NASCAR Cup Series first practice at Daytona International Speedway
It’s the first practice of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. The full field of cars are unloaded at Daytona International Speedway. This is Daytona 500 practice.
View full 2019 Daytona 500 practice results below.
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Daytona 500 – Practice 1 Report
Practice Duration: 50 minutes
Teams are required to run one engine for the duration of the race week. The Clash is excluded from that.
The skies are dark and the wind is active at Daytona International Speedway. It’s throwing drivers for a loop at the 2.5-mile oval.
Teams are a little timid to begin with. After all, the wadded them up in the Clash practice just a few hours prior.
“I don’t know if it’s the wind or what. Going through the section before the dogleg, it’s a little darty,” Ty Dillon stated over the team radio.
30 minutes remain, William Byron jumps to P1 topping Ryan Blaney. Byron had an average speed of 191.877.
They’ve all made single car runs at this point. However, some groups are beginning to form on the race track.
15 minutes remain, Tyler Reddick sits at the top. It’s an average speed off 194.095 as drafting is picking up.
Several teams have elected to avoid the group for the duration of the session. Hamlin is one of those drivers, he’ll be in a backup for The Clash.
10 minutes remain, Truex heads to the top of the board. He currently leads a pack of three Joe Gibbs Racing machines as they run single file around the bottom of the track.
Martin Truex Jr wins the opening round of Daytona 500 practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series!
Daytona 500 Practice Results
Practice 1 – MENCS
February 9, 2019
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Martin Truex Jr
45.937
2. Kyle Busch
45.953
3. Erik Jones
45.967
4. Tyler Reddick
46.369
5. Ty Dillon
46.384
6. Brendan Gaughan
46.386
7. Daniel Hemric
46.409
8. Matt DiBenedetto
46.494
9. Alex Bowman
46.613
10. Michael McDowell
46.688
11. Parker Kligerman
46.829
12. William Byron
46.873
13. Clint Bowyer
46.964
14. Ryan Blaney
47.029
15. Chris Buescher
47.116
16. Denny Hamlin
47.163
17. Jimmie Johnson
47.185
18. Chase Elliott
47.242
19. Casey Mears
47.271
20. Kyle Larson
47.280
21. Joey Logano
47.287
22. Paul Menard
47.362
23. Brad Keslowski
47.377
24. Ryan Truex
47.440
25. Kevin Harvick
47.506
26. Ryan Newman
47.537
27. Jamie McMurray
47.619
28. Ryan Preece
47.620
29. David Ragan
47.631
30. Austin Dillon
47.671
31. Aric Almirola
47.675
32. Daniel Suarez
47.779
33. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
47.790
34. Kurt Busch
47.840
35. Bubba Wallace
48.041
36. Corey LaJoie
48.170
37. Matt Tifft
48.311
38. Ross Chastain
48.316
39. Landon Cassill
48.387
40. Cody Ware
49.171
41. BJ McLeod
49.578
42. Joey Gase
50.142
Daytona 500 – Practice 2 Report
Practice two saw most of the field making single car runs. This was the last practice ahead of Daytona 500 qualifying.
A rain shower rolled into the track. That ended the second Daytona 500 practice session early.
Daytona 500 Practice Results
Practice 2 – MENCS
February 9, 2019
Pos | Driver | Time
1.. Bubba Wallace
46.149
2. Ty Dillon
46.152
3. David Ragan
46.168
4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
46.255
5. Paul Menard
46.491
6. Michael McDowell
46.543
7. Martin Truex Jr
46.918
8. Alex Bowman
46.918
9. William Byron
46.923
10. Chase Elliott
46.931
11. Jimmie Johnson
46.983
12. Clint Bowyer
47.163
13. Kyle Busch
47.218
14. Daniel Suarez
47.407
15. Joey Logano
47.412
16. Erik Jones
47.453
17. Brad Keselowski
47.467
18. Ryan Preece
47.491
19. Ryan Blaney
47.534
20. Kevin Harvick
47.539
21. Chris Buescher
47.564
22. Kurt Busch
47.609
23. Aric Almirola
47.625
24. Daniel Hemric
47.766
25. Kyle Larson
47.770
26. Austin Dillon
47.796
27. Ryan Newman
47.799
28. Casey Mears
47.814
29. Tyler Reddick
47.819
30. Ryan Truex
47.828
31. Jamie McMurray
47.840
32. Matt DiBenedetto
47.896
33. Parker Kliggerman
48.164
34. Brendan Gaughan
48.190
35. Matt Tifft
48.584
36. Joey Gase
50.527
37. Landon Cassill
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