Kevin Harvick leads second Cup practice at Fontana

Other than the final round of qualifying Friday at Fontana, Harvick has led every session this weekend as he pursues a fourth consecutive victory.

After a slight delay due to track drying, the second practice got underway Saturday morning with A.J. Allmendinger quickly jumping to the top of the charts. But on his very first lap, Harvick bested the No. 47 with a 184.068mph lap. He later bettered himself, putting up a 186.075mph lap.

Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kurt Busch ended up second, followed by Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney.

Brad Keselowski, Allmendinger, Joey Logano, Alex Bowman and Clint Bowyer rounded out the top ten.

Along with running the most laps at 31, Harvick also led the best five, ten and 15 consecutive lap averages.

The No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Toyota of Timmy Hill was the only driver to serve a practice hold, forced to sit out the final 15 minutes due to being late to pre-qualifying inspection. 

The 40-minute practice went without incident.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	31	38.694			186.075
2	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	24	39.039	0.345	0.345	184.431
3	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	22	39.126	0.432	0.087	184.021
4	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	29	39.150	0.456	0.024	183.908
5	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	19	39.160	0.466	0.010	183.861
6	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	24	39.220	0.526	0.060	183.580
7	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	16	39.236	0.542	0.016	183.505
8	22	Joey Logano	Ford	20	39.242	0.548	0.006	183.477
9	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	21	39.314	0.620	0.072	183.141
10	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	25	39.316	0.622	0.002	183.132
11	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	19	39.319	0.625	0.003	183.118
12	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	30	39.332	0.638	0.013	183.057
13	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	17	39.336	0.642	0.004	183.038
14	95	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	17	39.379	0.685	0.043	182.839
15	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	17	39.392	0.698	0.013	182.778
16	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	17	39.396	0.702	0.004	182.760
17	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	16	39.397	0.703	0.001	182.755
18	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	31	39.399	0.705	0.002	182.746
19	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	21	39.430	0.736	0.031	182.602
20	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	18	39.453	0.759	0.023	182.496
21	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	18	39.532	0.838	0.079	182.131
22	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	20	39.578	0.884	0.046	181.919
23	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	22	39.590	0.896	0.012	181.864
24	21	Paul Menard	Ford	26	39.591	0.897	0.001	181.860
25	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	26	39.596	0.902	0.005	181.837
26	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	19	39.626	0.932	0.030	181.699
27	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	14	39.681	0.987	0.055	181.447
28	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	21	39.763	1.069	0.082	181.073
29	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	17	39.808	1.114	0.045	180.868
30	38	David Ragan	Ford	15	39.870	1.176	0.062	180.587
31	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	14	39.885	1.191	0.015	180.519
32	72	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	11	40.461	1.767	0.576	177.949
33	00	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	12	40.952	2.258	0.491	175.816
34	23	Gray Gaulding	Toyota	12	41.126	2.432	0.174	175.072
35	51	Timmy Hill	Chevrolet	8	41.891	3.197	0.765	171.875