Joey Logano leads Saturday's first Cup practice at Homestead

Logano set the fast time early in the second practice of the weekend and remained there as teams focused on longer runs.

Aric Almirola was second, pole-sitter Denny Hamlin third, Ryan Newman fourth and Erik Jones fifth. Hamlin also ran the most laps at 46 total. 

As for the other title contenders, Martin Truex Jr. was ninth, Kyle Busch 23rd and Kevin Harvick 28th.

Logano also led the speed charts in best ten-lap averages at 163.995mph ahead of Jones and Hamlin. Truex ranked fifth, Busch ninth and Harvick 13th. 

The session also went incident-free.

Cla	#	Driver	4506	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	22	Joey Logano	Ford	40	31.838			169.609
2	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	39	31.916	0.078	0.078	169.194
3	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	46	32.049	0.211	0.133	168.492
4	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	34	32.143	0.305	0.094	167.999
5	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	31	32.256	0.418	0.113	167.411
6	21	Paul Menard	Ford	28	32.290	0.452	0.034	167.234
7	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	38	32.347	0.509	0.057	166.940
8	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	42	32.389	0.551	0.042	166.723
9	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	43	32.390	0.552	0.001	166.718
10	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	43	32.397	0.559	0.007	166.682
11	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	24	32.410	0.572	0.013	166.615
12	38	David Ragan	Ford	23	32.436	0.598	0.026	166.482
13	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	44	32.496	0.658	0.060	166.174
14	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	26	32.524	0.686	0.028	166.031
15	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	43	32.535	0.697	0.011	165.975
16	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	38	32.590	0.752	0.055	165.695
17	6	Matt Kenseth	Ford	31	32.615	0.777	0.025	165.568
18	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	44	32.690	0.852	0.075	165.188
19	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	41	32.746	0.908	0.056	164.906
20	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	40	32.752	0.914	0.006	164.875
21	95	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	34	32.754	0.916	0.002	164.865
22	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	41	32.825	0.987	0.071	164.509
23	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	41	32.829	0.991	0.004	164.489
24	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	31	32.878	1.040	0.049	164.244
25	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	41	32.882	1.044	0.004	164.224
26	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	22	32.889	1.051	0.007	164.189
27	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	25	32.968	1.130	0.079	163.795
28	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	33	33.017	1.179	0.049	163.552
29	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	17	33.255	1.417	0.238	162.382
30	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	31	33.385	1.547	0.130	161.749
31	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	28	33.444	1.606	0.059	161.464
32	00	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	24	33.972	2.134	0.528	158.954
33	72	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	14	34.025	2.187	0.053	158.707
34	23	J.J. Yeley	Ford	25	34.065	2.227	0.040	158.520
35	97	Tanner Berryhill	Toyota	15	34.098	2.260	0.033	158.367
36	99	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	20	34.278	2.440	0.180	157.535
37	15	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	19	34.342	2.504	0.064	157.242
38	66	Timmy Hill	Toyota	17	35.193	3.355	0.851	153.440

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