Kahne Fastest During Final Pocono Practice

Kahne fastest in final practice

It was Kasey Kahne, with a lap speed of 167.520 mph, showing the fastest way around Pocono Raceway during the final Good Sam RV Insurance 500 practice session.

Second fastest was Mark Martin with a lap speed of 166.834 mph, and was followed by Kevin Harvick (166.756), Clint Bowyer (166.667 mph) and Juan Pablo Montoya (166.599).

Rounding out the top-ten during “Happy Hour” were Jeff Burton (166.349), Ryan Newman (166.322), Brad Keselowski (166.217), Regan Smith (166.184) and Carl Edwards (166.174).

The teams will return to the track Saturday morning for their 10:40 AM (EDT) scheduled qualifying session, which will set the starting lineup for Sunday’s race (scheduled to get underway approximately around 1:20 PM – EDT – with ESPN beginning their pre-race coverage at 12:00 PM – EDT).

Top-5 Happy Hour Speeds (90 scheduled minutes):
#9-Kahne 167.520
#5-Martin 166.834
#29-Harvick 166.756
#33-Bowyer 166.667
#42-Montoya 166.599
slowest: #32-Jason White 160.436 & #13-Mears 166.305
notes: #71-Lally spun off turn three midway thru practice.
Late in practice #2-Keselowski went high in turn 1 as he felt a tire going down and spun and slid, stopping on the track.

Practice Speeds