Ryan Blaney | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford | 45.647 | 197.165 | -0.063 | -0.000 |
| 6 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Fifth Third Bank Ford | 45.648 | 197.161 | -0.064 | -0.001 |
| 7 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Incredible Bank Ford | 45.651 | 197.148 | -0.067 | -0.003 |
| 8 | 3 | Austin Dillon | American Ethanol Chevrolet | 45.655 | 197.131 | -0.071 | -0.004 |
| 9 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Liberty National Life Insurance Company Ford | 45.660 | 197.109 | -0.076 | -0.005 |
| 10 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Monster Energy/Haas Automation Ford | 45.662 | 197.100 | -0.078 | -0.002 |
| 11 | 13 | Ty Dillon # | GEICO Military Chevrolet | 45.844 | 196.318 | -0.260 | -0.182 |
| 12 | 43 | Darrell Wallace Jr.(i) | Smithfield Ford | 45.855 | 196.271 | -0.271 | -0.011 |
| 13 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express Toyota | 45.895 | 196.100 | -0.311 | -0.040 |
| 14 | 19 | Daniel Suarez # | Subway Toyota | 45.950 | 195.865 | -0.366 | -0.055 |
| 15 | 34 | Landon Cassill | Love's Travel Stops Hnrng the Qt Prfssnl Ford | 45.958 | 195.831 | -0.374 | -0.008 |
| 16 | 95 | Michael McDowell | WRL General Contractors Chevrolet | 45.995 | 195.673 | -0.411 | -0.037 |
| 17 | 27 | Paul Menard | Moen/Menards Chevrolet | 46.017 | 195.580 | -0.433 | -0.022 |
| 18 | 72 | Cole Whitt | RTIC Coolers Chevrolet | 46.026 | 195.542 | -0.442 | -0.009 |
| 19 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Nationwide Chevrolet | 46.080 | 195.313 | -0.496 | -0.054 |
| 20 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Mobil 1 Ford | 46.102 | 195.219 | -0.518 | -0.022 |
| 21 | 38 | David Ragan | Shriners Hospital for Chldrn 95th Annvrsry Ford | 46.142 | 195.050 | -0.558 | -0.040 |
| 22 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | DEWALT Flexvolt Toyota | 46.161 | 194.970 | -0.577 | -0.019 |
| 23 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Bass Pros Shops/TRCKR BTS Toyota | 46.175 | 194.911 | -0.591 | -0.014 |
| 24 | 24 | Chase Elliott | NAPA Patriotic Chevrolet | 46.227 | 194.691 | -0.643 | -0.052 |
| 25 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevrolet | 46.275 | 194.489 | -0.691 | -0.048 |
| 26 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | UniFirst Chevrolet | 46.285 | 194.447 | -0.701 | -0.010 |
| 27 | 77 | Erik Jones # | Sport Clips Toyota | 46.387 | 194.020 | -0.803 | -0.102 |
| 28 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Velveeta Shells & Cheese Chevrolet | 46.547 | 193.353 | -0.963 | -0.160 |
| 29 | *7 | Elliott Sadler(i) | Golden Corral Chevrolet | 46.729 | 192.600 | -1.145 | -0.182 |
| 30 | *75 | Brendan Gaughan(i) | Beard Oil Distributing Chevrolet | 46.741 | 192.550 | -1.157 | -0.012 |
| 31 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Aspen Dental Ford | 46.766 | 192.448 | -1.182 | -0.025 |
| 32 | 23 | Corey LaJoie # | Dr Pepper Toyota | 47.313 | 190.223 | -1.729 | -0.547 |
| 33 | *83 | Ryan Sieg(i) | Dustless Blasting Toyota | 47.449 | 189.677 | -1.865 | -0.136 |
| 34 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Credit One Bank Chevrolet | 47.620 | 188.996 | -2.036 | -0.171 |
| 35 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | McDonald's $1 Any Size Soft Drink Chevrolet | 47.671 | 188.794 | -2.087 | -0.051 |
| 36 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Coffee Mate Chevrolet | 47.844 | 188.111 | -2.260 | -0.173 |
| 37 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Kroger ClickList Chevrolet | 48.156 | 186.893 | -2.572 | -0.312 |
| 38 | 15 | DJ Kennington | Xchange of America/LordCo Toyota | 48.332 | 186.212 | -2.748 | -0.176 |
| 39 | *55 | Reed Sorenson | RoyalTeakCollection.com Toyota | 48.704 | 184.790 | -3.120 | -0.372 |
| 40 | 33 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | hulu Chevrolet | 49.191 | 182.960 | -3.607 | -0.487 |