Martin Truex Jr. topped the chart in the first Sprint Cup Series practice at Texas Motor Speedway Thursday evening. The driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota was the fastest with a time of 27.995 and a speed of 192.892 mph.
“It was a good practice for our Bass Pro Shops Camry. We stayed in qualifying trim just so we could use our tires better for tomorrow. It went good. We were off a little bit at the start and got better each run and on our last run, felt really good about it. It’s been a while since I’ve had a pole,” Truex said.
Brad Keselowski was second in his No. 2 Team Penske Ford with a time of 28.101 and a speed of 192.164 mph. Teammate Joey Logano was third in his No. 22 Penske Ford with a time of 28.104 and a speed of 192.143 mph. Austin Dillon was fourth in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with a time of 28.182 and a speed of 192.612 mph and Brian Vickers rounded out the top-five in his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet with a time of 28.187 and a speed of 191.578 mph.
Jimmie Johnson was sixth fastest in his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet followed by AJ Allmendinger who was seventh in his No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet. Greg Biffle was eighth in his No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, Kyle Larson was ninth in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet as Ryan Blaney rounded out the top-10 in his No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford.
No driver posted a 10 consecutive lap average during the session.
The Sprint Cup cars are back on the track Friday afternoon at 2:45 p.m. ET for qualifying.
Complete NSCS Practice 1 Results at Texas Motor Speedway:
