Daytona 500 Next Gen testing speeds: Fords lead the way

The two-day Next Gen test at Daytona International Speedway has been completed.

After single-car runs, tandem drafts, and pack racing that exceeded a dozen cars, NASCAR has decided on a superspeedway package for the 2022 season. A 7-inch spoiler with 510hp will be utilized at Daytona, Talladega and the newly reconfigured Atlanta Motor speedway.

There were no on-track incidents during the two-day test with the only issue of note being an engine failure for Denny Hamlin and Joe Gibbs Racing. 15 teams and over 20 drivers took part this week.

Harrison Burton posted the fastest lap speed of all drivers, averaging 195.304mph in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford Mustang.

Day 2 Test Speeds

Pos.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Best Time	Speed (mph)
1	Harrison.Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	46.082s	195.304mph
2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	46.118s	195.152mph
3	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	46.900s	191.898mph
4	Ty Dillon	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	47.360s	190.034mph
5	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	47.365s	190.014mph
6	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	47.379s	189.958mph
7	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	47.390s	189.913mph
8	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	47.411s	189.829mph
9	Landon Cassill	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	47.482s	189.546mph
10	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	47.547s	189.286mph
11	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	47.952s	187.688mph
12	Timmy Hill	MBM Motorsports	Ford	47.965s	187.637mph
13	Chris Buescher	Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing	Ford	48.037s	187.356mph
14	Cody Ware/David Ragan	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	48.130s	186.994mph
15	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota	49.162s	181.116mph
16	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50.218s	179.219mph
17	Jacques Villeneuve	Team Hezeberg	Ford	50.669s	177.623mph

Day 1 Test Speeds (Practice 1)

Pos.	Driver	Manufacturer	Team	Best time	Speed (mph)
1	Harrison Burton	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	48.843	184.264
2	Austin Cindric	Ford	Team Penske	48.844	184.260
3	Joey Logano	Ford	Team Penske	48.849	184.241
4	Corey LaJoie	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	49.944	180.202
5	William Byron	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	49.954	180.166
6	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	49.969	180.112
7	Kurt Busch	Toyota	23XI Racing	50.055	179.802
8	Cody Ware	Ford	Rick Ware Racing	50.274	179.019
9	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	Petty GMS Motorsports	50.473	178.313
10	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	Trackhouse Racing	50.529	178.116
11	Brad Keselowski	Ford	RFK Racing	50.568	177.978
12	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	50.839	177.029
13	Michael McDowell	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	50.914	176.769
14	Jacques Villeneuve	Ford	Team Hezeberg	50.930	176.713
15	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	50.949	176.647
16	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	50.960	176.609
17	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	Kaulig Racing	51.033	176.356
18	Timmy Hill	Ford	MBM Motorsports	51.144	174.815

Day 1 Test Speeds (Practice 2)

Pos.	Driver	Manufacturer	Team	Best time	Speed (mph)
1	Austin Cindric	Ford	Team Penske	47.214	190.621
2	Joey Logano	Ford	Team Penske	47.215	190.617
3	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	48.004	187.484
4	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	Kaulig Racing	48.042	187.336
5	Kurt Busch	Toyota	23XI Racing	48.210	186.683
6	William Byron	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	48.334	186.204
7	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	Trackhouse Racing	48.380	186.027
8	Brad Keselowski	Ford	RFK Racing	48.392	185.981
9	Michael McDowell	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	48.401	185.947
10	Harrison Burton	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	48.441	185.793
11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	48.454	185.743
12	Jacques Villeneuve	Ford	Team Hezeberg	48.638	185.041
13	Cody Ware	Ford	Rick Ware Racing	49.138	183.158
14	Corey LaJoie	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	49.891	180.393
15	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	50.447	178.405
16	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	Petty GMS Motorsports	50.481	178.285
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	50.673	177.609
18	Timmy Hill	Ford	MBM Motorsports	51.144	175.974