He breezed through all four phases, with a top lap of 218.579 mph.
Lazier began to pull away, and ran a lap of 232.9 mph.
His first lap of 161.958 mph established the new one-lap track record.
After several inconsistent times throughout the day, his best lap of 219.085 mph was completed with five minutes left in the session.
His warm up lap of 221.8 mph was fast enough to make the race.
Tony Stewart set the early pace with a lap of 214.337 mph.
He had just run a lap of 217.402 mph.
His lap of 218.325 mph was a mile per hour faster than Stewart in second place.
Tony Stewart led the speed chart, with a lap of 223.703 mph.
His fourth lap of 149.900 mph was a new one-lap track record.