Next up, it’s a final round of NASCAR practice. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is set to take to the short track of Bristol Motor Speedway. This will be their last practice session on the race weekend.
View full Bristol final practice results below.
Track officials are attempting to bring back single groove racing. PJ1 has been installed on the bottom groove. At the same time, they’ve completely washed off the second and third groove.
In the opening round of practice, we saw everyone stick with the bottom lane. That’s not likely to continue as the weekend rolls along.
Chase Briscoe will pilot the #36 in this session. Matt Tifft is feeling under the weather and the replacement drivers is temporarily in the cockpit.
Bristol
Final Practice – Report
Duration: 50 minutes
Kevin Harvick is making a long run early in this session. Unlike the opening session, he’s not glued to the bottom. Harvick concludes this run just under 50 laps. He spent a bulk of it in the middle and high side of the race track.
Earlier this week, Matt DiBenedetto announced that he has lost his ride for 2020. This will be his final season in the Leavine Family Racing #95.
However, Bristol is DiBenedetto’s best race track. Halfway in practice, DiBenedetto is quickest overall thus far.
Halfway
Halfway in Bristol final practice: 1. Matt DiBenedetto (14.892); 2. Ryan Blaney (14.962); 3. Martin Truex Jr (15.036); 4. Austin Dillon (15.047); 5. Chase Elliott (15.160); 6. Daniel Hemric (15.162); 7. Kyle Larson (15.162); 8. Erik Jones (15.176); 9. Joey Logano (15.180); 10. Denny Hamlin (15.201);
20 minutes remain, Ricky Stenhouse Jr was running the outside lane. He stepped in the gas and the backend stepped out. He made light contact with the wall on the right rear. That only saved the car from coming around. He shuts it off and heads to the pits.
“Lack of fucking stagger, lack of rear steer, lack of fucking anything,” Kurt Busch isn’t happy with his race car as he sits 28th on the board at one of his best tracks.
7 minutes remain, Ryan Blaney has an issue on the race track. The driver thinks he lost power steering. Some smoke comes out of the back of the race car.
Time has expired as NASCAR was cleaning up the race track. NASCAR has elected to add 12 minutes to the session. Joey Logano has already turned 100 laps in this session.
Matt DiBenedetto hangs on to win NASCAR final practice at Bristol Motor Speedway!
View full Bristol final practice results below.
Bristol Motor Speedway
Final Practice Results
August 16, 2019
Session Time: 1:05pm ET
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Matt DiBenedetto
14.892
2. Ryan Blaney
14.962
3. Aric Almirola
14.964
4. Chase Elliott
14.965
5. Alex Bowman
14.971
6. Kyle Larson
14.991
7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
15.009
8. Martin Truex Jr
15.036
9. Austin Dillon
15.047
10. Ryan Newman
15.048
11. Clint Bowyer
15.242
12. Daniel Hemric
15.162
13. Joey Logano
15.165
14. Erik Jones
15.176
15. Michael McDowell
15.195
16. Kyle Busch
15.198
17. Kurt Busch
15.198
18. Denny Hamlin
15.201
19. Chris Buescher
15.204
20. Kevin Harvick
15.230
21. Paul Menard
15.254
22. Daniel Suarez
15.257
23. Corey LaJoie
15.257
24. Bubba Wallace
15.284
25. Brad Keselowski
15.291
26. William Byron
15.297
27. David Ragan
15.300
28. Jimmie Johnson
15.326
29. Ryan Preece
15.336
30. Ty Dillon
15.376
31. BJ McLeod
15.474
32. Josh Bilicki
15.639
33. Chase Briscoe
15.649
34. JJ Yaley
15.656
35. Landon Cassill
15.682
36. Kyle Weatherman
15.962
37. Reed Sorenson
16.000
More
Bristol Results: April 7, 2019
Bristol Results: August 18, 2018
Links
NASCAR | Bristol Motor Speedway