for the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway is over, after 85 scheduled minutes, the top-five, slowest and notes:
#19-Edwards 186.451
#18-Busch 186.181
#78-Truex Jr. 185.217
#11-Hamlin 185.084
#48-Johnson 184.989
slowest: #55-Sorenson 173.160 & #32-Earnhardt 175.393
The best 10 consecutive lap ave: #48-Johnson 181.441 (only 4 drivers)
notes: #2-Keselowski and #5-Kahne both made some contact with the wall but the crews fixed the cars and made more runs.
#30-Wise’s car was smoking and slowed on the track and headed to the garage, possibly hit the wall. Most teams scuffed tires during the practice.
Track qualifying record is 188.791mph, set by #2-Brad Keselowski in June 2014.
This was the only practice for Cup on Thursday, the XFINITY Series practices four times on Thursday.
There are two practices scheduled for Friday, July 8th: 11:00am/et and 1:30pm/et both on NBCSN.
Qualifying is scheduled for Friday, July 8th at 6:45pm/et NBCSN is not airing it live but it can be viewed online using their App
See fastest laps, laps run, best 10 consecutive lap ave on the Kentucky Practice 1 speeds page (pdf).
