Johnson Fastest in Final Practice Before Sunday's Race

  The Sprint Cup Series cars held their final practice and it was the teammate of pole sitter Jeff Gordon that was the fastest this afternoon, Jimmie Johnson. The number 48 car was the fastest car for most of the practice with a 30.822 seconds time and a speed of 175.200 MPH. As for the pole sitter, he was the 6^th fastest with a time of 31.154 seconds and a speed of 173.332 MPH.

  Championship 4 contender Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the last practice session, but was going back and forth with fellow contender and new “buddy” Joey Logano in the final one.  Logano would be the fastest out of the two as he was 7^th with a time of 31.191 seconds and speed of 173.127 MPH. Kevin Harvick would be 8^th with a time of 31.196 seconds and a speed of 173.009 MPH.

  The underdog of the pack, Ryan Newman, and was 12^th with a time of 31.249 seconds and a speed of 172.806 MPH.

  Denny Hamlin would drop from 5^th in the noon practice, all the way to 13^th because of time of 31.258 seconds and a speed of 172.756 MPH.

  Denny Hamlin had trouble towards the end of practice and lost control of the car.

  “Just trying to get a tire sheet late and missed the line and went through the grass. It was pretty exciting for a little while.” Denny Hamlin would explain about the incident.

  Despite a worse performance in the last practice before the Ford EcoBoost 400 that would determine the Sprint Cup Champion, Hamlin is confident about tomorrow’s race.

  “We’ve got a car that we can compete with and that’s the main thing. You worry when you come down here if it’s going to be like it was or how it was previous years and how it was in the test, but it’s pretty good.” Hamlin said.