Practice report

Reddick leads Byron in NASCAR Cup practice at Martinsville

Tyler Reddick led the way in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup practice sessions at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

Reddick topped the first 20-minute session – and the overall speed chart – with an average lap speed of 93.663 mph.

Last fall’s Martinsville race winner, William Byron, was second-fastest overall (92.846 mph) while Ross Chastain was third (92.837 mph).

“It felt really good, honestly,” said Byron. “It was similar to what we expected coming in. I feel good about it.”

Chris Buescher and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top-five in single-lap average speeds.

Among those drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps, Reddick has the fastest average speed (92.318 mph), followed by Byron and Harvick.

Group B

Byron topped the second 20-minute session with an average lap speed of 92.846 mph.

Bubba Wallace ended up second (92.221 mph) and Kyle Larson was third (92.074 mph).

Aric Almirola was third, Denny Hamlin fourth and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top-five in the session.

Group A

Reddick led the way in an incident-free first 20 minute session with an average lap speed of 93.663 mph.

Chastain ended up second-fastest (92.837 mph) and Buescher was third (92.614 mph). Kevin Harvick and Daniel Suarez rounded out the top-five.

Chase Elliott, making his first appearance in his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet since early March, ran 37 laps and ended up ninth quick in the session.

Elliott suffered a fractured tibia in his left leg in a snowboarding accident and missed the last six races. He was cleared to compete earlier this week.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	53	20.217			93.664
2	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	43	20.395	0.178	0.178	92.846
3	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	36	20.397	0.180	0.002	92.837
4	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	37	20.446	0.229	0.049	92.615
5	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	44	20.446	0.229	0.000	92.615
6	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	42	20.453	0.236	0.007	92.583
7	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	33	20.456	0.239	0.003	92.569
8	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	43	20.466	0.249	0.010	92.524
9	42	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	31	20.467	0.250	0.001	92.520
10	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	37	20.479	0.262	0.012	92.465
11	16	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	33	20.489	0.272	0.010	92.420
12	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	28	20.522	0.305	0.033	92.272
13	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	41	20.522	0.305	0.000	92.272
14	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	42	20.533	0.316	0.011	92.222
15	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	45	20.566	0.349	0.033	92.074
16	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	31	20.575	0.358	0.009	92.034
17	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	31	20.593	0.376	0.018	91.954
18	51	Zane Smith	Ford	30	20.615	0.398	0.022	91.855
19	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	40	20.617	0.400	0.002	91.847
20	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	43	20.633	0.416	0.016	91.775
21	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	41	20.663	0.446	0.030	91.642
22	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	32	20.698	0.481	0.035	91.487
23	22	Joey Logano	Ford	55	20.700	0.483	0.002	91.478
24	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	31	20.709	0.492	0.009	91.439
25	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	36	20.710	0.493	0.001	91.434
26	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	43	20.731	0.514	0.021	91.341
27	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	29	20.732	0.515	0.001	91.337
28	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	53	20.750	0.533	0.018	91.258
29	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	38	20.761	0.544	0.011	91.209
30	77	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	39	20.762	0.545	0.001	91.205
31	41	Ryan Preece	Ford	39	20.767	0.550	0.005	91.183
32	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	30	20.780	0.563	0.013	91.126
33	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	36	20.809	0.592	0.029	90.999
34	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	35	20.826	0.609	0.017	90.925
35	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	18	20.865	0.648	0.039	90.755
36	15	J.J. Yeley	Ford	26	20.999	0.782	0.134	90.176