Alex Bowman tops final Cup practice; Kyle Busch tags wall

Ryan Blaney led most of the final 50-minute session but Bowman rocketed to the top of the speed chart in the final 15 minutes with an average lap speed of 176.626 mph.

Blaney ended up second (176.185 mph) and Bubba Wallace was third (176.176 mph). Kurt Busch and Christopher Bell completed the top-five.

Rounding out the top-10 single-lap speeds were Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson, Matt DiBenedetto and Kyle Busch.

About 16 minutes into the session, Kyle Busch tagged the Turn 3 wall and did some right-side damage to his No. 18 Toyota.

Busch’s Joe Gibbs Racing team quickly went to work on making repairs and he was able to return to the track with about 15 minutes remaining.

Bowman also had the fastest average speed (175.278 mph) among the drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps. Kurt Busch and Cole Custer were second and third, respectively, in that category.

Chase Elliott sat out the final 15 minutes of practice for failing inspection twice last weekend; Michael McDowell and J.J. Yeley both sat out the final 15 minutes for being late to inspection. Garrett Smithley missed the last 30 minutes of practice for failing inspection three times.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	88	Alex Bowman		Chevrolet	32	40.764			176.626
2	12	Ryan Blaney		Ford	41	40.866	0.102	0.102	176.186
3	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.		Chevrolet	22	40.868	0.104	0.002	176.177
4	1	Kurt Busch		Chevrolet	47	40.952	0.188	0.084	175.816
5	95	Christopher Bell		Toyota	30	40.980	0.216	0.028	175.695
6	14	Clint Bowyer		Ford	25	40.984	0.220	0.004	175.678
7	2	Brad Keselowski		Ford	44	41.005	0.241	0.021	175.588
8	42	Kyle Larson		Chevrolet	39	41.043	0.279	0.038	175.426
9	21	Matt DiBenedetto		Ford	37	41.050	0.286	0.007	175.396
10	18	Kyle Busch		Toyota	37	41.066	0.302	0.016	175.328
11	6	Ross Chastain		Ford	32	41.067	0.303	0.001	175.323
12	17	Chris Buescher		Ford	29	41.071	0.307	0.004	175.306
13	10	Aric Almirola		Ford	30	41.072	0.308	0.001	175.302
14	8	Tyler Reddick		Chevrolet	34	41.102	0.338	0.030	175.174
15	24	William Byron		Chevrolet	26	41.110	0.346	0.008	175.140
16	22	Joey Logano		Ford	37	41.112	0.348	0.002	175.131
17	9	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	28	41.124	0.360	0.012	175.080
18	4	Kevin Harvick		Ford	35	41.181	0.417	0.057	174.838
19	19	Martin Truex Jr.		Toyota	39	41.196	0.432	0.015	174.774
20	41	Cole Custer		Ford	40	41.230	0.466	0.034	174.630
21	48	Jimmie Johnson		Chevrolet	33	41.249	0.485	0.019	174.550
22	20	Erik Jones		Toyota	35	41.252	0.488	0.003	174.537
23	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		Chevrolet	23	41.281	0.517	0.029	174.414
24	34	Michael McDowell		Ford	26	41.281	0.517	0.000	174.414
25	37	Ryan Preece		Chevrolet	29	41.347	0.583	0.066	174.136
26	11	Denny Hamlin		Toyota	39	41.376	0.612	0.029	174.014
27	3	Austin Dillon		Chevrolet	40	41.402	0.638	0.026	173.905
28	13	Ty Dillon		Chevrolet	32	41.424	0.660	0.022	173.812
29	32	Corey Lajoie		Ford	25	41.647	0.883	0.223	172.882
30	38	John Hunter Nemechek		Ford	28	41.661	0.897	0.014	172.824
31	96	Daniel Suarez		Toyota	26	42.142	1.378	0.481	170.851
32	52	J.J. Yeley		Ford	12	42.579	1.815	0.437	169.097
33	00	Quin Houff		Chevrolet	16	43.255	2.491	0.676	166.455