Friday afternoon during the first NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Sta-Green 200 practice session, it was Brian Scott with a lap speed of 130.042mph, posting the fastest lap at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson, with a lap speed of 129.243mph, was second fastest, followed by Kyle Busch (129.029mph) who was third, Brad Keselowski (128.758) fourth and Matt Kenseth (128.745) was fifth.
The current series points leader, Regan Smith (128.273mph) put up the sixth fastest lap speed, while Paul Menard (128.229) was seventh, series Rookie of the Year (ROTY) candidate, Chris Buescher (128.027) was eighth, Elliott Sadler (127.984) ninth and ROTY candidate Chase Elliott (127.684) rounds out the top-ten.
The teams will have their “Happy Hour” (final) practice this afternoon from 3:00 p.m – 4:25 p.m. (ET) before they return on Saturday morning at 10:10 a.m. (ET) for qualifying to determine the starting lineup for that afternoon’s race.
The 25th annual Sta-Green 200 is slated to get started around 3:50 p.m. (ET) Saturday afternoon, and ESPN2 providing television coverage beginning with their 3:00 p.m. (ET) NASCAR Countdown pre-race show.
| Sta-Green 200 First Practice Results | ||||||
| Pos. | Car # | Driver | Best Speed | Best Time | Behind | # Laps |
| 1 | 2 | Brian Scott | 130.042 | 29.289 | Leader | 11 |
| 2 | 42 | Kyle Larson(i) | 129.243 | 29.470 | -0.181 | 15 |
| 3 | 54 | Kyle Busch(i) | 129.029 | 29.519 | -0.230 | 11 |
| 4 | 22 | Brad Keselowski (i) | 128.758 | 29.581 | -0.292 | 11 |
| 5 | 20 | Matt Kenseth(i) | 128.745 | 29.584 | -0.295 | 14 |
| 6 | 7 | Regan Smith | 128.273 | 29.693 | -0.404 | 14 |
| 7 | 33 | Paul Menard* (i) | 128.229 | 29.703 | -0.414 | 17 |
| 8 | 60 | Chris Buescher # | 128.027 | 29.750 | -0.461 | 32 |
| 9 | 11 | Elliot Sadler | 127.984 | 29.760 | -0.471 | 16 |
| 10 | 9 | Chase Elliott # | 127.684 | 29.830 | -0.541 | 26 |
| 11 | 01 | Landon Cassill | 127.342 | 29.910 | -0.621 | 17 |
| 12 | 31 | Dylan Kwasniewski # | 127.274 | 29.926 | -0.637 | 34 |
| 13 | 3 | Ty Dillon # | 127.163 | 29.952 | -0.663 | 25 |
| 14 | 16 | Ryan Reed # | 126.918 | 30.010 | -0.721 | 32 |
| 15 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | 126.749 | 30.050 | -0.761 | 14 |
| 16 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | 126.450 | 30.121 | -0.832 | 22 |
| 17 | 5 | Austin Theriault* | 126.090 | 30.207 | -0.918 | 12 |
| 18 | 19 | Mike Bliss | 126.069 | 30.212 | -0.923 | 12 |
| 19 | 99 | James Buescher | 125.977 | 30.234 | -0.945 | 20 |
| 20 | 36 | Ryan Preece* | 125.927 | 30.246 | -0.957 | 18 |
| 21 | 39 | Ryan Sieg # | 125.794 | 30.278 | -0.989 | 25 |
| 22 | 55 | Brennan Newberry (i) | 124.924 | 30.489 | -1.200 | 22 |
| 23 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | 124.658 | 30.554 | -1.265 | 18 |
| 24 | 44 | Matt Frahm | 124.345 | 30.631 | -1.342 | 21 |
| 25 | 43 | Dakoda Armstrong # | 124.336 | 30.633 | -1.344 | 35 |
| 26 | 28 | J.J. Yeley | 124.182 | 30.671 | -1.382 | 27 |
| 27 | 46 | Matt DiBenedetto* | 123.855 | 30.752 | -1.463 | 13 |
| 28 | 17 | Tanner Berryhill* | 123.526 | 30.834 | -1.545 | 12 |
| 29 | 93 | Ryan Ellis | 123.518 | 30.836 | -1.547 | 8 |
| 30 | 70 | Derrike Cope* | 123.502 | 30.840 | -1.551 | 15 |
| 31 | 4 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 123.486 | 30.844 | -1.555 | 19 |
| 32 | 86 | Jake Clum* (i) | 123.274 | 30.897 | -1.608 | 19 |
| 33 | 14 | Eric McClure | 123.155 | 30.927 | -1.638 | 15 |
| 34 | 40 | Josh Wise(i) | 122.615 | 31.063 | -1.774 | 5 |
| 35 | 52 | Joey Gase | 122.556 | 31.078 | -1.789 | 8 |
| 36 | 13 | Derek White* | 122.140 | 31.184 | -1.895 | 24 |
| 37 | 74 | Kevin Lepage* | 121.921 | 31.240 | -1.951 | 5 |
| 38 | 23 | Carlos Contreras | 120.121 | 31.708 | -2.419 | 5 |
| 39 | 10 | Blake Koch | 0.000 | 0.000 | 29.289 | 0 |
| 40 | 72 | Matther Carter | 0.000 | 0.000 | 29.289 | 0 |
| 41 | 87 | Josh Reaume | 0.000 | 0.000 | 29.289 | 0 |
(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series, # – Rookie, * Required to Qualify on Time
