NASCAR Cup Series best 10-lap averages following three rounds of practice at ISM Raceway
Today, they’ll drop the green flag in the TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway. But, who’s going to win it? These numbers are a good place to start.
View full 2019 ISM Raceway 10-lap averages from practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series below.
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Ryan Blaney was quickest overall in single laps runs from the first practice and he’ll also start from the pole position in today’s race. Chris Buescher was quickest in session two.
Joey Logano was quickest in session three.However, not only did Logano set the best overall speed in final practice, he also set the best 10-lap average.
What is a 10-lap average? It’s 10 consecutive laps turned in a practice session with the speeds of each lap averaged from said run.
Average speed is a great way to see who’s fast in the course of a long run. With 312 laps on the table for Sunday’s race, we’ll see some long runs in there.
Only Matt Tifft and Bubba Wallace turned in runs of 10 laps or more in session one. So how do things look for the other sessions?
ISM Raceway
Practice 2
10-lap Averages
Date: March 9th, 2019
Time: 11:35am
Pos | Driver
Average Speed | In-laps
1. Kyle Busch
137.026 | 3-12
2. Kevin Harvick
136.964 | 3-12
3. Kyle Larson
136.964 | 8-17
4. Kurt Busch
136.822 | 14-23
5. Chris Buescher
136.759 | 1-10
6. Brad Keselwoski
136.679 | 1-10
7. Ryan Blaney
136.649 | 3-12
8. Denny Hamlin
136.539 | 7-16
9. Martin Truex Jr
136.337 | 16-25
10. Clint Bowyer
136.270 | 3-12
11. Jimmie Johnson
136.268 | 5-14
12. Aric Almirola
136.227 | 4-13
13. Alex Bowman
136.157 | 21-20
14. Austin Dillon
136.105 | 2-11
15. Erik Jones
136.051 | 2-11
16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
136.030 | 2-11
17. Chase Elliott
135.809 | 13-22
18. William Byron
135.727 | 2-11
19. Ryan Newman
135.611 | 2-11
20. Paul Menard
135.511 | 29-38
21. Daniel Suarez
135.412 | 3-12
22. Daniel Hemric
135.311 | 3-12
23. Joey Logano
134.841 | 29-38
24. Michael McDowell
134.212 | 1-10
25. Matt Tifft
134.211 | 2-11
26. David Ragan
134.141 | 26-35
27. Ty Dillon
134.015 | 2-11
28. Landon Cassill
132.183 | 2-11
29. Cody Ware
129.383 | 2-11
30. Bayley Currey
128.647 | 8-17
ISM Raceway
Final Practice
10-lap Averages
Date: March 9th, 2019
Time: 2:05pm
Pos | Driver
Average Speed | In-laps
1. Joey Logano
136.137 | 20-29
2. Kevin Harvick
136.009 | 26-35
3. Aric Almirola
135.971 | 9-18
4. Ryan Blaney
135.962 | 1-10
5. Brad Keselowski
135.760 | 5-14
6. Kyle Busch
135.627 | 33-42
7. Clint Bowyer
135.551 | 5-14
8. Kurt Busch
135.545 | 9-18
9. Jimmie Johnson
135.480 | 3-12
10. Alex Bowman
135.407 | 5-14
11. Austin Dillon
135.398 | 2-11
12. William Byron
135.389 | 4-13
13. Erik Jones
135.365 | 9-18
14. Denny Hamlin
135.302 | 27-36
15. Chase Elliott
135.283 | 2-11
16. Daniel Suarez
135.259 | 8-17
17. Paul Menard
135.219 | 5-14
18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
135.094 | 2-11
19. Ryan Newman
134.980 | 5-14
20. Martin Truex Jr
134.885 | 33-42
21. Chris Buescher
134.572 | 23-32
22. Daniel Hemric
134.561 | 5-14
23. Ty Dillon
134.196 | 27-36
24. Matt Tifft
134.012 | 25-34
25. Bubba Wallace
133.892 | 2-11
26. Matt DiBenedetto
133.857 | 35-44
27. Michael McDowell
133.737 | 1-10
28. Corey LaJoie
133.731 | 1-10
29. David Ragan
132.332 | 15-24
30. Landon Cassill
130.811 | 1-10
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