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NASCAR Cup Charlotte II
Jimmie Johnson tops incident-marred practice; Hamlin wrecks
Jimmie Johnson saved his best for last, topping Friday’s practice session on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval in the final moments.
Jim Utter
Edited: Sep 27, 2019, 6:29 PM
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Johnson, who wrecked with Martin Truex Jr. battling for the lead on the last lap of last year’s Roval race, posted an average lap speed of 103.152 mph at the conclusion of the 50-minute session.
Kyle Larson ended up second (103.088 mph) and William Byron was third (102.453 mph). Clint Bowyer and Matt DiBenedetto rounded out the top-five.
Competing the top-10 were Chase Elliott, Erik Jones, Daniel Suarez, Ryan Preece and Ryan Blaney.
About nine minutes into the session, Parker Kligerman made contact with the Turn 1 wall to bring out a caution.
Kligerman’s team eventually decided to move to a backup car and he will have to start Sunday’s race from the rear of the field.
With 22 minutes in, Denny Hamlin spun off Turn 5 and slammed into the tire barrier doing extensive damage to his No. 11 Toyota. His team moved to a backup car which means Hamlin will also have to start Sunday’s race from the rear of the field.
“I just put us behind the eight-ball here,” Hamlin said. “It stinks but I think our backup car will be fine and we’ll have a good race on Sunday.”
Joe Nemechek hit the wall in the inner loop about 32 minutes into the session to bring out another caution. He was able to drive back to pit road.
With less than five minutes left in the session, Bubba Wallace spun through Turn 5 to bring out another caution.
Austin Cindric drove Front Row Motorsports’ No. 34 Ford in the practice session, subbing for regular driver Michael McDowell. He ended up 24th fastest.
McDowell was transported to a local hospital Friday morning suffering from abdominal pain.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 48 
Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 13 1'20.968 103.152 2 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 10 1'21.018 0.050 0.050 103.088 3 24 William Byron Chevrolet 11 1'21.520 0.552 0.502 102.453 4 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 15 1'21.555 0.587 0.035 102.409 5 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 14 1'21.562 0.594 0.007 102.401 6 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 13 1'21.717 0.749 0.155 102.206 7 20 Erik Jones Toyota 10 1'21.837 0.869 0.120 102.057 8 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 10 1'21.954 0.986 0.117 101.911 9 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 13 1'22.148 1.180 0.194 101.670 10 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 9 1'22.207 1.239 0.059 101.597 11 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 10 1'22.208 1.240 0.001 101.596 12 38 David Ragan Ford 15 1'22.351 1.383 0.143 101.420 13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 8 1'22.383 1.415 0.032 101.380 14 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 15 1'22.447 1.479 0.064 101.301 15 22 Joey Logano Ford 13 1'22.475 1.507 0.028 101.267 16 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 14 1'22.685 1.717 0.210 101.010 17 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 6 1'22.850 1.882 0.165 100.809 18 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 8 1'22.940 1.972 0.090 100.699 19 10 Aric Almirola Ford 16 1'23.165 2.197 0.225 100.427 20 21 Paul Menard Ford 12 1'23.205 2.237 0.040 100.379 21 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 12 1'23.232 2.264 0.027 100.346 22 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 16 1'23.334 2.366 0.102 100.223 23 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 15 1'23.436 2.468 0.102 100.101 24 34 Austin Cindric Ford 15 1'23.479 2.511 0.043 100.049 25 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 6 1'23.585 2.617 0.106 99.922 26 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 11 1'23.719 2.751 0.134 99.762 27 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 11 1'23.860 2.892 0.141 99.595 28 6 Ryan Newman Ford 12 1'23.963 2.995 0.103 99.472 29 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 13 1'24.086 3.118 0.123 99.327 30 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 15 1'24.671 3.703 0.585 98.641 31 51 Cody Ware Chevrolet 8 1'24.752 3.784 0.081 98.546 32 36 Matt Tifft Ford 10 1'24.833 3.865 0.081 98.452 33 96 Parker Kligerman Toyota 3 1'25.392 4.424 0.559 97.808 34 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 11 1'25.457 4.489 0.065 97.733 35 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 2 1'25.535 4.567 0.078 97.644 36 52 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 5 1'26.355 5.387 0.820 96.717 37 53 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 4 1'26.934 5.966 0.579 96.073 38 77 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 4 1'30.845 9.877 3.911 91.937 39 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 4 3'37.263 2'16.295 2'06.418 38.442 40 27 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 2 8'08.446 6'47.478 4'31.183 17.099
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