Daytona Final Practice Results: July 4, 2019 (NASCAR Cup Series)

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Next up, it’s NASCAR final practice for the MENCS division. It’s the last session ahead of qualifying and the race tomorrow at Daytona International Speedway.

View full 2019 Daytona final practice results below.

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Kyle Busch was quickest overall in the opening round of practice. However, he was fighting different handling issues. He was tight in the draft but when he pulled out of line, air jumped on the nose and he got loose in a hurry.

Rain and lightning rolled into the area earlier, cutting the opening round of practice short by 11 minutes. The area is now clear and we’re going green.

Daytona Final Practice
Report

Duration: 50 minutes

The first seven minutes have been eaten by a short weather delay. With 43 minutes remaining, Joey Logano is once again the first car on the track. He’s running out there by himself.

20 minutes in, a line of 24 cars run single file on the track. Martin Truex Jr jumps to the top of the board with an average speed of 205.936. That’s significantly quicker than first practice.

Halfway in final Daytona Practice: 1. Martin Truex Jr (43.703); 2. Denny Hamlin (43.745); 3. Erik Jones (43.748); 4. Matt DiBenedetto (43.821); 5. Matt Tifft (43.840); 6. Parker Kligerman (43.859); 7. Clint Bowyer (44.042); 8. Bubba Wallace (44.121); 9. Daniel Hemric (44.317); 10. Ty Dillon (44.362);

23 minutes remain, they’re three wide in practice. They’re flirting with backup car territory as drivers see what they got in the final minutes of practice for the weekend. Logano aggressively side drafts Johnson in the middle of the corner at the front of this pack.

Brad Keselowski in the NASCAR garage area at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – JULY 04: The crew of Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, push the car in the garage area during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 04, 2019 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)

Brad Keselowski and William Byron crash in practice

17 minutes remain, William Byron is sideways off turn four! Byron was trying to block a run from Brad Keselowski. Keselowski tags him in the left rear and Byron goes around in a hurry. Byron bounced off the apron. He saved the car with moderate right rear damage.

Last year in this very race, Byron threw a block on Keselowski for the race lead. Keselowski stated after that incident, “I need to wreck more people.”

Related: Brad Keselowski issues a warning to rookie drivers who throw bad blocks

William Byron: “Obviously, I was in the lead last year. I guess he kinda felt like I threw a block,” Byron told NBC Sports after the practice crash.

“I thought I was clear there. Obviously, I was he just decided to run into the left rear,” Byron says of the latest incident.

“It’s practice, I get it. But I don’t think that was really necessary to turn us there. It’s alright, we’ll get it fixed.”

“I didn’t really expect that. It wasn’t like I changed four lanes. I was just kinda holding my lane and he used his run to drive into my left rear. That’s alright. At least I saved it.”

Brad Keselowski: “I just had a big run. He put me in a position where I had to lift and I keep telling these guys, I’m not lifting,” Brad Keselowski confirms.

“I hate it for his team and they got to work on their car. But, just trying to send a message, ‘I’m not lifting.’ “

“I’m tired of getting wrecked at the plate tracks. I’ve been wrecked out of four of them. Quite honestly, it’s because I let people pull moves like that on me. So, they’re all watching. They know.”

Watch the Brad Keselowski and William Byron crash video from Daytona below.

Meanwhile, Martin Truex Jr wins practice!

View full 2019 Daytona International Speedway final practice results below.


Daytona
Final Practice Results
July 4, 2019

1. Martin Truex Jr
43.703

2. Denny Hamlin
43.745

3. Erik Jones
43.748

4. Matt DiBenedetto
43.821

5. Matt Tifft
43.840

6. Parker Kligerman
43.859

7. Clint Bowyer
44.042

8. Bubba Wallace
44.121

9. Daniel Hemric
44.317

10. Ty Dillon
44.362

11. Ryan Preece
44.389

12. Chris Buescher
44.458

13. Jimmie Johnson
44.472

14. Austin Dillon
44.476

15. Kyle Larson
44.483

16. Chase Elliott
44.496

17. William Byron
44.496

18. Kurt Busch
44.500

19. Corey LaJoie
44.524

20. Joey Logano
44.531

21. David Ragan
44.537

22. Alex Bowman
44.143

23. Brendan Gaughan
45.143

24. JJ Yeley
45.199

25. Ryan Blaney
45.308

26. Daniel Suarez
45.313

27. Paul Menard
45.334

28. Aric Almirola
45.368

29. Kevin Harvick
45.618

30. Michael McDowell
45.702

31. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
45.837

32. Brad Keselowski
45.988

33. Landon Cassill
46.074

34. BJ McLeod
46.090

35. Kyle Busch
47.153

36. Ryan Newman
47.373

37. Quin Houff
47.475

38. Justin Haley
49.251

39. Joey Gase
49.665

Brad Keselowski vs William Byron
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Brad Keselowski issues a warning to rookie drivers who throw bad blocks following a crash last year at Daytona

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