Practice report
NASCAR Cup Daytona 500
Martin Truex Jr. leads first Daytona 500 practice session
Martin Truex Jr., who has never won a NASCAR Cup race at Daytona or Talladega, was fastest in Saturday’s first practice for the Daytona 500.
Jim Utter
Edited: Feb 9, 2019, 9:28 PM
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Truex sent his session-best lap speed of 195.920 mph late in the session while running together with his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Kyle Busch and Erik Jones.
Busch ended up second-fastest (195.852 mph) and Jones third (195.793 mph). Tyler Reddick was fourth and Ty Dillon completed the top-five.
Ryan Newman ended up sixth, Daniel Hemric seventh, Matt DiBenedetto eighth, Alex Bowman ninth and Michael McDowell rounded out the top-10.
All 42 cars entered in the race made at least one lap. Kurt Busch completed the most laps (18).
There were no incidents in the 50-minute session.
Cla # Driver 4506 Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 19 
Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 16 45.937 195.920 2 18 
Kyle Busch Toyota 14 45.953 0.016 0.016 195.852 3 20 Erik Jones Toyota 17 45.967 0.030 0.014 195.793 4 31 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 17 46.369 0.432 0.402 194.095 5 13 
Ty Dillon Chevrolet 15 46.384 0.447 0.015 194.032 6 62 
Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 6 46.386 0.449 0.002 194.024 7 8 
Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 16 46.409 0.472 0.023 193.928 8 95 
Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 14 46.494 0.557 0.085 193.573 9 88 
Alex Bowman Chevrolet 9 46.613 0.676 0.119 193.079 10 34 
Michael McDowell Ford 6 46.688 0.751 0.075 192.769 11 96 Parker Kligerman Toyota 13 46.829 0.892 0.141 192.189 12 24 William Byron Chevrolet 3 46.873 0.936 0.044 192.008 13 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 10 46.964 1.027 0.091 191.636 14 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 11 47.029 1.092 0.065 191.371 15 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 9 47.116 1.179 0.087 191.018 16 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 7 47.163 1.226 0.047 190.828 17 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 9 47.185 1.248 0.022 190.739 18 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 9 47.242 1.305 0.057 190.508 19 27 Casey Mears Chevrolet 7 47.271 1.334 0.029 190.392 20 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 16 47.280 1.343 0.009 190.355 21 22 Joey Logano Ford 13 47.287 1.350 0.007 190.327 22 21 Paul Menard Ford 3 47.362 1.425 0.075 190.026 23 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 11 47.377 1.440 0.015 189.966 24 71 Ryan Truex Chevrolet 14 47.440 1.503 0.063 189.713 25 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 6 47.506 1.569 0.066 189.450 26 6 Ryan Newman Ford 7 47.537 1.600 0.031 189.326 27 40 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 6 47.619 1.682 0.082 189.000 28 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 11 47.620 1.683 0.001 188.996 29 38 
David Ragan Ford 6 47.631 1.694 0.011 188.953 30 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 10 47.671 1.734 0.040 188.794 31 10 Aric Almirola Ford 7 47.675 1.738 0.004 188.778 32 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 9 47.779 1.842 0.104 188.367 33 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 9 47.790 1.853 0.011 188.324 34 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 18 47.840 1.903 0.050 188.127 35 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 7 48.041 2.104 0.201 187.340 36 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 11 48.170 2.233 0.129 186.838 37 36 Matt Tifft Ford 5 48.311 2.374 0.141 186.293 38 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 1 48.316 2.379 0.005 186.274 39 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 6 48.387 2.450 0.071 186.000 40 52 Cody Ware Chevrolet 2 49.171 3.234 0.784 183.035 41 51 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 5 49.578 3.641 0.407 181.532 42 66 Joey Gase Toyota 7 50.142 4.205 0.564 179.490
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