NASCAR practice times from Martinsville Speedway
Today, it’s an action packed day at Martinsville Speedway. The condensed schedule will see two practice rounds and qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
View full 2019 Martinsville practice results below.
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This is the first of two practice sessions today at the 0.526-mile oval.
Martinsville Speedway
Practice – Report
Duration: 50 minutes
Chase Elliott is the first car on the race track in the opening round of practice.
2 minutes in, car in the wall! William Byron has suffered a flat tire on his opening lap. He tagged the wall and dinged up the right front fender as the car wouldn’t turn off turn two.
15 minutes in, Hendrick Motorsports is still trying to figure out what caused the flat tire. The rubber had a cut in it. The team has changed brake rotor and other components. They’re unsure if they’ll make it back out.
20 minutes in, another car is in the wall. Corey LaJoie was 22 laps into a run and he run, he ran out of brakes. He slammed the wall and the red flag is out.
“There’s no coffee that will wake you up like losing brakes into turn one at Martinsville. We didn’t really bring a backup that’s fully ready to go. Hopefully, they can work on the backup car and make it just as good,” LaJoie told Fox Sports.
Halfway in practice: 1. Aric Almirola (19.527); 2. Kyle Busch (19.545); 3. Brad Keselowski (19.576); 4. Clint Bowyer (19.578); 5. Martin Truex Jr (19.603); 6. Joey Logano (19.620); 7. Denny Hamlin (19.634); 8. Chase Elliott (19.634); 9. Kevin Harvick (19.640); 10. Ryan Blaney (19.641);
Last year, Martin Truex Jr was quickest in the opening round of practice with a 19.776. The new rules package was expected to set track records at all the short tracks this year. Joey Logano set the track qualifying record at 18.898 seconds in 2014.
10 minutes remain, Stewart-Haas Racing has hit the track with qualifying setups. Clint Bowyer, Daniel Suarez and Aric Almirola sit at the top of the board. It’s a 19.387 for Bowyer. Harvick did not make a qualifying run just yet.
Clint Bowyer wins the first practice session at Martinsville Speedway for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
View full NASCAR practice results from Martinsville Speedway below.
Martinsville Practice Results
NASCAR Cup Series
March 23, 2019
Time: 9:35am ET
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Clint Bowyer
19.387
2. Daniel Suarez
19.470
3. Aric Almirola
19.521
4. Martin Truex Jr
19.534
5. Kyle Busch
19.545
6. Brad Keselowski
19.576
7. Chris Buescher
19.593
8. Joey Logano
19.620
9. Denny Hamlin
19.634
10. Chase Elliott
19.634
11. Kevin Harvick
19.640
12. Ryan Blaney
19.641
13. Jimmie Johnson
19.668
14. Erik Jones
19.671
15. Kyle Larson
19.694
16. Austin Dillon
19.696
17. Paul Menard
19.726
18. Alex Bowman
19.733
19. Bubba Wallace
19.738
20. Ryan Preece
19.742
21. Ty Dillon
19.751
22. Matt DiBenedetto
19.757
23. Kurt Busch
19.759
24. Corey LaJoie
19.769
25. Ryan Newman
19.790
26. David Ragan
19.808
27. Daniel Hemric
19.859
28. Michael McDowell
19.869
29. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
19.879
30. Matt Tifft
19.925
31. Ross Chastain
19.967
32. Landon Cassill
20.032
33. Jeb Burton
20.236
34. Cody Ware
20.262
35. DJ Kennington
20.435
36. William Byron
20.606
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