NASCAR made the decision to let teams have a one hour practice session that would begin at 11:30 a.m. Eastern. The session would be combined with drivers from tonight’s All-Star Open and All-Star Race.
Kyle Larson would lead the combined All-Star final practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Driver NO. 42 ran a lap time of 31.159 with a speed of 173.255 mph. The Elk Grove, California native will start from the sixteenth position Saturday night.
Rounding out the top five were Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Aric Almirola and Daniel Suarez.
Daniel Suarez would lead the field of All-Star Open drivers with a lap of 31.276 and a speed of 172.656 mph.
Pole sitter Matt Kenseth was 20th fastest.
Tonight’s All-Star Open coverage is slated to begin at 6:00 p.m. Eastern on Fox Sports 1. Four drivers from the All-Star Open will transfer into the All-Star Race; Stage 1 winner, Stage 2 winner, Stage 3 winner and fan vote.
All-Star Race coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Fox Sports 1.
Final Practice Results:
1. Kyle Larson
2. Clint Bowyer
3. Aric Almirola
5. Daniel Suarez
6. Darrell Wallace Jr.
7. Kurt Busch
8. Alex Bowman
9. Ryan Blaney
10. Chase Elliott
11. Jimmie Johnson
12. Kyle Busch
13. Brad Keselowski
14. Ryan Newman
15. Austin Dillion
16. Joey Logano
17. Denny Hamlin
18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
19. Martin Truex Jr.
20. Matt Kenseth
21. Kasey Kahne
22. Chris Buescher
23. Michael McDowell
24. Erik Jones
25. Paul Menard
26. Ty Dillion
27. William Byron
28. David Ragan
29. Jamie McMurray
30. AJ Allmendinger
31. Matt DiBenedetto
32. Corey LaJoie
33. Gray Gaulding
34. Landon Cassill
35. Reed Sorenson
36. BJ McLeod
37. Ross Chastain
38. Timmy Hill
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