Next up, it’s one final round of practice to dial in the cars for the Daytona 500. It’s NASCAR Cup Series final practice at Daytona International Speedway.
View full 2020 Daytona final practice results below.
Don’t expect to see much racing going on in this session. We’re likely to see a bulk of single car runs in this session.
Daytona 500
Final Practice
Report
Duration: 50 minutes
Denny Hamlin is done until Sunday. He and his team have no plans to even put the #11 car on the track in this session.
In fact, none of the Joe Gibbs Racing machines plan to turn a lap in this session.
Ryan Blaney is the first car to the track in this final practice round. Blaney is in a backup car after a crash in the Duel event.
10 minutes in, several of the Ford and Chevy drivers are on track. They’re dicing, two by two.
Jimmie Johnson looks to be the most aggressive one in the group. He working on the handling of his car ahead of tomorrows race.
Halfway in Daytona practice
Halfway in Daytona Final Practice: 1. David Ragan (45.094); 2. Joey Logano (45.113); 3. Brad Keselowski (45.120); 4. Michael McDowell (45.143); 5. William Byron (45.282); 6. Brendan Gaughan (45.329); 7. Jimmie Johnson (45.331); 8. Corey LaJoie (45.382); 9. Kevin Harvick (45.395); 10. Clint Bowyer (45.396)
Stewart-Haas Racing has put their four cars on track at once. They just run single file in a group of their own.
All of SHR jump to the top of the board. The other group had about double the cars, but they ran side by side. SHR was single file as they went to the top of the board.
20 minutes remain, 26 cars have turned a lap so far. Many of those drivers only made a handful of laps to quick brakes and basic things. They are now done for the session.
17 minutes to go, Team Penske has joined the Stewart-Haas group with Logano and Keselowski. Logano jumps to the top of the board.
Joey Logano wins Daytona 500 final practice!
View full Daytona International Speedway final practice times below.
Daytona
Final Practice Results
February 15, 2020
NASCAR Cup Series
Session Start: 12:30pm
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Joey Logano
44.884
2. Kevin Harvick
44.885
3. Brad Keselowski
44.888
4. Clint Bowyer
44.895
5. Cole Custer
44.906
6. Aric Almirola
44.916
7. David Ragan
45.094
8. Michael McDowell
45.143
9. William Byron
45.282
10. Brendan Gaughan
45.329
11. Jimmie Johnson
45.331
12. Corey LaJoie
45.382
13. Chase Elliott
45.382
14. Quin Houff
46.206
15. Alex Bowman
46.833
16. Tyler Reddick
47.006
17. Timmy Hill
47.077
18. Ryan Blaney
47.147
19. Kyle Larson
47.213
20. Austin Dillon
47.221
21. Kurt Busch
47.221
22. John Hunter Nemechek
47.246
23. Chris Buescher
47.251
24. Ryan Preece
47.258
25. Ross Chastain
47.807
26. BJ McLeod
48.762
More
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Links
Daytona International Speedway | NASCAR