Kentucky Practice Results: July 12, 2019 (NASCAR Cup Series)

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
Report

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

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