Allmendinger tops NASCAR Cup practice at Charlotte Roval

Allmendinger posted an average lap speed of 102.187 mph early in the second 20-minute session.

Austin Cindric, who needs a strong finish or a win to advance in the series playoffs, ended up second-fastest (102.105 mph).

William Byron was third, Joey Logano was fourth and Daniel Suarez ended up fifth.

Group B

Allmendinger quickly set the fastest speed of the day early in the second session (102.187 mph).

Suarez was second (101.583 mph) and Cole Custer third (101.409 mph).

Ryan Blaney was fourth and Bubba Wallace rounded out the top-five.

In the opening laps, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun out between Turns 4 and 5 but was able to continue without an issue.

Late in the session, NASCAR was forced to display a caution for the stalled car of Conor Daly. Daly, making his Cup Series debut this weekend, hit the wall near the backstretch chicane.

"I just lost all steering," Daly said after being released from the infield care center. "It just went straight into the wall. It was as if you just disconnected the steering entirely & I could have just rolled the steering wheel anywhere I wanted. So that was weird. I've never felt anything like that before in my life."

Group A

Cindric led the way in the first 15-minute session with an average lap speed of 102.105 mph.

“It’s a start,” Cindric said. “Obviously we’ve got some pace but we still have to keep working at it. The track is probably going to change quite a bit. It’s still pretty green from just one Xfinity practice (today) on it.”

Byron ended up second (102.091 mph) and Logano was third (101.801 mph).

Kyle Larson was fourth and Tyler Reddick rounded out the top-five.

Larson missed the frontstretch chicane on early one lap, failed to come to a complete stop and had his time disallowed.

Reddick went off course in Turn 7 at one point but was able to continue on without an issue.

Corey LaJoie missed the frontstretch chicane late in the session and had to serve a stop-and-go penalty.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	16	A.J. Allmendinger		Chevrolet	4	1'21.732			102.188
2	2	Austin Cindric		Ford	10	1'21.798	0.066	0.066	102.105
3	24	William Byron		Chevrolet	10	1'21.809	0.077	0.011	102.091
4	22	Joey Logano		Ford	10	1'22.042	0.310	0.233	101.802
5	99	Daniel Suarez		Chevrolet	12	1'22.218	0.486	0.176	101.584
6	41	Cole Custer		Ford	12	1'22.359	0.627	0.141	101.410
7	5	Kyle Larson		Chevrolet	7	1'22.394	0.662	0.035	101.367
8	8	Tyler Reddick		Chevrolet	13	1'22.458	0.726	0.064	101.288
9	34	Michael McDowell		Ford	9	1'22.505	0.773	0.047	101.230
10	12	Ryan Blaney		Ford	11	1'22.524	0.792	0.019	101.207
11	1	Ross Chastain		Chevrolet	10	1'22.616	0.884	0.092	101.094
12	14	Chase Briscoe		Ford	8	1'22.623	0.891	0.007	101.086
13	45	Bubba Wallace		Toyota	12	1'22.699	0.967	0.076	100.993
14	20	Christopher Bell		Toyota	14	1'22.738	1.006	0.039	100.945
15	23	Ty Gibbs		Toyota	10	1'22.806	1.074	0.068	100.862
16	9	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	11	1'22.940	1.208	0.134	100.699
17	43	Erik Jones		Chevrolet	7	1'23.009	1.277	0.069	100.616
18	11	Denny Hamlin		Toyota	11	1'23.095	1.363	0.086	100.511
19	19	Martin Truex Jr.		Toyota	10	1'23.145	1.413	0.050	100.451
20	42	Ty Dillon		Chevrolet	11	1'23.163	1.431	0.018	100.429
21	18	Kyle Busch		Toyota	9	1'23.173	1.441	0.010	100.417
22	7	Corey Lajoie		Chevrolet	11	1'23.189	1.457	0.016	100.398
23	31	Justin Haley		Chevrolet	10	1'23.200	1.468	0.011	100.385
24	48	Noah Gragson		Chevrolet	12	1'23.326	1.594	0.126	100.233
25	15	Joey Hand		Ford	10	1'23.458	1.726	0.132	100.074
26	6	Brad Keselowski		Ford	6	1'23.557	1.825	0.099	99.956
27	21	Harrison Burton		Ford	13	1'23.615	1.883	0.058	99.886
28	3	Austin Dillon		Chevrolet	14	1'23.646	1.914	0.031	99.849
29	17	Chris Buescher		Ford	9	1'23.681	1.949	0.035	99.808
30	4	Kevin Harvick		Ford	11	1'23.807	2.075	0.126	99.658
31	38	Todd Gilliland		Ford	11	1'23.875	2.143	0.068	99.577
32	10	Aric Almirola		Ford	14	1'23.994	2.262	0.119	99.436
33	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		Chevrolet	10	1'24.151	2.419	0.157	99.250
34	27	Loris Hezemans		Ford	9	1'24.172	2.440	0.021	99.225
35	77	Mike Rockenfeller		Chevrolet	11	1'24.233	2.501	0.061	99.154
36	26	Daniil Kvyat		Toyota	11	1'24.397	2.665	0.164	98.961
37	78	Josh Williams		Ford	9	1'24.835	3.103	0.438	98.450
38	50	Conor Daly		Chevrolet	7	1'25.874	4.142	1.039	97.259
39	51	J.J. Yeley		Ford	8	1'26.023	4.291	0.149	97.090