Today, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series takes to the track for the first time of the ISM Rcaeway race weekend.
View full ISM Raceway practice results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.
This is the lone practice session ahead of qualifying later today. Drivers spent the majority of practice making single car runs.
The drivers are excited to have the power back. On top of that, they also have added downforce over last year. The combination of those two things will make the cars bad-fast this weekend.
Track records are expected to be broken in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series field. SO, what’s the current track records for ISM Raceway? Jimmie Johnson turned a 25.147 in qualifying back on November 13, 2015. Tony Stewart holds the race record at 2:38:28.
Ryan Blaney was quickest overall at the conclusion of practice one. He turned a 25.403 with an average speed of 141.716mph. That’s three tenths off the track record speed.
“It doesn’t pay nothin,” Ryan Blaney told Fox Sports following qualifying. “It means something. It means you have a good race car in Q-trim.”
“This is the first short track with this new package. Everyone’s trying to figure it out. Figure out what you can get away with as far as the setup. These cars are a lot faster than they were last year around this place.”
ISM Raceway
Practice Results
March 8, 2019
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Ryan Blaney
25.403
2. Brad Keselowski
25.590
3. Kyle Larson
25.640
4. Chase Elliott
25.647
5. Kyle Busch
25.654
6. Jimmie Johnson
25.678
7. Alex Bowman
25.718
8. Erik Jones
25.722
9. Martin Truex Jr
25.733
10. Matt DiBenedetto
25.751
11. William Byron
25.753
12. Joey Logano
25.766
13. Ryan Newman
25.785
14. Chris Buescher
25.785
15. Kevin Harvick
25.798
16. Daniel Suarez
25.807
17. Austin Dillon
25.820
18. Clint Bowyer
25.821
19. Denny Hamlin
25.824
20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
25.830
21. Paul Menard
25.844
22. Kurt Busch
25.849
23. Daniel Hemric
25.878
24. Aric Almirola
25.923
25. Michael McDowell
25.982
26. Ryan Preece
26.001
27. Bubba Wallace
26.129
28. Ty Dillon
26.133
29. Matt Tifft
26.147
30. David Ragan
26.195
31. Corey LaJoie
26.335
32. Landon Cassill
26.560
33. Ross Chastain
27.048
34. Bayley Currey
27.910
35. Cody Ware
27.914
36. Quin Houff
28.423
Links
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