Practice report
NASCAR Cup Charlotte
Daniel Hemric leads Thursday's first Cup practice at Charlotte
Daniel Hemric appears to have a fast car at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the consecutive week.
Jim Utter
Edited: May 23, 2019, 7:50 PM
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Hemric, who won the pole for the Monster Energy Open race last weekend, led the way in Thursday's first Cup Series practice session in preparation for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600.
Hemric’s set his fast average lap speed of 182.791 mph late in the 50-minute session, topping Chase Elliott (182.340 mph) and William Byron (182.211 mph).
“It would be pretty special to win the pole,” Hemric said. “The car feels even a little better than it did last week.”
Kyle Busch was fourth and Jimmie Johnson completed the top-five.
Rounding out the top-10 were Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon, Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr.
All four Hendrick Motorsports cars ended up in the top-seven, as Bowman charged into the top-10 late in the session.
Kyle Busch won the pole for last year’s 600 with an average lap speed of 191.836 mph.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 8 
Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 8 29.542 182.791 2 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 8 29.615 0.073 0.073 182.340 3 24 William Byron Chevrolet 8 29.636 0.094 0.021 182.211 4 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 8 29.643 0.101 0.007 182.168 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 7 29.669 0.127 0.026 182.008 6 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 8 29.671 0.129 0.002 181.996 7 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 10 29.683 0.141 0.012 181.922 8 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 8 29.688 0.146 0.005 181.892 9 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 8 29.693 0.151 0.005 181.861 10 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 7 29.693 0.151 0.000 181.861 11 20 Erik Jones Toyota 11 29.728 0.186 0.035 181.647 12 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 10 29.729 0.187 0.001 181.641 13 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 11 29.749 0.207 0.020 181.519 14 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 11 29.750 0.208 0.001 181.513 15 10 Aric Almirola Ford 8 29.761 0.219 0.011 181.446 16 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 8 29.768 0.226 0.007 181.403 17 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 10 29.781 0.239 0.013 181.324 18 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 8 29.807 0.265 0.026 181.165 19 6 Ryan Newman Ford 13 29.858 0.316 0.051 180.856 20 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 14 29.909 0.367 0.051 180.548 21 22 Joey Logano Ford 10 29.919 0.377 0.010 180.487 22 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 11 29.930 0.388 0.011 180.421 23 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 8 29.938 0.396 0.008 180.373 24 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 8 29.958 0.416 0.020 180.252 25 21 Paul Menard Ford 10 29.959 0.417 0.001 180.246 26 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 11 29.962 0.420 0.003 180.228 27 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 6 29.968 0.426 0.006 180.192 28 36 Matt Tifft Ford 11 29.977 0.435 0.009 180.138 29 38 David Ragan Ford 11 30.049 0.507 0.072 179.706 30 34 Michael McDowell Ford 11 30.098 0.556 0.049 179.414 31 96 Parker Kligerman Toyota 11 30.340 0.798 0.242 177.983 32 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 37 30.518 0.976 0.178 176.945 33 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 2 30.601 1.059 0.083 176.465 34 53 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 2 30.952 1.410 0.351 174.464 35 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 9 30.992 1.450 0.040 174.239 36 52 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 4 31.070 1.528 0.078 173.801 37 51 Cody Ware Ford 4 31.381 1.839 0.311 172.079 38 27 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 6 31.463 1.921 0.082 171.630 39 77 Quin Houff Chevrolet 8 31.801 2.259 0.338 169.806 40 66 Joey Gase Toyota 10 32.236 2.694 0.435 167.515
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