Kyle Busch fastest in first Nationwide practice at Kentucky
By Jerry BonkowskiJun 26, 2014, 7:53 PM EDT
Just over an hour after qualifying No. 1 for Thursday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Kyle Busch recorded the fastest lap during the weekend's first Nationwide Series practice session at Kentucky Speedway.
Busch covered the 1.5-mile tri-oval at a speed of 174.729 mph, followed by Ryan Blaney (174.498 mph), Brian Scott (174.441), Paul Menard (174.419) and Corey Lajoie (174.329).
Sixth- through 10th-fastest were Kyle Larson (174.025 mph), Kevin Harvick (174.003), Ty Dillon (173.924), Road America winner Brendan Gaughan (173.907) and Brad Keselowski (173.455).
Chase Elliott was 11th-fastest (173.433 mph), followed by Elliott Sadler (173.210), Matt Kenseth (172.961), Mike Bliss (172.667), Ryan Reed (172.590), Regan Smith (172.397), Trevor Bayne (172.210), Ryan Sieg (171.914), Chris Buescher (171.827) and Dylan Kwasniewski (171.603).
A total of 44 drivers took to the track.
The second NNS practice will be held Friday morning at 9 am ET, with qualifying set for later in the afternoon at 3:40 pm ET. The race, the John R. Elliott Hero Campaign 300, goes off Friday evening at 7:30 pm ET.
Busch, Keselowski and Joe Nemechek are attempting to race in all three of this weekend's events at Kentucky Speedway: Camping World Truck Series, Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup Series.
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