Practice report
NASCAR Cup Daytona 500
Menard leads second Friday practice ahead of the Daytona 500
Friday’s final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice session ended up being a showcase for the new Ford Mustang.
Jim Utter
Published: Feb 15, 2019, 9:13 PM
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Paul Menard led the way with an average lap speed of 200.758 mph as Ford drivers took four of the top-five positions and nine of the Top 10 at Daytona International Speedway.
Jamie McMurray, the lone Chevrolet in the Top 10, ended up second (200.696 mph) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was third (200.664 mph). Ryan Newman and Clint Bowyer completed the top-five.
Rounding out the Top 10 were Aric Almirola, Daniel Suarez, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Brad Keselowski.
The next non-Ford driver was 14th in the rundown (Austin Dillon).
Only 29 of the 40 cars entered in Sunday’s Daytona 500 elected to take part in the session.
Jamie McMurray ended up with the top average speed among those drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps (199.082 mph). Menard and Newman were second and third, respectively, in that category.
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Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 21 
Paul Menard Ford 12 44.830 200.758 2 40 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 18 44.844 0.014 0.014 200.696 3 17 
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 16 44.851 0.021 0.007 200.664 4 6 Ryan Newman Ford 24 44.857 0.027 0.006 200.638 5 14 
Clint Bowyer Ford 12 44.868 0.038 0.011 200.588 6 10 Aric Almirola Ford 19 44.872 0.042 0.004 200.571 7 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 14 44.880 0.050 0.008 200.535 8 22 Joey Logano Ford 16 44.899 0.069 0.019 200.450 9 12 
Ryan Blaney Ford 16 44.904 0.074 0.005 200.428 10 2 
Brad Keselowski Ford 16 44.904 0.074 0.000 200.428 11 4 
Kevin Harvick Ford 15 44.913 0.083 0.009 200.387 12 38 
David Ragan Ford 13 45.035 0.205 0.122 199.845 13 34 Michael McDowell Ford 15 45.056 0.226 0.021 199.751 14 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 12 45.309 0.479 0.253 198.636 15 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 14 45.325 0.495 0.016 198.566 16 36 Matt Tifft Ford 12 45.450 0.620 0.125 198.020 17 31 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 10 45.584 0.754 0.134 197.438 18 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 18 45.672 0.842 0.088 197.057 19 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 11 45.707 0.877 0.035 196.906 20 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 11 45.710 0.880 0.003 196.893 21 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 10 45.747 0.917 0.037 196.734 22 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 23 45.760 0.930 0.013 196.678 23 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 12 45.782 0.952 0.022 196.584 24 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 20 45.808 0.978 0.026 196.472 25 62 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 6 45.929 1.099 0.121 195.955 26 24 
William Byron Chevrolet 6 45.978 1.148 0.049 195.746 27 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 9 45.983 1.153 0.005 195.725 28 96 Parker Kligerman Toyota 8 47.084 2.254 1.101 191.148 29 51 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 8 48.461 3.631 1.377 185.716
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