Average lap times from NASCAR practice at Martinsville Speedway
Today, they’ll drop the green flag at Martinsville Speedway. It’s the first race in the Round of 8 of the NASCAR Playoffs.
View full 2019 Martinsville practice averages below.
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Denny Hamlin will start from the pole position. He has the quickest car for a single lap as proven in Saturday qualifying.
But who has the pace over the course of a long run? The race today is 500 laps and will run for several hours. Who’s going to have consistent pace over the course of long runs?
That’s what the data from the two charts below. Each chart shows the best 10 consecutive lap runs with the lap time averaged over 10 back to back laps.
When final practice rolled around, Clint Bowyer smoked the field in 5, 10, 15 and 20 lap runs. He held a clean sweep of the charts ahead of today’s First Data 500.
Martinsville Speedway
Practice Averages (10 Laps)
October 26, 2019
NASCAR Cup Series
Session Start: 9:05am ET
Pos | Driver | Average Time
1. Clint Bowyer
19.916
2. Denny Hamlin
19.930
3. Aric Almirola
19.932
4. Kyle Busch
19.955
5. Ryan Blaney
19.963
6. Martin Truex Jr
20.014
7. Kevin Harvick
20.016
8. Erik Jones
20.034
9. Joey Logano
20.039
10. Daniel Suarez
20.042
11. Alex Bowman
20.064
12. William Byron
20.070
13. David Ragan
20.090
14. Matt DiBenedetto
20.094
15. Kurt Busch
20.120
16. Jimmie Johnson
20.122
17. Kyle Larson
20.126
18. Michael McDowell
20.129
19. Ty Dillon
20.135
20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
20.146
21. Ryan Newman
20.150
22. Paul Menard
20.167
23. Daniel Hemric
20.175
24. Ryan Preece
20.196
25. Matt Crafton
20.276
26. Bubba Wallace
20.281
27. Austin Dillon
20.336
28. Corey LaJoie
20.429
29. Chris Buescher
20.928
30. Landon Cassill
20.958
31. Timmy Hill
21.201
5 lap average: Joey Logano (19.787)
15 lap average: Clint Bowyer (19.935)
20 lap average: Kyle Busch (19.995)
Martinsville Speedway
Final Practice Averages (10 Laps)
October 26, 2019
NASCAR Cup Series
Session Start: Noon ET
Pos | Driver | Average Time
1. Clint Bowyer
20.041
2. Aric Almirola
20.097
3. Erik Jones
20.099
4. Chase Elliott
20.107
5. Joey Logano
20.122
6. Denny Hamlin
20.125
7. Martin Truex Jr
20.129
8. Kevin Harvick
20.131
9. Kyle Busch
20.152
10. Daniel Suarez
20.172
11. Ryan Blaney
20.185
12. Kyle Larson
20.187
13. Jimmie Johnson
20.230
14. Kurt Busch
20.244
15. Matt DiBenedetto
20.258
16. William Byron
20.283
17. Chris Buescher
20.299
18. Ryan Preece
20.301
19. Brad Keselowski
20.318
20. Bubba Wallace
20.334
21. Alex Bowman
20.393
22. Michael McDowell
20.405
23. Daniel Hemric
20.405
24. Corey LaJoie
20.411
25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
20.457
26. Ryan Newman
20.478
27. Paul Menard
20.488
28. David Ragan
20.531
29. Ty Dillon
20.633
30. Matt Crafton
20.732
31. Landon Cassill
20.972
5 lap average: Clint Bowyer (20.023)
15 lap average: Clint Bowyer (20.055)
20 lap average: Clint Bowyer (20.093)
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