Today, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series takes to the track for the first time on the weekend. The 0.533-mile oval of Bristol Motor Speedway hosts this weekend’s race in Bristol, Tennessee.
View full Bristol practice results below.
Bristol Motor Speedway is attempting to make this a one groove race track. PJ1 has been installed on the bottom groove. We’ve seen that before. But, new for this race, they’ve also pressure washed all the rubber off the 2nd and 3rd grooves.
Bristol
Practice Report
Duration: 50 minutes
Kyle Busch is the first car on the race track in this morning session. He’s rolling super slow, just testing out both the high and low groove. He never got up to speed and comes back to the pit lane.
5 minutes in, Denny Hamlin is on the track. However, he heads into turn three and the front end doesn’t stick. The nose washes up the track and Hamlin returns to the pits.
10 minutes in, Kyle Busch is facing the same issues as his JGR teammate. He returns to the pits as well.
Erik Jones is quickest at the halfway point in this session.
Halfway in Bristol Practice: 1. Erik Jones (14.997); 2. Joey Logano (15.008); 3. Matt DiBenedetto (15.032); 4. Denny Hamlin (15.034); 5. Kyle Busch (15.038); 6. Ryan Blaney (15.065); 7. Brad Keselowski (15.091); 8. Martin Truex Jr (15.098); 9. Alex Bowman (15.098); 10. Jimmie Johnson (15.141);
The fast cars are right around the bottom. If the car rolls a foot off the bottom, they’ll be slow. For the meantime, old Bristol is back.
2 minutes remain, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Kyle Larson are attempting to run the middle of the race track. These are the only two to try it all day. Together, they’ll trying to build the rubber up. Kyle Busch joins them.
Denny Hamlin wins the opening round of NASCAR practice in Tennessee!
View full Bristol Motor Speedway practice results below.
Bristol
Practice Results
August 16, 2019
Session Time: 11:05pm ET
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Denny Hamlin
15.449
2. Erik Jones
15.325
3. Joey Logano
15.298
4. Matt DiBenedetto
15.433
5. Kyle Busch
15.511
6. Ryan Blaney
15.481
7. Brad Keselowski
15.393
8. Martin Truex Jr
15.357
9. Alex Bowman
15.525
10. Kyle Larson
15.604
11. Jimmie Johnson
15.502
12. William Byron
15.516
13. Daniel Hemric
15.498
14. Kevin Harvick
15.535
15. Chris Buescher
15.560
16. Clint Bowyer
15.531
17. Chase Elliott
15.485
18. Austin Dillon
15.628
19. Daniel Suarez
15.442
20. Bubba Wallace
15.642
21. Kurt Busch
15.495
22. Paul Menard
15.512
23. Ryan Newman
15.627
24. Ryan Preece
15.542
25. Aric Almirola
15.473
26. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
15.584
27. Ty Dillon
15.671
28. Ross Chastain
15.903
29. Corey LaJoie
15.821
30. Matt Tifft
15.684
31. David Ragan
15.609
32. Michael McDowell
15.713
33. JJ Yaley
15.977
34. Landon Cassill
15.989
35. Quin Houff
16.200
36. Josh Bilicki
16.112
37. BJ McLeod
16.324
38. Reed Sorenson
16.363
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Bristol Results: April 7, 2019
Bristol Results: August 18, 2018
Links
NASCAR | Bristol Motor Speedway