Ty Dillon leads first Daytona 500 practice, topping 203mph
Ty Dillon lead the way in the first official Daytona 500 practice of SpeedWeeks.
13 drivers eclipsed 200mph with Dillon leading the way in the No. 13 Germain Racing Chevrolet Camaro at 203.592mph.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top five.
All 43 drivers entered put down a time with Christopher Bell and Kyle Busch running the most laps at 31.
The session was incident-free.
Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 11 | 44.206 | 203.592 | |||
2 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Chevrolet | 18 | 44.293 | 0.087 | 0.087 | 203.192 | |
3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 25 | 44.404 | 0.198 | 0.111 | 202.684 | |
4 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 25 | 44.439 | 0.233 | 0.035 | 202.525 | |
5 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 20 | 44.471 | 0.265 | 0.032 | 202.379 | |
6 | 95 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 31 | 44.490 | 0.284 | 0.019 | 202.293 | |
7 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 31 | 44.513 | 0.307 | 0.023 | 202.188 | |
8 | 96 | Daniel Suarez | Toyota | 23 | 44.521 | 0.315 | 0.008 | 202.152 | |
9 | 36 | David Ragan | Ford | 16 | 44.533 | 0.327 | 0.012 | 202.097 | |
10 | 21 | Matt DiBenedetto | Ford | 16 | 44.576 | 0.370 | 0.043 | 201.902 | |
11 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 20 | 44.739 | 0.533 | 0.163 | 201.167 | |
12 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 17 | 44.806 | 0.600 | 0.067 | 200.866 | |
13 | 41 | Cole Custer | Ford | 13 | 44.878 | 0.672 | 0.072 | 200.544 | |
14 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 11 | 45.030 | 0.824 | 0.152 | 199.867 | |
15 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 16 | 45.158 | 0.952 | 0.128 | 199.300 | |
16 | 38 | John Hunter Nemechek | Ford | 14 | 45.160 | 0.954 | 0.002 | 199.291 | |
17 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Ford | 15 | 45.277 | 1.071 | 0.117 | 198.776 | |
18 | 43 | Darrell Wallace Jr. | Chevrolet | 16 | 45.290 | 1.084 | 0.013 | 198.719 | |
19 | 15 | Brennan Poole | Chevrolet | 16 | 45.364 | 1.158 | 0.074 | 198.395 | |
20 | 32 | Corey Lajoie | Ford | 14 | 45.380 | 1.174 | 0.016 | 198.325 | |
21 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 13 | 45.628 | 1.422 | 0.248 | 197.247 | |
22 | 54 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | 11 | 45.786 | 1.580 | 0.158 | 196.567 | |
23 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 10 | 45.868 | 1.662 | 0.082 | 196.215 | |
24 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 12 | 46.056 | 1.850 | 0.188 | 195.414 | |
25 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 12 | 46.155 | 1.949 | 0.099 | 194.995 | |
26 | 00 | Quin Houff | Chevrolet | 10 | 46.190 | 1.984 | 0.035 | 194.847 | |
27 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 13 | 46.428 | 2.222 | 0.238 | 193.849 | |
28 | 37 | Ryan Preece | Chevrolet | 9 | 46.449 | 2.243 | 0.021 | 193.761 | |
29 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 9 | 46.585 | 2.379 | 0.136 | 193.195 | |
30 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 9 | 46.649 | 2.443 | 0.064 | 192.930 | |
31 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 13 | 46.657 | 2.451 | 0.008 | 192.897 | |
32 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 18 | 46.674 | 2.468 | 0.017 | 192.827 | |
33 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 3 | 46.814 | 2.608 | 0.140 | 192.250 | |
34 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 14 | 46.829 | 2.623 | 0.015 | 192.189 | |
35 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 14 | 46.958 | 2.752 | 0.129 | 191.661 | |
36 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 9 | 47.190 | 2.984 | 0.232 | 190.718 | |
37 | 77 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 6 | 47.215 | 3.009 | 0.025 | 190.617 | |
38 | 52 | B.J. McLeod | Ford | 12 | 47.324 | 3.118 | 0.109 | 190.178 | |
39 | 27 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 1 | 47.340 | 3.134 | 0.016 | 190.114 | |
40 | 16 | Justin Haley | Chevrolet | 3 | 47.347 | 3.141 | 0.007 | 190.086 | |
41 | 51 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 10 | 47.475 | 3.269 | 0.128 | 189.573 | |
42 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Ford | 1 | 48.562 | 4.356 | 1.087 | 185.330 | |
43 | 49 | Chad Finchum | Toyota | 8 | 48.965 | 4.759 | 0.403 | 183.805 |
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