Las Vegas Practice Results: March 1, 2019

20 minutes in, most teams are making single car runs. This is the only practice session ahead of qualifying later tonight. Currently, Austin Dillon leads with a 30.036.

30 minutes in, Joe Gibbs Racing cars are on the track at once. Erik Jones, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr are lined up nose to tail. This is drafting practice. All four cars jumped into the top 8 on the board.

35 minutes in, another group of cars hit the track. Each of them turn quicker laps than they had prior via a single car run.

This means qualifying later today is going to be very interesting. It’s going to require a group of cars to advance between rounds and grab the pole.

10 minutes remain, the entire Stewart-Haas Racing fleet hits the track at once. Almirola jumps inside the top five. They went by Jimmie Johnson like he was standing still.

The Stewart-Haas Racing cars stuggled with the balance of their machines. They couldn’t stay in line as cars lost balance.

For qualifying, the track should be a little cooler as the sun will start to set. Some shadows will be on the track which will increase the grip levels.

4 minutes remain, the Hendrick Motorsports cars have yet to make any group runs. Chase Elliott just jumped into the top five but he caught the draft of a Toyota group.

3 minutes, a new single-file group has formed. They run high on the get up to speed lap. On the money lap, they all drop to the bottom in sync.

2 minutes, Team Penske is on track together. All three cars run faster than previous runs.

Austin Dillon wins Las Vegas practice! Qualifying will be good!

View Las Vegas Motor Speedway practice times below.

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Las Vegas Practice Results
NASCAR Cup Series
March 1, 2019

Pos | Driver | Fastest Time

1. Austin Dillon
29.951

2. Daniel Hemric
29.987

3. Denny Hamlin
29.995

4. Chase Elliott
30.030

5. William Byron
30.047

6. Aric Almirola
30.088

7. Kyle Busch
30.104

8. Bubba Wallace
30.155

9. Clint Bowyer
30.163

10. Chris Buescher
30.163

11. Matt DiBenedetto
30.165

12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
30.219

13. Ryan Preece
30.222

14. Erik Jones
30.224

15. Kevin Harvick
30.226

16. Martin Truex Jr
30.231

17. Ryan Blaney
30.235

18. Jimmie Johnson
30.249

19. Alex Bowman
30.287

20. Ty Dillon
30.290

21. Daniel Suarez
30.296

22. Brad Keselowski
30.304

23. Kurt Busch
30.313

24. Michael McDowell
30.324

25. Paul Menard
30.331

26. Kyle Larson
30.331

27. Joey Logano
30.387

28. Ryan Newman
30.402

29. Parker Kligerman
30.451

30. Corey LaJoie
30.537

31. David Ragan
30.631

32. Matt Tifft
30.747

33. Landon Cassill
30.770

34. Ross Chastain
31.132

35. Cody Ware
31.320

36. BJ McLeod
31.463

37. Reed Sorenson
31.757

38. Joey Gase
32.318

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