Busch leads opening practice

Kurt Busch

Stewart Hass Racing's Kurt Busch led opening practice for the Auto Club 400 earlier today at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA. With a lap of 186.741 miles per hour in the #41 Haas Automation Chevrolet, Busch was 0.28 seconds clear of second place Denny Hamlin.

Martin Truex, Jr. was third with Brad Keselowski the fastest Ford in fourth. Six-time series champion Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top-five.

Coors Light Pole Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1. Practice times below…

Pos	#	Driver	Sponsor	Speed	Best	Behind
1	41	Kurt Busch	Haas Automation	186.741	38.556	Leader
2	11	Denny Hamlin	Sport Clips	185.385	38.838	–0.282
3	78	Martin Truex Jr	Furniture Row/Visser Precision	185.180	38.881	–0.325
4	2	Brad Keselowski	Wurth	185.019	38.915	–0.359
5	48	Jimmie Johnson	LOWE'S PRO SERVICES	185.000	38.919	–0.363
6	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Nationwide	184.871	38.946	–0.390
7	31	Ryan Newman	Caterpillar	184.767	38.968	–0.412
8	18	David Ragan	Interstate Batteries	184.379	39.050	–0.494
9	24	Jeff Gordon	Axalta	184.280	39.071	–0.515
10	10	Danica Patrick	Aspen Dental	184.058	39.118	–0.562
11	19	Carl Edwards	Subway	183.814	39.170	–0.614
12	4	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's/ Budweiser	183.645	39.206	–0.650
13	3	Austin Dillon	Dow	183.538	39.229	–0.673
14	20	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt	183.486	39.240	–0.684
15	5	Kasey Kahne	Time Warner Cable	183.369	39.265	–0.709
16	22	Joey Logano	AAA So. California	183.253	39.290	–0.734
17	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's	183.211	39.299	–0.743
18	47	AJ Allmendinger	Scott Products	183.155	39.311	–0.755
19	42	Kyle Larson	Target	183.006	39.343	–0.787
20	7	Alex Bowman	Nikko RC/Toy State Car	182.997	39.345	–0.789
21	43	Aric Almirola	Smithfield	182.871	39.372	–0.816
22	15	Clint Bowyer	BlueDEF	182.857	39.375	–0.819
23	14	Tony Stewart	Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1	182.514	39.449	–0.893
24	33	Brian Scott	Whitetail	182.436	39.466	–0.910
25	27	Paul Menard	FVP / Menards	182.380	39.478	–0.922
26	16	Greg Biffle	Clean Harbors Ford Fusion	181.892	39.584	–1.028
27	55	Brett Moffitt	Janssen	181.548	39.659	–1.103
28	51	Justin Allgaier	Brandt	181.420	39.687	–1.131
29	34	Chris Buescher	Dockside Logistics	181.310	39.711	–1.155
30	13	Casey Mears	No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet SS	181.219	39.731	–1.175
31	46	Michael Annett	Cypress	180.800	39.823	–1.267
32	9	Sam Hornish Jr	Medallion Bank/Mercury Marine	180.777	39.828	–1.272
33	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	NOS Energy Drink Ford Fusion	180.768	39.830	–1.274
34	35	Cole Whitt	Rinnai Tankless Water Heaters	180.628	39.861	–1.305
35	6	Trevor Bayne	Advocare Ford Fusion	179.847	40.034	–1.478
36	26	Jeb Burton	Maxim.com	179.641	40.080	–1.524
37	98	Josh Wise	Curb Records/Lee Brice	179.574	40.095	–1.539
38	40	Landon Cassill	Precon Marine	179.439	40.125	–1.569
39	32	Mike Bliss	King Taco	178.753	40.279	–1.723
40	38	David Gilliland	Love's Travel Stops	178.713	40.288	–1.732
41	23	J.J. Yeley	Dr. Pepper Toyota Camry	178.625	40.308	–1.752
42	29	Reed Sorenson	None	178.540	40.327	–1.771
43	44	Travis Kvapil	Phoenix Warehouse	177.940	40.463	–1.907
44	83	Matt DiBenedetto	Burger King	175.174	41.102	–2.546
45	62	Brendan Gaughan	TBA	174.571	41.244	–2.688