 In the first practice session , Sam Hornish , Jr. was fastest , placing ahead of Kahne in second , and Kyle Busch in third . Biffle was fourth fastest , and Hamlin placed fifth . Montoya , Johnson , Martin , Stewart and Gordon rounded out the top ten fastest drivers in the session . Of the other drivers in the chase , Vickers was fifteenth fastest , while Newman placed seventeenth . Later that day , Johnson was fastest in the second and final practice session , ahead of Martin in second , and Dale Earnhardt , Jr. in third . Truex was fourth quickest , and Kurt Busch took fifth . Jeff Burton managed sixth . Gordon , Jamie McMurray , Joey Logano and Kahne followed in the top ten . Other chase drivers included Montoya in seventeenth and Edwards in twenty @-@ third . Kahne scraped the turn two wall and sustained minor damage to his right @-@ hand quarter . 
