Daytona 500: Daniel Suarez leads Toyota trio in first Friday practice

Suarez’s top time was 45.036-seconds (199.840mph) followed by the Toyotas of Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. David Ragan, Danica Patrick, Bubba Wallace, Kyle Busch, Brendan Gaughan, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Justin Marks completed the top 10 speeds.

Team Penske topped the chart early in the 50-minute session with Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski leading the session.

Keselowski completed 19 laps in his back up car with a top speed of 193.482mph. He wrecked the primary following contact with Jamie McMurray in the Duel on Thursday. Austin Dillon, Aric Almirola, William Byron, Matt DiBenedetto, Kyle Larson, Jimmie Johnson and David Gilliland also shook down their backup cars.

Logano’s best of four laps in his initial run was 195.844mph. Johnson debuted his new car but was only 16th-quick after three laps. Eight minutes in, defending Daytona 500 winner Kurt Busch moved up to second with a top speed of 192.282mph after four laps, but then the shuffling began.

After the first 10 minutes, Denny Hamlin moved to the top (198.706mph) followed by Kyle Busch and Daniel Suarez as the Joe Gibbs Toyotas started drafting. Martin Truex Jr., joined the run and moved up to third (199.694mph) just after Suarez (199.840mph) vaulted to P1. David Ragan, Danica Patrick, Bubba Wallace, Kyle Busch, Brendan Gaughan, Justin Marks and Trevor Bayne completed the top 10 speeds.

Thirty-one drivers had posted times by the 20-minute mark. Suarez maintained the fastest speed and Hamlin’s 17 laps were the most completed.

Thirty minutes into the session, Austin Dillon broke into the top 10 with a lap of 197.455mph followed by Kasey Kahne, Ryan Newman, Alex Bowman, Bayne, Michael McDowell, AJ Allmendinger, Kyle Larson Kurt Busch and Logano.

Patrick, Gaulding, McDowell, Ragan, Allmendinger, Gaughan and Mark Thompson’s session ended 15-minutes early after being late to inspection.

With 10 minutes remaining, Stenhouse popped up to ninth (198.325mph). Kyle Busch’s 28 laps were the most completed to that point and 36 drivers participated in the 50-minute exercise.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	19	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	23	45.036			199.840
2	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	27	45.058	0.022	0.022	199.743
3	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	14	45.069	0.033	0.011	199.694
4	38	David Ragan	Ford	17	45.079	0.043	0.010	199.650
5	7	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	14	45.134	0.098	0.055	199.406
6	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	11	45.136	0.100	0.002	199.397
7	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	28	45.180	0.144	0.044	199.203
8	62	Brendan Gaughan	Chevrolet	8	45.190	0.154	0.010	199.159
9	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	15	45.380	0.344	0.190	198.325
10	51	Justin Marks	Chevrolet	22	45.385	0.349	0.005	198.303
11	00	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	16	45.561	0.525	0.176	197.537
12	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	15	45.580	0.544	0.019	197.455
13	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	8	45.581	0.545	0.001	197.451
14	95	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	5	45.604	0.568	0.023	197.351
15	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	22	45.606	0.570	0.002	197.342
16	72	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	7	45.636	0.600	0.030	197.213
17	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	10	45.654	0.618	0.018	197.135
18	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	18	45.750	0.714	0.096	196.721
19	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	6	45.813	0.777	0.063	196.451
20	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	25	45.821	0.785	0.008	196.416
21	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	12	45.887	0.851	0.066	196.134
22	47	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	10	45.920	0.884	0.033	195.993
23	41	Kurt Busch	Ford	17	46.378	1.342	0.458	194.058
24	22	Joey Logano	Ford	15	46.425	1.389	0.047	193.861
25	21	Paul Menard	Ford	11	46.510	1.474	0.085	193.507
26	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	19	46.516	1.480	0.006	193.482
27	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	16	46.621	1.585	0.105	193.046
28	96	D.J. Kennington	Toyota	13	46.693	1.657	0.072	192.748
29	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	8	46.819	1.783	0.126	192.230
30	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	12	46.819	1.783	0.000	192.230
31	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	11	46.881	1.845	0.062	191.975
32	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	15	46.886	1.850	0.005	191.955
33	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	11	46.906	1.870	0.020	191.873
34	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	13	47.381	2.345	0.475	189.950
35	66	Mark Thompson	Ford	6	48.314	3.278	0.933	186.281
36	23	Gray Gaulding	Toyota	9	48.598	3.562	0.284	185.193