Kasey Kahne, in his first Camping World Truck Series action in three years, claimed the top spot of the first practice session for Sunday’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Kahne put up a time of 29.957 seconds at 180.258 mph in his JR Motorsports N0. 00 Chevrolet. He was the only driver to record a lap time of less than 30 seconds.
He was followed by Joe Nemechek (179.856), Daniel Hemric (179.851), Spencer Gallagher (179.485) and Justin Boston (179.313).
The first of two sessions was 2 hours and 55 minutes, almost an hour longer than the 1 hour and 59 minutes it took to run the race itself last year.
Times for the first CWTS practice:
1. Kasey Kahne ... 180.258 ... 21 laps
2. Joe Nemechek ... 179.856 ... 17 laps.
3. Daniel Hemric ... 179.581 ... 33 laps
4. Spencer Gallagher ... 179.485 ...21 laps
5. Justin Boston ... 179.313 ... 32 laps
6. Erik Jones ... 179.152 ... 36 laps
7. Scott Lagasse Jr. ... 179.099 ... 30 laps
8. Brandon Jones ... 178.672 ... 34 laps
9. Tyler Reddick ... 178.571 ... 24 laps
10. Brad Keselowski ... 178.501 ... 24 laps.
11. Matt Tifft ... 178.265 ... 39 laps
12. Cameron Hayley ... 177.895 ... 26 laps
13. Matt Crafton ... 177.626 ... 16 laps
14. David Gilliland ... 177.328 ... 10 laps
15. John Wes Townley ... 177.270 ... 35 laps
16. Johnny Sauter ... 177.165 ... 24 laps
17. Mason Mingus ... 177.038 ... 40 laps
18. Timothy Peters ... 176.962 ... 32 laps
19. Caleb Holman ... 176.148 ... 22 laps
20. Ben Kennedy ... 175.001 ... 35 laps
21. Brandon Brown ... 173.449 ... 29 laps
22. Tyler Young ... 173.232 ... 23 laps
24. Wendell Chavous ... 172.046 ... 12 laps
25. Tyler Tanner ... 171.614 ... 15 laps
26. BJ McLeod ... 171.461 ... 3 laps
27. Ray Black Jr. ... 171.396 ... 6 laps
28. Korbin Forrister ... 170.390 ... 21 laps
29. Todd Peck ... 170.347 ... 18 laps
30. Kyle Fowler ... 169.131 ... 5 laps
31. Justin Jennings ... 169.009 ... 3 laps
32. Jennifer Jo Cobb ... 168.703 ... 4 laps
33. Travis Kvapil ... 168.366 ... 3 laps
34. Jordan Anderson ... 168.319 ... 11 laps
35. Ryan Ellis ... 166.893 ... 8 laps
36. Norm Benning ... 156.042 ... 5 laps
Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average
1. Brad Keselowski ... 175.424 mph
2. Brandon Brown ... 169.884
3. Todd Peck ... 166.360
