NSCS: Jimmie Johnson Leads Morning Practice for Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas

Following a pair of solid top-five finishes to start the season, Jimmie Johnson carried that speed into Las Vegas Motor Speedway as he led the morning practice for the Kobalt Tools 400. The previous Las Vegas winner led practice with a lap of 28.141 seconds.

Ryan Newman was second fastest, 0.314 seconds behind, followed by Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Martin Truex Jr. was sixth quickest as he looks to carry momentum forward following a top-10 at Atlanta, followed by Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart, Kyle Larson and Matt Kenseth.

Aric Almirola would go for a spin with six minutes left in the session off of turn two, but was able to keep it off the wall.

POS	DRIVER	LAPS	FAST SPEED	FAST TIME	BEHIND
1	^#48 Jimmie Johnson	33	191.891	28.141	Leader
2	^#31 Ryan Newman	27	189.773	28.455	0.314
3	^#4 Kevin Harvick	33	189.667	28.471	0.330
4	^#22 Joey Logano	24	189.620	28.478	0.337
5	^#88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.	32	189.394	28.512	0.371
6	^#78 Martin Truex Jr.	29	189.188	28.543	0.402
7	^#11 Denny Hamlin	28	189.016	28.569	0.428
8	^#14 Tony Stewart	18	188.844	28.595	0.454
9	^#42 Kyle Larson	36	188.831	28.597	0.456
10	^#20 Matt Kenseth	35	188.758	28.608	0.467
11	^#27 Paul Menard	30	188.739	28.611	0.470
12	^#19 Carl Edwards	27	188.686	28.619	0.478
13	^#2 Brad Keselowski	25	188.627	28.628	0.487
14	^#24 Jeff Gordon	20	188.324	28.674	0.533
15	^#5 Kasey Kahne	31	188.186	28.695	0.554
16	^#18 David Ragan	32	187.806	28.753	0.612
17	^#10 Danica Patrick	27	187.676	28.773	0.632
18	^#16 Greg Biffle	26	187.402	28.815	0.674
19	^#47 AJ Allmendinger	21	187.292	28.832	0.691
20	^#1 Jamie McMurray	25	187.097	28.862	0.721
21	^#13 Casey Mears	24	186.994	28.878	0.737
22	^#41 Regan Smith	22	186.981	28.880	0.739
23	^#33 Brian Scott	30	186.554	28.946	0.805
24	^#43 Aric Almirola	19	186.548	28.947	0.806
25	^#3 Austin Dillon	30	186.522	28.951	0.810
26	^#21 Ryan Blaney	35	186.239	28.995	0.854
27	^#51 Justin Allgaier	27	186.143	29.010	0.869
28	^#46 Michael Annett	16	186.047	29.025	0.884
29	^#55 Brian Vickers	20	186.014	29.030	0.889
30	^#9 Sam Hornish Jr.	23	185.874	29.052	0.911
31	^#7 Alex Bowman	17	185.771	29.068	0.927
32	^#38 David Gilliland	25	185.363	29.132	0.991
33	^#6 Trevor Bayne	17	185.008	29.188	1.047
34	^#17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	20	184.938	29.199	1.058
35	^#34 Brett Moffitt	30	184.723	29.233	1.092
36	^#15 Clint Bowyer	22	184.596	29.253	1.112
37	^#95 Michael McDowell	25	184.062	29.338	1.197
38	^#62 Brendan Gaughan	16	183.811	29.378	1.237
39	^#35 Cole Whitt	15	182.248	29.630	1.489
40	^#23 J.J. Yeley	10	182.113	29.652	1.511
41	^#26 Jeb Burton	18	181.824	29.699	1.558
42	^#98 Josh Wise	17	181.159	29.808	1.667
43	^#40 Landon Cassill	18	176.765	30.549	2.408

2 thoughts on “NSCS: Jimmie Johnson Leads Morning Practice for Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas”

ladybug388 says:

March 7, 2015 at 12:32 pm

RT @OnPitRoad_: NSCS: @JimmieJohnson Leads Morning Practice for Kobalt 400 at @LVMotorSpeedway by @ladybug388 http://t.co/D6PfGimbUz #NASCAR
RT_RaceSonoma says:

March 7, 2015 at 12:35 pm

RT @OnPitRoad_: NSCS: @JimmieJohnson Leads Morning Practice for Kobalt 400 at @LVMotorSpeedway by @ladybug388 http://t.co/D6PfGimbUz #NASCAR