Menard leads second Friday practice ahead of the Daytona 500

Paul Menard led the way with an average lap speed of 200.758 mph as Ford drivers took four of the top-five positions and nine of the Top 10 at Daytona International Speedway.

Jamie McMurray, the lone Chevrolet in the Top 10, ended up second (200.696 mph) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was third (200.664 mph). Ryan Newman and Clint Bowyer completed the top-five.

Rounding out the Top 10 were Aric Almirola, Daniel Suarez, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Brad Keselowski.

The next non-Ford driver was 14th in the rundown (Austin Dillon).

Only 29 of the 40 cars entered in Sunday’s Daytona 500 elected to take part in the session.

Jamie McMurray ended up with the top average speed among those drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps (199.082 mph). Menard and Newman were second and third, respectively, in that category.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	21	Paul Menard	Ford	12	44.830			200.758
2	40	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	18	44.844	0.014	0.014	200.696
3	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	16	44.851	0.021	0.007	200.664
4	6	Ryan Newman	Ford	24	44.857	0.027	0.006	200.638
5	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	12	44.868	0.038	0.011	200.588
6	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	19	44.872	0.042	0.004	200.571
7	41	Daniel Suarez	Ford	14	44.880	0.050	0.008	200.535
8	22	Joey Logano	Ford	16	44.899	0.069	0.019	200.450
9	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	16	44.904	0.074	0.005	200.428
10	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	16	44.904	0.074	0.000	200.428
11	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	15	44.913	0.083	0.009	200.387
12	38	David Ragan	Ford	13	45.035	0.205	0.122	199.845
13	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	15	45.056	0.226	0.021	199.751
14	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	12	45.309	0.479	0.253	198.636
15	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	14	45.325	0.495	0.016	198.566
16	36	Matt Tifft	Ford	12	45.450	0.620	0.125	198.020
17	31	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	10	45.584	0.754	0.134	197.438
18	00	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	18	45.672	0.842	0.088	197.057
19	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	11	45.707	0.877	0.035	196.906
20	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	11	45.710	0.880	0.003	196.893
21	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	10	45.747	0.917	0.037	196.734
22	47	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	23	45.760	0.930	0.013	196.678
23	8	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	12	45.782	0.952	0.022	196.584
24	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	20	45.808	0.978	0.026	196.472
25	62	Brendan Gaughan	Chevrolet	6	45.929	1.099	0.121	195.955
26	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	6	45.978	1.148	0.049	195.746
27	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	9	45.983	1.153	0.005	195.725
28	96	Parker Kligerman	Toyota	8	47.084	2.254	1.101	191.148
29	51	B.J. McLeod	Chevrolet	8	48.461	3.631	1.377	185.716

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