Kurt Busch continued to turn fast laps at Fontana, Calif., on Saturday, following up on winning pole position for Sprint Cup's Auto Club 400.
With Sunday's race announced as a sellout, Busch will go for his first win of the season in his second race with a packed house watching.
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Think he has speed? There was nobody close to Busch's top lap in Saturday's early practice. And he set the pace in the afternoon "happy hour" practice as well.
Kurt Busch just put down a monster lap in practice. 187.115 mph. Next closest is 184.247
— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) March 21, 2015Kurt Busch fastest in practice. KuBusch Johnson Ragan Newman BScott Truex Keselowski Allmendinger Harvick Mears Larson Kahne Stewart JoLo
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) March 21, 2015Following Busch in the fastest 10 drivers were Jimmie Johnson at 184.247; David Ragan, 184.237; Ryan Newman, 183.969; Brian Scott, 183.960; Martin Truex Jr., 183.814; Brad Keselowski, 183.594; AJ Allmendinger, 183.510; Kevin Harvick, 183.416; and Casey Mears, 183.351.
On 41 radio: "Good job everyone. There's one thing left to do this weekend and that's finish them off. Let's get ready to race." #NASCAR
— Chris Knight (@Knighter01) March 21, 2015Busch hit 184.971 mph in the afternoon session. Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Harvick and Danica Patrick, who squeezed 182.007 mph out of her car, was among those turning fast laps.
Coverage of Sunday's race begins at 3:30 p.m. ET on Fox.
Last time a driver swept all of the practices, qualifying and the race? Go back to 2010 when Carl Edwards did it. Credit: @MRNRadio #NASCAR
— Brett Winningham (@NASCAR_BRETT) March 21, 2015Sunday's weather forecast? California perfect.
#NASCAR @ACSpeedway weekend weather forecast. Yep it's that nice. http://t.co/HXYPmeptTK pic.twitter.com/nTCHoQd9Td
— Brian Neudorff (@NASCAR_WXMAN) March 21, 2015#NASCAR #AutoClubSpeedway #Fontana #HotAsBalls https://t.co/Kn6rVDgEDu
— Michelle Ball (@NeatoFrito) March 21, 2015#AutoClub400 practice from the stands!! #NASCARGoesWest #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/90b3uCBESQ
— Ryan Ostrander 88 (@rostrander13) March 21, 2015