Truex Jr. travels fast in final Texas practice – Nascar

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Martin Truex Jr. zipped to the top of the leaderboard in the final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice Friday evening at Texas Motor Speedway.

Truex piloted the Furniture Row Racing No. 78 Toyota to a fast lap of 192.390 mph around the 1.5-mile Fort Worth track. He’ll start third in Saturday night’s main event, the Duck Commander 500 (7:30 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM).

Carl Edwards, who claimed the Coors Light Pole Award in a qualifying session held earlier Friday, backed up his speed with a second-fastest lap at 190.248 mph in the 80-minute final practice. Edwards is scheduled to start first in Saturday’s 500-miler, the seventh race of the Sprint Cup season.

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Defending Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch — and last weekend’s winner at Martinsville Speedway — turned the third-fastest lap in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota (189.507 mph). AJ Allmendinger, the runner-up to Busch last Sunday, was fourth-best in the JTG-Daugherty Racing No. 47 Chevrolet (189.500 mph).

Joey Logano , who will share the front row with Edwards on Saturday night’s starting grid, completed the top five in final practice (189.480 mph).

Jimmie Johnson, a six-time Texas winner carrying a three-race win streak at the intermediate-sized track, was seventh-fastest in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 Chevrolet (189.255 mph).

Austin Dillon led the way in the category of 10-lap averages, posting a 10-lap run of 184.633 mph. Kasey Kahne, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick and Truex completed the top five among the 32 drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps in final practice.