Chase Briscoe fastest in Cup practice at Road America

Briscoe went out in the first group and posted an average lap speed of 108.216 mph – the only driver on the day to top the 108 mph mark.

“It’s a very challenging track, but that’s why I like going there. It does wear you out. It gets like a slick, worn-out dirt track, as weird as that sounds, but that’s why I like it,” Briscoe said.

“I just like the feat of trying to wrestle a 4-mile road course. It’s huge. It takes over two minutes to run the race track, so I just enjoy the challenge of racing there and trying to get these cars to do what you want each lap, with every turn. It’s a lot of fun and, when it pays off, it’s incredibly rewarding.”

Tyler Reddick ended up second-fastest overall (107.992 mph) and Ross Chastain – who led the second session (107.737 mph) – was third-fastest overall.

Austin Cindric was fourth and Kyle Larson rounded out the top-five.

Group B

Chastain led the way in the second 20-minute session, with an average lap speed of 107.737 mph.

Chris Buescher ended up second (107.696 mph) and Joey Hand was third (107.675 mph).

Michael McDowell was fourth and Cody Ware rounded out the top-five.

Just as the session concluded, Denny Hamlin spun in Turn 14 but did not appear to suffer any damage to his No. 11 Toyota.

Group A

Briscoe led the way in the first 20-minute practice session with an average lap speed of 108.216 mph.

Reddick ended up second-fastest (107.992 mph) and Cindric was third (107.728 mph). Kyle Larson and Ty Dillon rounded out the top-five.

In the final five minutes of the session, Larson spun on track and was able to continue after sliding into the dirt.

Martin Truex Jr. locked his brakes and went off track but was also able to continue on without assistance.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	14	Chase Briscoe		Ford	6	2'14.663			108.217
2	8	Tyler Reddick		Chevrolet	8	2'14.943	0.280	0.280	107.992
3	1	Ross Chastain		Chevrolet	7	2'15.262	0.599	0.319	107.738
4	2	Austin Cindric		Ford	8	2'15.274	0.611	0.012	107.728
5	5	Kyle Larson		Chevrolet	6	2'15.278	0.615	0.004	107.725
6	17	Chris Buescher		Ford	7	2'15.314	0.651	0.036	107.696
7	15	Joey Hand		Ford	8	2'15.340	0.677	0.026	107.675
8	34	Michael McDowell		Ford	6	2'15.469	0.806	0.129	107.573
9	42	Ty Dillon		Chevrolet	6	2'15.533	0.870	0.064	107.522
10	99	Daniel Suarez		Chevrolet	8	2'15.576	0.913	0.043	107.488
11	41	Cole Custer		Ford	6	2'15.622	0.959	0.046	107.452
12	20	Christopher Bell		Toyota	6	2'15.899	1.236	0.277	107.233
13	12	Ryan Blaney		Ford	8	2'15.956	1.293	0.057	107.188
14	51	Cody Ware		Ford	6	2'16.186	1.523	0.230	107.007
15	48	Alex Bowman		Chevrolet	6	2'16.186	1.523	0.000	107.007
16	23	Bubba Wallace		Toyota	7	2'16.187	1.524	0.001	107.006
17	3	Austin Dillon		Chevrolet	7	2'16.337	1.674	0.150	106.888
18	19	Martin Truex Jr.		Toyota	6	2'16.489	1.826	0.152	106.769
19	6	Brad Keselowski		Ford	8	2'16.498	1.835	0.009	106.762
20	16	A.J. Allmendinger		Chevrolet	4	2'16.580	1.917	0.082	106.698
21	9	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	8	2'16.684	2.021	0.104	106.617
22	18	Kyle Busch		Toyota	8	2'16.742	2.079	0.058	106.571
23	22	Joey Logano		Ford	8	2'16.744	2.081	0.002	106.570
24	77	Josh Bilicki		Chevrolet	7	2'16.755	2.092	0.011	106.561
25	31	Justin Haley		Chevrolet	6	2'16.758	2.095	0.003	106.559
26	24	William Byron		Chevrolet	8	2'16.766	2.103	0.008	106.553
27	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		Chevrolet	8	2'16.859	2.196	0.093	106.480
28	11	Denny Hamlin		Toyota	8	2'16.928	2.265	0.069	106.427
29	21	Harrison Burton		Ford	8	2'16.934	2.271	0.006	106.422
30	27	Loris Hezemans		Ford	6	2'17.116	2.453	0.182	106.281
31	10	Aric Almirola		Ford	7	2'17.264	2.601	0.148	106.166
32	4	Kevin Harvick		Ford	8	2'17.463	2.800	0.199	106.013
33	43	Erik Jones		Chevrolet	6	2'17.742	3.079	0.279	105.798
34	45	Kurt Busch		Toyota	7	2'17.841	3.178	0.099	105.722
35	7	Corey Lajoie		Chevrolet	8	2'17.884	3.221	0.043	105.689
36	38	Todd Gilliland		Ford	8	2'18.289	3.626	0.405	105.379
37	78	Kyle Tilley		Ford	4	2'22.726	8.063	4.437	102.103