Practice report
NASCAR Cup Las Vegas
Clint Bowyer tops Friday's first Cup practice at Las Vegas
Playoff contender Clint Bowyer topped William Byron to lead Friday’s first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice.
Jim Utter
Edited: Sep 14, 2019, 8:01 PM
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Bowyer was in the top-five most of the 50-minute session but bolted to the top of the speed chart in the final minutes behind an average lap speed of 178.059 mph.
Byron ended up second (177.223 mph) and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson was third (177.148 mph). Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was fourth and Austin Dillon rounded out the top-five.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway has not been a particularly good track for Bowyer during his career. In 15 starts, he has one top-five and four top-10 finishes.
Rounding out the top-10 in practice were Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Ty Dillon, Daniel Suarez and Chase Elliott.
About 19 minutes into the session, the caution was displayed for debris on the track. Cars returned to action a few minutes later.
Ross Chastain was forced to sit out the final 15 minutes of practice after his No. 15 Chevrolet was late to inspection last weekend at Indianapolis.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 14 
Clint Bowyer Ford 21 30.327 178.059 2 24 William Byron Chevrolet 29 30.470 0.143 0.143 177.223 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 19 30.483 0.156 0.013 177.148 4 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 20 30.552 0.225 0.069 176.748 5 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 27 30.563 0.236 0.011 176.684 6 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 25 30.564 0.237 0.001 176.678 7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 24 30.60 0.273 0.036 176.471 8 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 23 30.613 0.286 0.013 176.396 9 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 25 30.625 0.298 0.012 176.327 10 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 33 30.639 0.312 0.014 176.246 11 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 23 30.645 0.318 0.006 176.211 12 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 26 30.677 0.350 0.032 176.028 13 22 Joey Logano Ford 27 30.679 0.352 0.002 176.016 14 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 28 30.688 0.361 0.009 175.965 15 10 Aric Almirola Ford 23 30.711 0.384 0.023 175.833 16 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 19 30.718 0.391 0.007 175.793 17 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 28 30.770 0.443 0.052 175.496 18 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 21 30.816 0.489 0.046 175.234 19 20 Erik Jones Toyota 28 30.817 0.490 0.001 175.228 20 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 34 30.823 0.496 0.006 175.194 21 6 Ryan Newman Ford 24 30.866 0.539 0.043 174.950 22 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 16 30.886 0.559 0.020 174.836 23 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 25 30.930 0.603 0.044 174.588 24 38 David Ragan Ford 27 30.984 0.657 0.054 174.284 25 21 Paul Menard Ford 25 31.013 0.686 0.029 174.121 26 34 Michael McDowell Ford 24 31.076 0.749 0.063 173.768 27 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 29 31.178 0.851 0.102 173.199 28 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 24 31.204 0.877 0.026 173.055 29 36 Matt Tifft Ford 19 31.357 1.030 0.153 172.210 30 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 14 31.366 1.039 0.009 172.161 31 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 15 31.439 1.112 0.073 171.761 32 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 15 31.458 1.131 0.019 171.657 33 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 20 31.486 1.159 0.028 171.505 34 53 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 6 31.870 1.543 0.384 169.438 35 51 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 5 31.890 1.563 0.020 169.332 36 52 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 10 32.219 1.892 0.329 167.603 37 77 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 9 32.493 2.166 0.274 166.190 38 27 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 13 32.559 2.232 0.066 165.853 39 66 Joey Gase Toyota 11 33.364 3.037 0.805 161.851
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