Joey Logano tops first Cup Series practice at Dover

Logano’s No. 22 Penske team elected to do a mock qualifying run early in the 50-minute session and his average lap speed of 163.221 mph held up for the entire session.

William Byron ended up second (162.132 mph) and Jimmie Johnson was third (161.834 mph). Ryan Blaney and Alex Bowman rounded out the top-five.

“We made a qualifying run and would have like to have made another race run but we found a spot on our right-front (tire) and we couldn’t keep running on it,” Blaney said.

“I thought our car was pretty decent. The track is going to change a lot. It got a lot blacker than we first got on it from all the rubber that got laid down on that concrete. We just need to stay on top of that.”

In 21 career starts, Logano has never won at Dover. His best finish at the track is third (2010, 2013 2018).

Rounding out the top-10 were Paul Menard, Denny Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Aric Almirola and Kyle Larson.

In all, six of the top-10 speeds came from drivers will competing in the Cup series playoffs.

Kevin Harvick ended up with the fastest average speed (158.066 mph) among those drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps. Johnson and Blaney were second and third, respectively, in that category.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	22	Joey Logano		Ford	39	22.056			163.221
2	24	William Byron		Chevrolet	44	22.204	0.148	0.148	162.133
3	48	Jimmie Johnson		Chevrolet	30	22.245	0.189	0.041	161.834
4	12	Ryan Blaney		Ford	29	22.290	0.234	0.045	161.507
5	88	Alex Bowman		Chevrolet	50	22.351	0.295	0.061	161.067
6	21	Paul Menard		Ford	28	22.361	0.305	0.010	160.995
7	11	Denny Hamlin		Toyota	39	22.434	0.378	0.073	160.471
8	1	Kurt Busch		Chevrolet	28	22.446	0.390	0.012	160.385
9	10	Aric Almirola		Ford	26	22.551	0.495	0.105	159.638
10	42	Kyle Larson		Chevrolet	33	22.629	0.573	0.078	159.088
11	4	Kevin Harvick		Ford	39	22.650	0.594	0.021	158.940
12	19	Martin Truex Jr.		Toyota	33	22.667	0.611	0.017	158.821
13	9	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	40	22.769	0.713	0.102	158.110
14	8	Daniel Hemric		Chevrolet	34	22.828	0.772	0.059	157.701
15	18	Kyle Busch		Toyota	28	22.831	0.775	0.003	157.680
16	20	Erik Jones		Toyota	42	22.845	0.789	0.014	157.584
17	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		Ford	47	22.855	0.799	0.010	157.515
18	14	Clint Bowyer		Ford	35	22.859	0.803	0.004	157.487
19	2	Brad Keselowski		Ford	37	22.897	0.841	0.038	157.226
20	41	Daniel Suarez		Ford	41	22.903	0.847	0.006	157.185
21	95	Matt DiBenedetto		Toyota	40	22.930	0.874	0.027	157.000
22	3	Austin Dillon		Chevrolet	38	22.956	0.90	0.026	156.822
23	13	Ty Dillon		Chevrolet	32	23.024	0.968	0.068	156.359
24	37	Chris Buescher		Chevrolet	32	23.025	0.969	0.001	156.352
25	6	Ryan Newman		Ford	24	23.038	0.982	0.013	156.264
26	38	David Ragan		Ford	35	23.067	1.011	0.029	156.067
27	36	Matt Tifft		Ford	28	23.166	1.110	0.099	155.400
28	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.		Chevrolet	21	23.224	1.168	0.058	155.012
29	34	Michael McDowell		Ford	28	23.237	1.181	0.013	154.925
30	47	Ryan Preece		Chevrolet	23	23.304	1.248	0.067	154.480
31	32	Corey Lajoie		Ford	36	23.427	1.371	0.123	153.669
32	52	J.J. Yeley		Ford	15	23.504	1.448	0.077	153.165
33	00	Landon Cassill		Chevrolet	31	23.511	1.455	0.007	153.120
34	51	B.J. McLeod		Ford	4	23.914	1.858	0.403	150.539
35	15	Ross Chastain		Chevrolet	25	23.936	1.880	0.022	150.401
36	27	Joe Nemechek		Chevrolet	20	24.036	1.980	0.10	149.775
37	77	Reed Sorenson		Chevrolet	25	24.292	2.236	0.256	148.197
38	54	Garrett Smithley		Chevrolet	13	24.476	2.420	0.184	147.083