Jimmie Johnson tops final Richmond Cup practice
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| Johnson drives through garage |
Jimmie Johnson topped the leaderboard in Saturday's final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Richmond International Raceway at 120.849 mph in the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Right behind him was teammate Kasey Kahne in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at 120.622 mph.
Rounding out the top five were Kyle Busch in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, pole-sitter and series points leader Kevin Harvick in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet and Carl Edwards in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Tony Stewart, in his second practice session of the 2016 campaign since sustaining a back injury in the offseason, was 23rd at 118.614 mph in the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet. Stewart drove 64 laps.
Clint Bowyer's No. 15 HScott Motorsports Chevrolet started smoking in the closing minutes of the session. He was 37th on the speed charts at 116.324 mph.
Results
| Pos. | Car # | Driver | Manufacturer | Sponsor | Speed | Time | Behind |
| 1 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | LOWE'S PRO SERVICES | 120.849 | 22.342 | Leader |
| 2 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Mountain Dew | 120.622 | 22.384 | 0.042 |
| 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Banfield | 120.493 | 22.408 | 0.066 |
| 4 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Busch Light | 120.374 | 22.43 | 0.088 |
| 5 | 19 | Carl Edwards | Toyota | XFINITY | 119.979 | 22.504 | 0.162 |
| 6 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota | Dollar General | 119.931 | 22.513 | 0.171 |
| 7 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | Furniture Row | 119.92 | 22.515 | 0.173 |
| 8 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | Kroger/Bush's Beans | 119.883 | 22.522 | 0.18 |
| 9 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Duracell / Menards | 119.835 | 22.531 | 0.189 |
| 10 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | Shell Penzoil | 119.676 | 22.561 | 0.219 |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Ground | 119.57 | 22.581 | 0.239 |
| 12 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | Monster Energy / Haas Automation | 119.564 | 22.582 | 0.24 |
| 13 | *21 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire + Auto Center | 119.48 | 22.598 | 0.256 |
| 14 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Grainger | 119.4 | 22.613 | 0.271 |
| 15 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | Thomas Built Buses | 119.305 | 22.631 | 0.289 |
| 16 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | Mountain Dew | 119.29 | 22.634 | 0.292 |
| 17 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | Fifth Third Bank Ford Fusion | 119.021 | 22.685 | 0.343 |
| 18 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | Target | 119.011 | 22.687 | 0.345 |
| 19 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | Cheez-It Ford Fusion | 118.979 | 22.693 | 0.351 |
| 20 | 24 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | Mountain Dew | 118.911 | 22.706 | 0.364 |
| 21 | 13 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | GEICO | 118.697 | 22.747 | 0.405 |
| 22 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | Nature's Bakery | 118.624 | 22.761 | 0.419 |
| 23 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy | 118.614 | 22.763 | 0.421 |
| 24 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | AAA | 118.572 | 22.771 | 0.429 |
| 25 | 44 | Brian Scott | Ford | Albertsons Co. / Shore Lodge | 118.551 | 22.775 | 0.433 |
| 26 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Credit One Bank | 118.463 | 22.792 | 0.45 |
| 27 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | Advocare Ford Fusion | 118.286 | 22.826 | 0.484 |
| 28 | 83 | Matt DiBenedetto | Toyota | E.J. Wade Construction | 118.131 | 22.856 | 0.514 |
| 29 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Smithfield | 117.95 | 22.891 | 0.549 |
| 30 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Chevrolet | WRL General Contractors | 117.791 | 22.922 | 0.58 |
| 31 | 38 | Landon Cassill | Ford | The Pete Store | 117.575 | 22.964 | 0.622 |
| 32 | *93 | Ryan Ellis | Toyota | ScienceLogic | 116.898 | 23.097 | 0.755 |
| 33 | 7 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | APC Chrevrolet | 116.777 | 23.121 | 0.779 |
| 34 | 34 | Chris Buescher | Ford | A&W All American Food | 116.721 | 23.132 | 0.79 |
| 35 | 23 | David Ragan | Toyota | sweetFrog | 116.616 | 23.153 | 0.811 |
| 36 | 32 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Ford | CorvetteParts.net | 116.44 | 23.188 | 0.846 |
| 37 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | 5-Hour Energy | 116.324 | 23.211 | 0.869 |
| 38 | *55 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | ChampionMachinery.com | 115.736 | 23.329 | 0.987 |
| 39 | 46 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | Pilot Flying J | 115.321 | 23.413 | 1.071 |
| 40 | *30 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet | Curtis Key Plumbing | 114.446 | 23.592 | 1.25 |