Kenseth, Edwards pace wreck-filled Saturday practices – Nascar

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Matt Kenseth topped the final Sprint Cup Series practice on Saturday at Auto Club Speedway, but the story from the session was a somewhat bizarre wreck between Kyle Larson and Greg Biffle.

Midway through the practice, Larson rose up and hit the outside wall, forcing Biffle to make a split-second decision about where he’d try to avoid the No. 42 Chevrolet, but chose the high side. Needless to say, it was not the correct choice.

The front end of Biffle’s No. 16 crunched in — along with the rear of Larson’s ride — forcing his hood to pop up. Both teams are attempting repairs but may need to use backup entries in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, Sirius XM NASCAR Radio).

“I just had to slow down so much that the 16 caught me,” Larson told FOX. “It was my fault. I apologize to Greg Biffle.”

The pair talked after the wreck and appeared to come to an understanding with what happened.

Kenseth’s best speed of 185.419 mph narrowly edged his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Carl Edwards, who was second at 185.347 mph. Ryan Blaney (185.161 mph), Joey Logano (185.099 mph) and Aric Almirola (185.071 mph) rounded out the top five.

Kurt Busch wrecked his primary car in the opening practice of the day. He was 24th fastest in the final session at 183.299 mph in his backup.

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Carl Edwards paced the opening Saturday morning practice at Auto Club Speedway, topping the leaderboard with a best speed of 187.906 mph.

Speeds were slightly down from where they were on Friday as heavy fog surrounded the California track.

Martin Truex Jr. was next on the charts at 187.632 mph, followed by Ryan Newman (186.640 mph), Kyle Busch (186.635 mph) and pole-winner Austin Dillon (186.587 mph) to round out the top five.

Midway through the practice, Kurt Busch got into the wall and, while the damage appeared to be slight, his No. 41 team elected to go to a backup Chevrolet. He had qualified 26th, but will now have to start from the rear.

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Aric Almirola also slapped the Turn 2 wall early on in the session, pancaking the right side of his No. 43 Ford Fusion. The Richard Petty Motorsports team was working on his car, attempting to fix it.