JOLIET, IL - SEPTEMBER 16: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota, walks through the garage area during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Tales of the Turtles 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 16, 2017 in Joliet, Illinois. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Toyotas crush the competition at final Cup series practice


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Here we can again.

The dreaded Toyotas took three of the top five spots  in the final practice Saturday before Sunday's Cup series race at New Hampshire. Job Gibbs Racing cars ended up No. 3 and 4.

  1. Martin Truex Jr. His No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota ran 131.647 mph, propelling him to  the stop of the leadderboard.
  2. Kevin Harvick was second-fastest and had the loan non-Toyota in the top 5, driving his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford at 131.633 mph.
  3. Kyle Busch's No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota ran at 131.515 mph.
  4. Daniel Suarez's  No. 19 Toyota, also from JGR ran at 131.506
  5. Kyle Larson, who led the first two practice sessions, took his No. 42 Chevrolet for Chip Ganassi Racing around the track in 131.497

Let's race!

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