Jimmie Johnson tops final Richmond Cup practice

Johnson drives through garage
Johnson drives through garage

Jimmie Johnson topped the leaderboard in Saturday's final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Richmond International Raceway at 120.849 mph in the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

Right behind him was teammate Kasey Kahne in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at 120.622 mph.

Rounding out the top five were Kyle Busch in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, pole-sitter and series points leader Kevin Harvick in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet and Carl Edwards in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Tony Stewart, in his second practice session of the 2016 campaign since sustaining a back injury in the offseason, was 23rd at 118.614 mph in the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet. Stewart drove 64 laps.

Clint Bowyer's No. 15 HScott Motorsports Chevrolet started smoking in the closing minutes of the session. He was 37th on the speed charts at 116.324 mph.

Results

Pos. Car # Driver Manufacturer Sponsor Speed Time Behind
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet LOWE'S PRO SERVICES 120.849 22.342 Leader
2 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Mountain Dew 120.622 22.384 0.042
3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Banfield 120.493 22.408 0.066
4 4 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Busch Light 120.374 22.43 0.088
5 19 Carl Edwards Toyota XFINITY 119.979 22.504 0.162
6 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota Dollar General 119.931 22.513 0.171
7 78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota Furniture Row 119.92 22.515 0.173
8 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet Kroger/Bush's Beans 119.883 22.522 0.18
9 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Duracell / Menards 119.835 22.531 0.189
10 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Penzoil 119.676 22.561 0.219
11 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 119.57 22.581 0.239
12 41 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Monster Energy / Haas Automation 119.564 22.582 0.24
13 *21 Ryan Blaney Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire + Auto Center 119.48 22.598 0.256
14 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Grainger 119.4 22.613 0.271
15 2 Brad Keselowski Ford Thomas Built Buses 119.305 22.631 0.289
16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet Mountain Dew 119.29 22.634 0.292
17 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford Fifth Third Bank Ford Fusion 119.021 22.685 0.343
18 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet Target 119.011 22.687 0.345
19 16 Greg Biffle Ford Cheez-It Ford Fusion 118.979 22.693 0.351
20 24 Chase Elliott Chevrolet Mountain Dew 118.911 22.706 0.364
21 13 Casey Mears Chevrolet GEICO 118.697 22.747 0.405
22 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet Nature's Bakery 118.624 22.761 0.419
23 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy 118.614 22.763 0.421
24 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet AAA 118.572 22.771 0.429
25 44 Brian Scott Ford Albertsons Co. / Shore Lodge 118.551 22.775 0.433
26 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Credit One Bank 118.463 22.792 0.45
27 6 Trevor Bayne Ford Advocare Ford Fusion 118.286 22.826 0.484
28 83 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota E.J. Wade Construction 118.131 22.856 0.514
29 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield 117.95 22.891 0.549
30 95 Michael McDowell Chevrolet WRL General Contractors 117.791 22.922 0.58
31 38 Landon Cassill Ford The Pete Store 117.575 22.964 0.622
32 *93 Ryan Ellis Toyota ScienceLogic 116.898 23.097 0.755
33 7 Regan Smith Chevrolet APC Chrevrolet 116.777 23.121 0.779
34 34 Chris Buescher Ford A&W All American Food 116.721 23.132 0.79
35 23 David Ragan Toyota sweetFrog 116.616 23.153 0.811
36 32 Jeffrey Earnhardt Ford CorvetteParts.net 116.44 23.188 0.846
37 15 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 5-Hour Energy 116.324 23.211 0.869
38 *55 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet ChampionMachinery.com 115.736 23.329 0.987
39 46 Michael Annett Chevrolet Pilot Flying J 115.321 23.413 1.071
40 *30 Josh Wise Chevrolet Curtis Key Plumbing 114.446 23.592 1.25

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