Aric Almirola topped the leaderboard in Saturday’s first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Texas Motor Speedway at 193.854 mph in the No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford.
Right behind him was spring Fort Worth winner Kyle Busch in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 193.805 mph.
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Rounding out the top five were SHR’s Clint Bowyer at 193.771 mph in the No. 14 Ford, Brad Keselowski at 193.555 mph in the No. 2 Team Penske Ford and Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 JGR Toyota, clocking in at 193.403 mph.
Martinsville winner and Championship 4 driver Joey Logano was ninth-fastest at 193.161 in the No. 22 Penske Ford.
The remaining NASCAR Playoffs drivers placed as follows: Kurt Busch, P6 in the No. 41 SHR Ford (193.313 mph) Kevin Harvick, P8 in the No. 4 SHR Ford (193.285 mph), Martin Truex Jr., P10 in the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota (193.154 mph) and Chase Elliott, P19 in the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (192.226 mph)
The next practice session is at 3 p.m. ET on the NBC Sports App. (NBCSN picks up coverage at 3:30 p.m. ET.) The Round of 8 continues Sunday in the AAA Texas 500 (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN).
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