NASCAR practice results from Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Today, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series takes to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The track is a 1.5-mile oval in Las Vegas, Nevada.
View full Las Vegas practice results below.
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The trucks and Xfinity were on the track earlier this morning. Now, the Cup Series makes their first entrance to the racing surface.
This race marks the opening round of the 2019 NASCAR Playoffs. 16 drivers are eligible. The winner of this race will advance to the next round. The bottom four in points after the first three races will be eliminated.
Las Vegas
Practice – Report
Duration: 50 minutes
A long line of cars sit at the edge of the pit lane ahead of this session. Drivers are looking to take to the track in a group to work on race runs.
William Byron is quickest early on. A group of 20 cars moved to the track at once at the green of the practice session.
32 minutes remain, the caution is out for debris on the track.
Denny Hamlin is fighting a car that’s too low. He’s catching bumps in turn one and chasing the car.
Kevin Harvick is another driver chasing his car all over the race track. He’s the defending winner of this race.
Halfway in LVMS practice: 1. William Byron (30.470); 2. Austin Dillon (30.586); 3. Daniel Suarez (30.625); 4. Chase Elliott (30.639); 5. Clint Bowyer (30.639); 6. Daniel Hamric (30.645); 7. Jimmie Johnson (30.673); 8. Joey Logano (30.679); 9. Kyle Busch (30.721); 10. Martin Truex Jr (30.743);
Hendrick Motorsports is quick in this opening practice session. Three of their four drivers sit inside the top 10 and all sit within the top 15.
William Byron also sits on the top of the 5-lap average chart.
15 minutes remain, Ross Chastain sits in the penalty box. He was late to inspection last week and will be forced to miss the remainder of this session.
2 minutes remain, Byron sits at the top but that’s about to change. Bowyer has hit the track in qualifying trim.
Clint Bowyer wins Las Vegas practice!
View full NASCAR Cup Series practice results from Las Vegas Motor Speedway below.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Practice Results
NASCAR Cup Series
September 13, 2019
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Clint Bowyer
30.327
2. William Byron
30.470
3. Jimmie Johnson
30.483
4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
30.552
5. Austin Dillon
30.563
6. Brad Keselowski
30.564
7. Denny Hamlin
30.600
8. Ty Dillon
30.613
9. Daniel Hemric
30.625
10. Chase Elliott
30.639
11. Daniel Hemric
30.645
12. Martin Truex Jr
30.677
13. Joey Logano
30.679
14. Kyle Busch
30.688
15. Aric Almirola
30.711
16. Ryan Blaney
30.718
17. Alex Bowman
30.770
18. Kevin Harvick
30.816
19. Erik Jones
30.817
20. Matt DiBenedetto
30.823
21. Ryan Newman
30.866
22. Kyle Larson
30.866
23. Kurt Busch
30.930
24. David Ragan
30.984
25. Paul Menard
31.013
26. Michael McDowell
31.076
27. Bubba Wallace
31.178
28. Ryan Preece
31.204
29. Matt Tifft
31.357
30. Ross Chastain
31.366
31. Chris Buescher
31.439
32. Landon Cassill
31.458
33. Corey LaJoie
31.486
34. JJ Yaley
31.870
35. BJ McLeod
31.890
36. Garrett Smithley
32.219
37. Reed Sorenson
32.493
38. Joe Nemechek
32.559
39. Joey Gase
33.364
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