Today, Daytona International Speedway hosts two rounds of practice. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is rolling onto the 2.5-mile oval for the first time this weekend.
View full 2019 Daytona practice results below.
It’s a battle of the manufactures here this weekend. Toyota sits at a significant disadvantage when it comes to superspeedway racing. They have far less cars to work with.
Daytona Practice
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Duration: 50 minutes
Joey Logano is the first car on the race track. He’s making a single car run.
3 minutes in, Jimmie Johnson has spun exiting the garage area and onto the pit lane. Team Chevy is on the race track. 10 Chevrolets have lines up single file on the track. This was planned days ago.
7 minutes in, the caution is out for debris on the race track. The Chevy camp will be forced to the garage. The debris is off the #3 of Austin Dillon.
20 minutes in, the Chevy group is formed on the track once more. The lone Toyota of Erik Jones has joined the group. He pulls out of line but none of them are going to roll with him. Erik Jones will tag on the back of the Chevy group. It’s going to be hard for the Toyota group to learn much about pack racing today.
Halfway in Daytona Practice: 1. Ty Dillon (44.847); 2. Chris Buescher (44.857); 3. Jimmie Johnson (44.921); 4. Austin Dillon (44.922); 5. Daniel Hemric (44.931); 6. Kyle Larson (44.933); 7. Kurt Busch (44.934); 8. Chase Elliott (44.935); 9. William Byron (44.938); 10. Alex Bowman (44.938);
30 minutes in, the scoreboard is dominated by Chevy drivers. However, the Fords are on the track. Eleven Fords and Kyle Busch line up around the bottom. Kyle Busch jumps to the top of the board, he was at the tail of the Ford line.
We’re seeing massive runs. At the same time, we’re seeing the wall of air slow cars drastically when they pull out of line.
11 minutes remain in practice but lightning is in the area, ending practice. Kyle Busch wins the opening round of NASCAR practice!
View full 2019 Daytona International Speedway practice results below.
Daytona Practice Results
NASCAR Cup Series
July 4, 2019
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Kyle Busch
44.831
2. Ty Dillon
44.847
3. Chris Buescher
44.857
4. Jimmie Johnson
44.921
5. Austin Dillon
44.922
6. Ryan Newman
44.926
7. Daniel Hemric
44.931
8. Kyle Larson
44.933
9. Kurt Busch
44.934
10. Chase Elliott
44.935
11. William Byron
44.938
12. Alex Bowman
44.941
13. David Ragan
44.992
14. Brad Keselowski
45.013
15. Joey Logano
45.020
16. Ryan Blaney
45.035
16. Ryan Blaney
45.035
17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
45.040
18. Paul Menard
45.041
19. Kevin Harvick
45.044
20. Erik Jones
45.046
21. Aric Almirola
45.050
22. Daniel Suarez
45.050
23. Clint Bowyer
45.097
24. Ryan Preece
45.160
25. Bubba Wallace
45.160
26. Michael McDowell
45.215
27. Denny Hamlin
45.824
28. Matt DiBenedetto
46.068
29. Parker Kligerman
46.230
30. Matt Tifft
46.558
31. Landon Cassill
46.671
32. Martin Truex Jr
47.373
33. Corey LaJoie
47.564
34. Ross Chastain
57.736
35. Brendan Gaughan
0.000
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