Larson tops Richmond Cup practice

Kyle Larson was fastest in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series practice at Richmond Raceway with a lap of 121.836mph (22.161s).

Joey Logano was second fastest at 121.490mph and Chris Buescher was third fastest at 121.463mph. John Hunter Nemechek was fourth fastest at 121.403mph and Alex Bowman completed the top five at 121.354mph.

Larson is the defending winner of the spring Richmond race. Buescher won the summer race.

Ty Gibbs was sixth fastest at 121.277mph, Ryan Blaney was seventh fastest at 121.207mph, and Josh Berry was eighth fastest at 120.849mph. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was ninth fastest at 120.530mph and Justin Haley rounded out the top 10 in practice at 120.417mph.