NASCAR practice times from Kentucky Speedway
Today, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series unloads in Sparta, Kentucky, population 308. Two rounds of NASCAR practice are up next.
View full 2019 Kentucky practice results below.
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This is the first of two practice session for the weekend. Both of the sessions sit ahead of qualifying which will take place later tonight.
Kentucky Practice
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Duration: 50 minutes
PJ1 has been installed heavily on the race track. Lanes two and three are covered black with the grip strip. The bottom lane remains untouched.
The goal of that is to encourage drivers to use more than the bottom lane of the race track. Thus far in practice, drivers have stuck with the bottom lane.
25 minutes remaining in practice at Kentucky: 1. Kyle Busch (29.725); 2. Brad Keselowski (29.766); 3. Daniel Suarez (29.798); 4. Denny Hamlin (29.896); 5. Aric Almirola (29.899); 6. Chase Elliott (29.918); 7. Ryan Blaney (29.957); 8. Clint Bowyer (29.961); 9. Erik Jones (29.970); 10. Jimmie Johnson (29.970);
Kyle Busch leads with 25 minutes remaining in the practice session. He finished 4th in this event last year.
In turn 1 and 2, drivers remain outside of the grip strip. However, in turns 3 and 4, the field is migrating up the track, into the PJ1.
We’re not seeing any kind of drafting or group practice runs so far in this session. Everyone is fairly spread out, making single car runs.
5 minutes remain in practice, Stewart-Haas Racing is quickest overall. All four cars sit in the top 10 with Aric Almirola at the top of the board. Almirola was in a qualifying trim for his run.
1 minute remains, Kurt Busch jumps to the top of the board. Stewart-Haas has locked out the top three positions on the times sheet!
Stewart-Haas Racing started this year in the wrong direction with the new rules package on 1.5-mile tracks. They have begun to turn that around in recent events.
Kurt Busch wins the opening round of NASCAR practice at Kentucky Speedway!
View full Kentucky Speedway practice results below.
Kentucky Practice Results
NASCAR Cup Series
July 12, 2019
Pos | Driver | Time
1.. Kurt Busch
29.389
2. Aric Almirola
29.421
3. Daniel Suarez
24.492
4. Jimmie Johnson
29.553
5. Kyle Busch
29.581
6. Kyle Larson
29.646
7. Brad Keselowski
29.657
8. Kevin Harvick
29.671
9. Erik Jones
29.681
10. Clint Bowyer
29.703
11. Ryan Blaney
29.718
12. Joey Logano
29.728
13. Denny Hamlin
29.738
14. Chase Elliott
29.807
15. William Byron
29.860
16. Paul Menard
29.861
17. Alex Bowman
29.864
18. Martin Truex Jr
29.867
19. Daniel Hemric
29.884
20. Matt DiBenedetto
29.909
21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
29.946
22. Matt Tifft
29.975
23. Austin Dillon
29.989
24. Chris Buescher
30.006
25. David Ragan
30.112
26. Ryan Newman
30.116
27. Michael McDowell
30.167
28. Corey LaJoie
30.194
29. Bubba Wallace
30.243
30. Ty Dillon
30.303
31. Ryan Preece
30.322
32. Ross Chastain
30.475
33. Bayley Currey
30.773
34. BJ McLeod
30.898
35. Quin Houff
31.035
36. Landon Cassill
31.143