Kurt Busch kept Kasey Kahne from sweeping all three practice sessions in preparation for Sunday’s Food City 500 In Support of Steve Byrnes at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kahne won Friday’s session as well as the first of two Sprint Cup practices Saturday morning.
But Busch, who ran 100 laps, rallied to take the top spot in the Happy Hour final practice with a very stout run of 127.554 mph, well over one mph more than Kahne, who was second-fastest (126.537 mph).
David Ragan was third-fastest (126.503), followed by Jeff Gordon (126.420) and Brad Keselowski (126.378).
The top 10 drivers all exceeded 126 mph.
Here’s how Saturday’s final practice session played out:
1 Kurt Busch … 127.554 mph … 100 laps
2 Kasey Kahne … 126.537 … 71 laps
3 David Ragan … 126.503 … 102 laps
4 Jeff Gordon … 126.420 … 76 laps
5 Brad Keselowski … 126.378 … 74 laps
6 Joey Logano … 126.287 … 88 laps
7 Kevin Harvick … 126.245 … 71 laps
8 Denny Hamlin … 126.220 … 66 laps
9 Jimmie Johnson … 126.204 … 104 laps
10 Carl Edwards … 126.129 … 69 laps
11 Dale Earnhardt Jr. … 125.988 … 109 laps
12 Jamie McMurray … 125.897 … 105 laps
13 Kyle Larson … 125.823 … 76 laps
14 Ryan Newman … 125.346 … 77 laps
15 Brett Moffitt … 125.256 … 82 laps
16 Tony Stewart … 125.256 … 83 laps
17 Clint Bowyer … 125.207 … 86 laps
18 Sam Hornish Jr. … 125.158 … 65 laps
19 Matt Kenseth … 125.085 … 66 laps
20 Austin Dillon … 124.995 … 76 laps
21 Justin Allgaier … 124.987 … 101 laps
22 Paul Menard … 124.963 … 64 laps
23 Casey Mears … 124.922 … 71 laps
24 Aric Almirola … 124.889 … 73 laps
25 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. … 124.759 … 45 laps
26 Martin Truex Jr. … 124.565 … 49 laps
27 Matt DiBenedetto … 124.525 … 66 laps
28 AJ Allmendinger … 124.525 … 53 laps
29 Michael Annett … 124.363 … 126 laps
30 Jeb Burton … 124.283 … 67 laps
31 Alex Bowman … 124.242 … 57 laps
32 Trevor Bayne … 124.146 … 57 laps
33 Chris Buescher … 124.130 … 84 laps
34 Landon Cassill … 124.114 … 57 laps
35 Cole Whitt …. 124.090 … 37 laps
36 Greg Biffle … 124.090 … 69 laps
37 Danica Patrick … 124.058 … 77 laps
38 David Gilliland … 123.970 … 83 laps
39 Josh Wise … 123.937 … 81 laps
40 Michael McDowell … 123.174 … 77 laps
41 Mike Bliss … 123.063 … 52 laps
42 JJ Yeley … 122.733 … 48 laps
43 Alex Kennedy … 121.305 … 87 laps
Best Consecutive 10 Lap Average
1 Kevin Harvick ... 125.934 mph
2 Kasey Kahne ... 125.396
3 Joey Logano ... 125.273
4 David Ragan ... 125.224
5 Brad Keselowski ... 125.161
6 Kurt Busch ... 125.107
7 Kyle Larson ... 124.749
8 Matt Kenseth ... 124.631
9 Carl Edwards ... 124.603
10 Jimmie Johnson ... 124.482
11 Dale Earnhardt Jr. ... 124.477
12 Clint Bowyer ... 124.362
13 Tony Stewart ... 124.338
14 AJ Allmendinger ... 124.208
15 Ryan Newman ... 124.131
16 Justin Allgaier ... 124.061
17 Austin Dillon ... 124.056
18 Sam Hornish Jr. ... 124.014
19 Jamie McMurray ... 123.911
20 Jeff Gordon ... 123.890
21 Denny Hamlin ... 123.836
22 Martin Truex Jr. ... 123.760
23 Brett Moffitt 123.743
24 Alex Bowman ... 123.719
25 Aric Almirola ... 123.713
26 Matt DiBenedetto ... 123.580
27 David Gilliland ... 123.540
28 Michael Annett ... 123.165
29 Jeb Burton ... 123.049
30 Danica Patrick ... 123.048
31 Trevor Bayne 122.923
32 Greg Biffle ... 122.733
33 Landon Cassill ... 122.639
34 Chris Buescher ... 122.614
35 Michael McDowell ... 122.470
36 Paul Menard ... 122.460
37 Josh Wise ... 122.350
38 Mike Bliss ... 122.133
39 Casey Mears ... 121.780
40 JJ Yeley ... 121.379
41 Alex Kennedy ... 120.270
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