In Saturday’s practice, the fastest speeds came from the second 20-minute session. Tyler Reddick from 23XI Racing had the quickest lap speed overall at 181.001 mph.
Reddick’s team has been doing well at Kansas lately, winning three of the last four races there, including Reddick’s win last fall.
Reddick said, “You know, those two races we had here last year, I wasn’t thrilled with the overall speed we had, necessarily. But we just stayed in the mix and got good finishes out of them.”
William Byron from Hendrick Motorsports was second fastest overall (180.222 mph), and Bubba Wallace, Reddick’s teammate, came in third (179.736 mph).
Noah Gragson was fourth, and Denny Hamlin, who won the spring race last year, was fifth.
Among drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps, Byron had the fastest average speed (178.229 mph), followed by Kyle Larson and Reddick.
In the first part of practice, Reddick and Wallace from 23XI Racing quickly took the lead. Reddick’s average lap speed was 181.001 mph, and Wallace was second fastest at 179.736 mph.
Kyle Busch came in third (178.896 mph), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was fourth, and Kyle Larson was fifth.
Jimmie Johnson, a seven-time Cup champion, had the slowest time in Group B.
In the other part of practice, Byron was the fastest with an average lap speed of 180.222 mph. Gragson was second fastest, and Hamlin was third.
Chase Elliott was fourth, and Michael McDowell was fifth.
Austin Cindric and Ryan Preece, who both drive Fords, had a tough time and ended up 17th and 19th fastest, respectively.
