Trackhouse puts both cars at head end of Kansas Cup practice

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Trackhouse Racing teammates Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez paced Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series practice at Kansas Speedway.

Chastain led the way at 177.439mph (30.433s). Suarez, who is still competing in the playoffs, ran a lap of 177.177mph.

Alex Bowman (P) was third fastest at 177.026mph, Carson Hocevar was fourth at 177.026mph, and Ty Gibbs was fifth at 176.904mph. Kyle Larson (P) was sixth fastest at 176.511mph.

Daniel Hemric ran seventh at 176.280mph; William Byron (P), eighth at 176.194mph; Erik Jones, ninth at 176.171mph and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. completed the top 10 at 176.142mph.

Christopher Bell (P) was 12th fastest and Tyler Reddick (P) was 14th. Reddick is the defending race winner. Chase Elliott (P) was 15th.

Elliott was in the first group of drivers on the track for practice but only ran 19 laps. The Hendrick Motorsports driver reported to his team it felt like he was down a cylinder, and the team spent the rest of practice under the hood of his Chevrolet.

Denny Hamlin (P) was 16th fastest, Austin Cindric (P) was 18th and Justin Haley, now driving for Spire Motorsports, was 19th.

Joey Logano (P) was 20th, while Corey LaJoie, now with Rick Ware Racing, was 25th fastest.

The final two playoff drivers in practice were Ryan Blaney in 27th and Chase Briscoe in 31st. Jimmie Johnson, in a third Legacy Motor Club car, was 37th fastest.

There are 38 drivers entered in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.

William Byron was fastest in the best 10 consecutive lap average. It was Byron over Bowman, Hocevar, Elliott, and Gibbs.

(P) denotes playoff driver