Ford Ecoboost 400: Keselowski fastest in first Cup practice

Brad Keselowski opened up the first Cup practice session with the fastest lap time of 30.167 seconds, and a top speed of 179.004 mph.

Out of the final four Chase drivers, Kevin Harvick was the fastest, finishing second with a lap time of 30.176 seconds.

Ryan Newman finished 9th, Denny Hamlin 11th and Joey Logano 22nd.

Next up for the Cup Series is qualifying at 6:15 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time	Speed
1	2	Brad Keselowski	30.167	179.004
2	4	Kevin Harvick	30.176	178.950
3	10	Danica Patrick	30.207	178.767
4	20	Matt Kenseth	30.260	178.453
5	42	Kyle Larson #	30.346	177.948
6	41	Kurt Busch	30.376	177.772
7	24	Jeff Gordon	30.381	177.743
8	48	Jimmie Johnson	30.393	177.672
9	31	Ryan Newman	30.402	177.620
10	18	Kyle Busch	30.407	177.591
11	11	Denny Hamlin	30.423	177.497
12	47	AJ Allmendinger	30.435	177.427
13	43	Aric Almirola	30.435	177.427
14	33	Brian Scott(i)	30.442	177.387
15	78	Martin Truex Jr.	30.492	177.096
16	1	Jamie McMurray	30.575	176.615
17	5	Kasey Kahne	30.621	176.350
18	16	Greg Biffle	30.626	176.321
19	15	Clint Bowyer	30.650	176.183
20	55	Brian Vickers	30.666	176.091
21	9	Marcos Ambrose	30.699	175.901
22	22	Joey Logano	30.710	175.838
23	34	David Ragan	30.756	175.575
24	51	Justin Allgaier #	30.771	175.490
25	27	Paul Menard	30.785	175.410
26	99	Carl Edwards	30.802	175.313
27	3	Austin Dillon #	30.818	175.222
28	21	Trevor Bayne(i)	30.824	175.188
29	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	30.832	175.143
30	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	30.863	174.967
31	13	Casey Mears	30.865	174.955
32	14	Tony Stewart	30.869	174.933
33	40	Landon Cassill(i)	30.956	174.441
34	83	JJ Yeley(i)	30.976	174.329
35	95	Michael McDowell	31.004	174.171
36	26	Cole Whitt #	31.218	172.977
37	23	Alex Bowman #	31.276	172.656
38	38	David Gilliland	31.327	172.375
39	7	Michael Annett #	31.425	171.838
40	32	Blake Koch(i)	31.518	171.331
41	98	Josh Wise	31.601	170.881
42	66	Brett Moffitt	31.779	169.924
43	36	Reed Sorenson	31.859	169.497

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