Martinsville Final Practice Results: March 23, 2019

NASCAR Cup Series final practice results from Martinsville Speedway

It’s the second of two rounds of NASCAR practice. Final practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is up next.

View full 2019 Martinsville final results for the NASCAR race weekend below.

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It’s an impound race. That means the qualifying setup and race setup will be fairly close to each other. This is the final practice ahead of both.

The sun is out and the track temp is up 30 degrees from the morning session.

Martinsville Speedway
Final Practice – Report

Duration: 50 minutes

The green is out on the final round of practice. William Byron is out early. He blew a tire and hit the wall 2 minutes into the opening round of practice. The crew went to work but they took their time and he never made it back out on track this morning.

Ryan Blaney is looking aggressive in this final practice session. He’s on the bumper of the #11 car, in practice.

Halfway in final practice at Martinsville: 1. Chase Elliott (19.413); 2. Alex Bowman (19.597); 3. Jimmie Johnson (19.600); 4. Austin Dillon (19.613); 5. Paul Menard (19.615); 6. Ty Dillon (19.629); 7. Daniel Hemric (19.630); 8. Erik Jones (19.758); 9. Martin Truex Jr (19.761); 10. Clint Bowyer (19.769);

Hendrick Motorsports is quick so far in the final practice rounds. Except William Byron, who currently sits 20th on the board. So far, the field has slowed down by a handful of tenths since the morning session.

“It’s still awful. I can’t get on the brakes the right way,” William Byron radio.

Erik Jones is on the bumper of Ty Dillon. A light dent on the rear bumper and Dillon shuts off the throttle and comes to the pit lane. Again, this is practice but it’s time to go. Just 15 minutes remain.

Martin Truex Jr is 11th on the board. But, that time might be deceiving as he’s fastest overall in 10, 15, 20 as well as 30 lap runs with 10 minutes left in the session.

“I don’t know,” KB radio. Kurt Busch is 27th on the board.

30 seconds remaining, Cody Ware is hard in the wall! He wheel hopped into the corner and backed it into the fence at speed. The driver climbed out under his own power. He’ll be fine, the car will not.

Chase Elliott wins the final round of NASCAR practice at Martinsville Speedway!

View full Martinsville final practice results below.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will return to the track later this evening for qualifying.


Martinsville
Final Practice Results
March 23, 2019

Time: 12:30 pm ET

Pos | Driver | Time

1. Chase Elliott
19.413

2. Alex Bowman
19.597

3. Jimmie Johnson
19.600

4. Austin Dillon
19.613

5. Paul Menard
19.615

6. Ty Dillon
19.629

7. Daniel Hemric
19.630

8. Kevin Harvick
19.649

9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
19.712

10. Erik Jones
19.758

11. Martin Truex Jr
19.761

12. Clint Bowyer
19.769

13. Matt DiBenedetto
19.769

14. Aric Almirola
19.790

15. Denny Hamlin
19.803

16. Ryan Blaney
19.814

17. David Ragan
19.818

18. Kyle Busch
19.819

19. Daniel Suarez
19.825

20. Ryan Preece
19.826

21. Joey Logano
19.864

22. Brad Keselowski
19.867

23. William Byron
19.902

24. Kyle Larson
19.937

25. Ryan Newman
19.944

26. Chris Buescher
19.971

27. Kurt Busch
20.003

28. Michael McDowell
20.017

29. Bubba Wallace
20.058

30. Matt Tifft
20.077

31. Ross Chastain
20.101

32. Landon Cassill
20.341

33. Jeb Burton
20.418

34. Cody Ware
20.511

35. DJ Kennington
20.612

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