NSCS: Kasey Kahne Leads First Food City 500 Practice at Bristol Motor Speedway

In the first practice for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, it’d be Hendrick Motorsports leading the way.

Kasey Kahne would top the charts with a lap of 14.971 seconds as he enters this weekend sitting fifth in points with three top-10s, coming off a eighth place finish at Texas Motor Speedway. Kahne is also a previous Bristol winner, having visited victory lane in 2013.

2004 Bristol winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. was second quickest, 0.001 seconds off of Kahne. Earnhardt comes into this weekend with momentum, as well, having finished third at Texas.

Brad Keselowski was third quickest in his Ford for Team Penske, followed by Carl Edwards and David Ragan.

Justin Allgaier was sixth, followed by Joey Logano, Ryan Newman, Jamie McMurray and Austin Dillon. With Luke Lambert out for the next six weeks due to suspension, Newman has veteran crew chief Todd Parrott calling the shots.

2015 NSCS Food City 500 First Practice Session Speeds

(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series, # Denotes Rookie

Source: Timing and Scoring provided by NASCARMedia/NASCAR Statistics

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