2022 NASCAR Cup Nashville practice results
The lone NASCAR Cup Series practice session of the weekend at Nashville Superspeedway has concluded with Bubba Wallace atop the time sheets.
The one-hour session went incident free with 23XI Racing's Bubba Wallace leading the way at 161.708mph. He also topped 10 and 15-lap averages.
He led fellow Toyota driver Kyle Busch on the speed charts, who had a nervous moment in Turns 3 and 4 later in the practice.
Defending race winner Kyle Larson was fourth quickest. Ryan Blaney ran the most laps at 55 total.
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |  Bubba Wallace |
Toyota | 45 | 29.609 | 161.708 | |||
| 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch |
Toyota | 49 | 29.751 | 0.142 | 0.142 | 160.936 | |
| 3 | 8 | Tyler Reddick |
Chevrolet | 44 | 29.840 | 0.231 | 0.089 | 160.456 | |
| 4 | 5 | Kyle Larson |
Chevrolet | 46 | 29.847 | 0.238 | 0.007 | 160.418 | |
| 5 | 24 | William Byron |
Chevrolet | 39 | 29.852 | 0.243 | 0.005 | 160.391 | |
| 6 | 45 | Kurt Busch |
Toyota | 44 | 29.905 | 0.296 | 0.053 | 160.107 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ross Chastain |
Chevrolet | 39 | 29.913 | 0.304 | 0.008 | 160.064 | |
| 8 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
Ford | 55 | 29.917 | 0.308 | 0.004 | 160.043 | |
| 9 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
Toyota | 44 | 29.936 | 0.327 | 0.019 | 159.941 | |
| 10 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. |
Toyota | 38 | 29.964 | 0.355 | 0.028 | 159.792 | |
| 11 | 20 | Christopher Bell |
Toyota | 33 | 29.970 | 0.361 | 0.006 | 159.760 | |
| 12 | 3 | Austin Dillon |
Chevrolet | 47 | 29.976 | 0.367 | 0.006 | 159.728 | |
| 13 | 43 | Erik Jones |
Chevrolet | 33 | 29.994 | 0.385 | 0.018 | 159.632 | |
| 14 | 99 |  Daniel Suarez |
Chevrolet | 36 | 29.996 | 0.387 | 0.002 | 159.621 | |
| 15 | 48 | Alex Bowman |
Chevrolet | 40 | 30.000 | 0.391 | 0.004 | 159.600 | |
| 16 | 14 | Chase Briscoe |
Ford | 35 | 30.021 | 0.412 | 0.021 | 159.488 | |
| 17 | 10 | Aric Almirola |
Ford | 43 | 30.026 | 0.417 | 0.005 | 159.462 | |
| 18 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
Chevrolet | 45 | 30.064 | 0.455 | 0.038 | 159.260 | |
| 19 | 7 | Corey Lajoie |
Chevrolet | 36 | 30.077 | 0.468 | 0.013 | 159.191 | |
| 20 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger |
Chevrolet | 29 | 30.123 | 0.514 | 0.046 | 158.948 | |
| 21 | 22 | Joey Logano |
Ford | 40 | 30.126 | 0.517 | 0.003 | 158.932 | |
| 22 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Chevrolet | 31 | 30.159 | 0.550 | 0.033 | 158.759 | |
| 23 | 31 | Justin Haley |
Chevrolet | 38 | 30.167 | 0.558 | 0.008 | 158.716 | |
| 24 | 34 | Michael McDowell |
Ford | 36 | 30.186 | 0.577 | 0.019 | 158.617 | |
| 25 | 17 | Chris Buescher |
Ford | 33 | 30.194 | 0.585 | 0.008 | 158.575 | |
| 26 | 2 | Austin Cindric |
Ford | 35 | 30.210 | 0.601 | 0.016 | 158.491 | |
| 27 | 41 | Cole Custer |
Ford | 40 | 30.223 | 0.614 | 0.013 | 158.422 | |
| 28 | 42 | Ty Dillon |
Chevrolet | 36 | 30.247 | 0.638 | 0.024 | 158.297 | |
| 29 | 4 | Kevin Harvick |
Ford | 36 | 30.268 | 0.659 | 0.021 | 158.187 | |
| 30 | 21 | Harrison Burton |
Ford | 39 | 30.306 | 0.697 | 0.038 | 157.989 | |
| 31 | 38 | Todd Gilliland |
Ford | 30 | 30.388 | 0.779 | 0.082 | 157.562 | |
| 32 | 51 | Cody Ware |
Ford | 25 | 30.582 | 0.973 | 0.194 | 156.563 | |
| 33 | 6 | Brad Keselowski |
Ford | 33 | 30.684 | 1.075 | 0.102 | 156.042 | |
| 34 | 77 | Josh Bilicki |
Chevrolet | 39 | 30.786 | 1.177 | 0.102 | 155.525 | |
| 35 | 15 | J.J. Yeley |
Ford | 23 | 30.809 | 1.200 | 0.023 | 155.409 | |
| 36 | 78 | B.J. McLeod |
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