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Blaney leads opening Texas practice
Ryan Blaney was fastest in the lone Friday practice session at Texas Motor Speedway with a lap of 198.976mph.
Blaney was the fastest of three Fords that ended up in the top five. Kevin Harvick, the defending race winner, was second quick at 198.456mph with Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kurt Busch third at 198.136mph.
Denny Hamlin also ran a lap of 198.136mph to clock in fourth fastest. Aric Almirola completed the top five at 197.904mph.
The rest of the top 10 were Joey Logano (196.922mph), Clint Bowyer (196.872mph), Erik Jones (196.707mph), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (196.592mph) and Brad Keselowski (196.549mph).
There were no incidents in the 50-minute session. Only one car, the No. 99 of Kyle Weatherman, served a 15-minute practice hold for the car being late to post-qualifying/pre-race inspection last weekend.
UP NEXT: Qualifying at 7 p.m. ET.
Kelly Crandall
Kelly has been on the NASCAR beat full-time since 2013, and joined RACER as chief NASCAR writer in 2017. Her work has also appeared in NASCAR.com, the NASCAR Illustrated magazine, and NBC Sports. A corporate communications graduate from Central Penn College, Crandall is a two-time George Cunningham Writer of the Year recipient from the National Motorsports Press Association.
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