Tyler Reddick leads Truex in Nashville Cup practice

Reddick, who drives the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota, ended up with the fastest average lap speed at 162.250 mph.

Reddick was fastest when teams initially went out on the track during the 50-minute session and later when most teams changed over to qualifying set up.

Truex ended up second-fastest (161.407 mph) and Ross Chastain was third (161.369 mph).

Erik Jones and William Byron rounded out the top-five.

Completing the top-10 average lap speeds were Bubba Wallace, Denny Hamlin, last year’s race winner Chase Elliott, Chris Buescher and A.J. Allmendinger.

Among those drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps, Reddick also had the fastest average lap speed (160.400 mph). Chastain and Truex were second and third, respectively, in that category.

About 35 minutes into the session, Kyle Busch spun off Turn 4 and down the frontstretch but avoided any contact with the wall.

Busch took his No. 8 Chevrolet immediately to the garage after the incident.

There were no other incidents during the session.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	45	Tyler Reddick		Toyota	46	29.510			162.250
2	19	Martin Truex Jr.		Toyota	56	29.664	0.154	0.154	161.408
3	1	Ross Chastain		Chevrolet	47	29.671	0.161	0.007	161.370
4	43	Erik Jones		Chevrolet	46	29.741	0.231	0.070	160.990
5	24	William Byron		Chevrolet	53	29.755	0.245	0.014	160.914
6	23	Bubba Wallace		Toyota	37	29.777	0.267	0.022	160.795
7	11	Denny Hamlin		Toyota	56	29.783	0.273	0.006	160.763
8	9	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	38	29.792	0.282	0.009	160.714
9	17	Chris Buescher		Ford	49	29.802	0.292	0.010	160.660
10	16	A.J. Allmendinger		Chevrolet	43	29.816	0.306	0.014	160.585
11	54	Ty Gibbs		Toyota	51	29.818	0.308	0.002	160.574
12	34	Michael McDowell		Ford	36	29.845	0.335	0.027	160.429
13	12	Ryan Blaney		Ford	58	29.849	0.339	0.004	160.407
14	5	Kyle Larson		Chevrolet	56	29.859	0.349	0.010	160.354
15	4	Kevin Harvick		Ford	61	29.864	0.354	0.005	160.327
16	99	Daniel Suarez		Chevrolet	48	29.880	0.370	0.016	160.241
17	22	Joey Logano		Ford	45	29.891	0.381	0.011	160.182
18	20	Christopher Bell		Toyota	50	29.893	0.383	0.002	160.171
19	6	Brad Keselowski		Ford	46	29.894	0.384	0.001	160.166
20	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		Chevrolet	45	29.894	0.384	0.000	160.166
21	8	Kyle Busch		Chevrolet	31	29.923	0.413	0.029	160.011
22	41	Ryan Preece		Ford	38	29.930	0.420	0.007	159.973
23	10	Aric Almirola		Ford	46	29.933	0.423	0.003	159.957
24	7	Corey Lajoie		Chevrolet	38	29.984	0.474	0.051	159.685
25	48	Alex Bowman		Chevrolet	37	30.003	0.493	0.019	159.584
26	3	Austin Dillon		Chevrolet	38	30.012	0.502	0.009	159.536
27	21	Harrison Burton		Ford	29	30.055	0.545	0.043	159.308
28	31	Justin Haley		Chevrolet	37	30.068	0.558	0.013	159.239
29	51	J.J. Yeley		Ford	27	30.070	0.560	0.002	159.228
30	2	Austin Cindric		Ford	32	30.081	0.571	0.011	159.170
31	14	Chase Briscoe		Ford	35	30.188	0.678	0.107	158.606
32	42	Noah Gragson		Chevrolet	48	30.200	0.690	0.012	158.543
33	77	Ty Dillon		Chevrolet	40	30.248	0.738	0.048	158.291
34	38	Todd Gilliland		Ford	29	30.320	0.810	0.072	157.916
35	15	Brennan Poole		Ford	19	30.409	0.899	0.089	157.453
36	78	Josh Bilicki		Chevrolet	13	31.687	2.177	1.278	151.103