NSCS: Ryan Newman Leads Friday STP 500 Practice at Martinsville Speedway

At the end of the abbreviated practice session as a result of rain, Ryan Newman would top the charts with a lap of 19.355 seconds.

AJ Allmendinger, who was strong on the short tracks last year, was second quickest, 0.031 seconds off of Newman’s quick time. Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson followed suit, looking to continue their winning tradition at Martinsville Speedway. Martin Truex Jr. would round out the top-five.

Joey Logano was sixth, followed by Jamie McMurray, Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson.

2015 NSCS STP 500 First Practice Session Speeds

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Lap #	# Laps	-Fastest	-Next
1	31	Ryan Newman	Quicken Loans Chevrolet	19.355	97.835	17	17	—.—	—.—
2	47	AJ Allmendinger	Bush’s Beans Chevrolet	19.386	97.679	16	16	-0.031	-0.031
3	24	Jeff Gordon	Axalta Chevrolet	19.389	97.664	13	13	-0.034	-0.003
4	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe’s Chevrolet	19.398	97.618	11	17	-0.043	-0.009
5	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet	19.41	97.558	4	10	-0.055	-0.012
6	22	Joey Logano	Shell Pennzoil Ford	19.439	97.412	7	14	-0.084	-0.029
7	1	Jamie McMurray	Cessna Chevrolet	19.439	97.412	4	13	-0.084	0
8	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Ford	19.442	97.397	11	11	-0.087	-0.003
9	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express Toyota	19.479	97.212	15	16	-0.124	-0.037
10	42	Kyle Larson	Target Chevrolet	19.483	97.192	12	12	-0.128	-0.004
11	27	Paul Menard	Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Chevrolet	19.484	97.187	15	15	-0.129	-0.001
12	19	Carl Edwards	ARRIS Toyota	19.5	97.108	17	17	-0.145	-0.016
13	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Chevrolet	19.503	97.093	9	17	-0.148	-0.003
14	41	Kurt Busch	Haas Automation Chevrolet	19.505	97.083	14	18	-0.15	-0.002
15	3	Austin Dillon	Cheerios Chevrolet	19.53	96.959	4	18	-0.175	-0.025
16	4	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser/Jimmy John’s Chevrolet	19.538	96.919	13	14	-0.183	-0.008
17	38	David Gilliland	Love’s Travel Stops Ford	19.546	96.879	23	24	-0.191	-0.008
18	14	Tony Stewart	Code 3 Associates/Mobil 1 Chevrolet	19.549	96.864	20	26	-0.194	-0.003
19	16	Greg Biffle	Ortho Ford	19.577	96.726	9	13	-0.222	-0.028
20	43	Aric Almirola	STP Ford	19.582	96.701	14	20	-0.227	-0.005
21	15	Clint Bowyer	5-Hour Energy Toyota	19.589	96.667	14	20	-0.234	-0.007
22	10	Danica Patrick	TaxAct Chevrolet	19.611	96.558	13	17	-0.256	-0.022
23	51	Justin Allgaier	Fraternal Order of Eagles/Switch Hitch Chevrolet	19.621	96.509	21	25	-0.266	-0.01
24	98	Josh Wise	Phil Parsons Racing Ford	19.622	96.504	18	22	-0.267	-0.001
25	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet	19.631	96.46	11	11	-0.276	-0.009
26	20	Matt Kenseth	Dollar General Toyota	19.632	96.455	17	17	-0.277	-0.001
27	46	Michael Annett	Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet	19.642	96.406	25	26	-0.287	-0.01
28	5	Kasey Kahne	Farmer’s Insurance Chevrolet	19.642	96.406	7	7	-0.287	0
29	25	Chase Elliott(i)	NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet	19.656	96.337	25	25	-0.301	-0.014
30	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Fastenal Ford	19.696	96.141	8	8	-0.341	-0.04
31	40	Landon Cassill(i)	Newtown Building Supplies Chevrolet	19.709	96.078	13	14	-0.354	-0.013
32	83	Matt DiBenedetto	Dr. Pepper Toyota	19.709	96.078	15	15	-0.354	0
33	18	David Ragan	M&M’s Crispy Toyota	19.717	96.039	14	14	-0.362	-0.008
34	26	Jeb Burton #	Maxim.com Toyota	19.719	96.029	21	24	-0.364	-0.002
35	9	Sam Hornish Jr.	Medallion Bank/Mercury Marine Ford	19.724	96.005	13	17	-0.369	-0.005
36	55	Brett Moffitt #	Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota	19.726	95.995	10	10	-0.371	-0.002
37	6	Trevor Bayne	AdvoCare Ford	19.818	95.55	15	21	-0.463	-0.092
38	35	Cole Whitt	Ford	19.841	95.439	17	17	-0.486	-0.023
39	34	Chris Buescher(i)	A&W All American Food Ford	19.901	95.151	35	35	-0.546	-0.06
40	23	JJ Yeley(i)	American Cancer Society Toyota	19.916	95.079	18	18	-0.561	-0.015
41	32	Mike Bliss(i)	CorvetteParts.net Ford	19.92	95.06	6	19	-0.565	-0.004
42	62	Brendan Gaughan(i)	Diathrive Chevrolet	20.091	94.251	19	20	-0.736	-0.171
43	30	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	20.094	94.237	5	13	-0.739	-0.003
44	7	Alex Bowman	Nikko RC/Toy State Car Chevrolet	20.117	94.129	14	19	-0.762	-0.023
45	33	Alex Kennedy #	Dream Factory Chevrolet	20.49	92.416	18	37	-1.135	-0.373