Today, the NASCAR Cup Series unloads in Daytona Beach, Florida. Back to back testing sessions are on deck to begin the Daytona 500 weekend.
View the Daytona 500 practice results below.
This is the first race for the NASCAR Next Gen car, outside of an exhibition event. There’s a lot of unknowns coming into this weekend.
Daytona Practice 1
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Duration: 50 minutes
The car inventory is low. Many teams opted to skip the Daytona test a few weeks ago. They don’t want to crash anything in these practice sessions.
The Toyota group lined up single file in a hurry at the beginning of session one. Most other cars are making single car runs.
The cars look very stiff in practice. It’s visually far more bouncy for the driver in the cockpit than years prior.
Michael McDowell wins Daytona 500 practice 1! He jumped to that spot with just a few minutes remaining in the session. McDowell was in a pack with the Front Row Motorsports and Roush Fewnway Keselowski machines.
Daytona International Speedway
Practice Results (Session 1)
February 15, 2022
Session Began: 5:05pm ET
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. Michael McDowell
46.696
2. David Ragan
46.713
3. Todd Gilliland
46.717
4. Brad Keselowski
46.729
5. Chris Buescher
46.736
6. Martin Truex Jr
47.075
7. Bubba Wallace
47.081
8. Denny Hamlin
47.083
9. Kurt Busch
47.085
10. Kyle Busch
47.089
11. Chase Elliott
47.114
12. Alex Bowman
47.121
13. Kyle Larson
47.133
14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
47.386
15. Christopher Bell
47.497
16. Kevin Harvick
47.552
17. Greg Biffle
47.827
18. Noah Gragson
47.850
19. Cody Ware
48.496
20. William Byron Jr
48.556
21. Austin Dillon
48.661
22. Daniel Suarez
48.680
23. Tyler Reddick
48.788
24. Daniel Hemric
48.843
25. Harrison Burton
49.043
26. Austin Cindric
49.051
27. Timmy Hill
49.202
28. Corey LaJoie
49.240
29. Aric Almirola
49.280
30. Ross Chastain
49.285
31. Ty Dillon
49.329
32. Chase Briscoe
49.403
33. Joey Logano
49.410
34. JJ Yeley
49.455
35. Erik Jones
49.505
36. Justin Haley
49.646
37. Cole Custer
49.704
38. Landon Cassill
49.843
39. Ryan Blaney
49.848
40. Jacques Villeneueve
49.870
41. Kaz Grala
50.207
42. BJ McLeod
50.671
Daytona Practice 2
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Duration: 50 minutes
The sun is setting just as this session begins. This will be a practice session under the lights.
Kaz Grala had his shifter come loose in the first practice. His Money Team Racing team has fixed that up and he’s ready for session two.
Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano locked bumpers late in the session. The two cars were able to jump to the top of the board.
Ryan Blaney wins practice two at Daytona International Speedway!
Daytona International Speedway
Practice Results (Session 2)
February 15, 2022
Session Began: 6:35pm ET
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. Ryan Blaney
46.732
2. Joey Logano
46.842
3. Cole Custer
47.095
4. Cody Ware
47.096
5. Chris Buescher
47.099
6. Harrison Burton
47.114
7. Chase Briscoe
47.134
8. Austin Cindric
47.135
9. Brad Keselowski
47.146
10. Aric Almirola
47.266
11. Daniel Suarez
48.025
12. Kevin Harvick
48.042
13. Landon Cassill
48.280
14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
48.358
15. Tyler Reddick
48.401
16. Justin Haley
48.621
17. Corey LaJoie
48.626
18. Chase Elliott
48.738
19. Kyle Larson
48.976
20. Alex Bowman
49.020
21. Daniel Hemric
49.190
22. Kaz Grala
49.270
23. Christopher Bell
49.302
24. Martin Truex Jr
49.308
25. Ross Chastain
49.453
26. William Byron Jr
49.468
27. Denny Hamlin
49.482
28. Michael McDowell
49.505
29. Kurt Busch
49.556
30. Kyle Busch
49.556
31. Bubba Wallace
49.557
32. Noah Gragson
49.546
33. Austin Dillon
49.628
34. Erik Jones
49.713
35. Ty Dillon
49.858
36. Greg Biffle
50.017
37. Todd Gilliland
50.110
38. David Ragan
50.167
39. BJ McLeod
50.342
40. Timmy Hill
50.512
41. Jacques Villeneueve
50.550
42. JJ Yeley
51.214
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