Kevin Harvick Paces Early 2015 Pure Michigan Practice

Six days after coming up just short of a victory at Watkins Glen, Kevin Harvick topped Saturday’s early morning practice session at Michigan International Speedway.

Harvick averaged 194.784 mph in a 36.964-second lap to lead the session, just .071 seconds ahead of runner-up Matt Kenseth (37.035). Kyle Larson (37.111), Kyle Busch (37.118) and Jimmie Johnson (37.126) rounded out the top five.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will return to action at the 2-mile Brooklyn, Michigan track at 11:30 a.m. for final practice.

2015 PURE MICHIGAN 400 SECOND PRACTICE SPEEDS

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	MANUFACTURER	SPONSOR	BEST SPEED	BEST TIME	BEHIND
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Jimmy John's/ Budweiser	194.784	36.964	Leader
2	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	Dollar General	194.411	37.035	0.071
3	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	Target	194.013	37.111	0.147
4	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Interstate Batteries	193.976	37.118	0.154
5	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	LOWES	193.934	37.126	0.162
6	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	193.892	37.134	0.17
7	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Freight	193.882	37.136	0.172
8	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	Dow	193.793	37.153	0.189
9	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops	193.757	37.16	0.196
10	19	Carl Edwards	Toyota	Arris	193.715	37.168	0.204
11	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	Farmers Insurance	193.554	37.199	0.235
12	78	Martin Truex Jr	Chevrolet	Furniture Row/Visser Precision	193.512	37.207	0.243
13	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	Miller Lite	193.429	37.223	0.259
14	41	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	Haas Automation	193.403	37.228	0.264
15	55	David Ragan	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine Online Version	193.356	37.237	0.273
16	22	Joey Logano	Ford	Shell Pennzoil	193.34	37.24	0.276
17	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Pepsi	193.164	37.274	0.31
18	15	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	5-Hour Energy	193.014	37.303	0.339
19	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Chevrolet	Microsoft	192.936	37.318	0.354
20	21	Ryan Blaney	Ford	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	192.781	37.348	0.384
21	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Cessna/McDonald's	192.668	37.37	0.406
22	47	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	Kroger/Scott'Products	192.472	37.408	0.444
23	10	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	GoDaddy	192.41	37.42	0.456
24	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Richmond/Menards	191.995	37.501	0.537
25	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	Ortho Ford Fusion	191.637	37.571	0.607
26	51	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	Brandt	191.601	37.578	0.614
27	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	Advocare Ford Fusion	191.54	37.59	0.626
28	9	Sam Hornish Jr	Ford	Transportation Impact	191.159	37.665	0.701
29	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	Armour	190.693	37.757	0.793
30	13	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet SS	190.617	37.772	0.808
31	26	Jeb Burton	Toyota	Maxim/Estes	190.421	37.811	0.847
32	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Ford	Zest Ford Fusion	190.421	37.811	0.847
33	35	Cole Whitt	Ford	Dockside Logistics LLC	189.718	37.951	0.987
34	34	Brett Moffitt	Ford	CSX Play It Safe	189.713	37.952	0.988
35	40	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	Snap Fitness	189.384	38.018	1.054
36	7	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	Advanced Patient Care	189.205	38.054	1.09
37	46	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	Pilot Flying J	189.081	38.079	1.115
38	38	David Gilliland	Ford	MDS Transportation	188.808	38.134	1.17
39	83	Matt DiBenedetto	Toyota	Cosmo Motors	188.748	38.146	1.182
40	23	J.J. Yeley	Toyota	Dr. Pepper	187.422	38.416	1.452
41	32	Josh Wise	Ford	SKUTTLE TIGHT	186.79	38.546	1.582
42	33	Travis Kvapil	Chevrolet	TBA	185.883	38.734	1.77
43	98	Timmy Hill	Ford	Premium Motorsports	185.014	38.916	1.952

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