Teammate Hal Martin made of had the quickest time for Thursday morning's session, however Kyle Fowler holds serve of being the quickest car on the property for single car runs.
Eighteen-year old rookie Chris Buescher drove the Roulo Brothers Racing Ford, marked with an orange No. 17, to a lap of 49.315 seconds (182.5 mph) in the opening session to top the charts.
Last week, Brad Keselowski tweeted, "Needed a good laugh tonight after being ruled ineligible for both shootout and NW championship in one loooong week.
Brian France has stood stalwart against the verbal stones and arrows aimed in his direction because his approach to the operation of NASCAR is so different from that of his father and grandfather.
While the NASCAR focus should be squarely aimed at the upcoming test session at Daytona, there seems to be some other very interesting story lines this week.
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