Joe Gibbs Racing maintained its stranglehold on top of the XFINITY Series leaderboard during the third practice of the day for the ALSCO 300 at Kentucky Speedway.
Erik Jones piloted his No.20 Reser’s Fine Foods Toyota around the 1.5 mile oval in a quick time of 28.754 seconds (187.800) MPH. Jones’ JGR teammate Daniel Suarez was .062 seconds back in second.
Kyle Busch was third followed by Ty Dillon and Ryan Blaney. J.J. Yeley, Brad Keselowski, Austin Dillon, Darrell Wallace Jr., and Justin Allgaier rounded out the top ten.
Notables included: Elliott Sadler 11th, Cole Custer 12th, Brendan Gaughan 13th, Ryan Reed 14th, Blake Koch 19th, and Brandon Jones 20th.
The XFINITY Series will return to the track one more time this evening for final practice which gets underway at 7:00 P.M. ET