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NASCAR Cup Indianapolis: Tyler Reddick leads Brickyard 400 practice
Tyler Reddick paced Friday’s practice session in the NASCAR Cup Series’ return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway iconic oval.
Jim Utter
Edited: Jul 19, 2024, 10:36 PM
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Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing, The Beast Unleashed Toyota Camry
Photo by: David Rosenblum / NKP / Motorsport Images
Sunday’s Brickyard 400 is the first for the series on the 2.5-mile oval track since the 2020 season – and the first ever for the Next Gen car. The series has run on the Indy Road Course for the last three years.
Reddick led the 50-minute session with an average lap speed of 182.581 mph as Toyotas claimed three of the top four fastest speeds.
Reigning series champion Ryan Blaney, driving the No. 12 Ford for track owner Roger Penske, was second quick at 181.928 mph.
“I hope it’s a good race,” Blaney said. “Gosh, I mean, this place definitely deserves a good showing and it’s nice to be back on the big track and that’s the Brickyard to me.
“The road course was fun for a few years but this is the Brickyard and so hopefully, this car is raceable.”
Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell were third and fourth, respectively, and Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman was fifth and the top Chevrolet.
Completing the top 10 were Kyle Larson, Brad Keselowski, Chris Buescher, William Byron and Carson Hocevar.
Keselowski was the only driver in the top 10 who had previously won on the Indy oval.
The session was relatively incident free.
About 26 minutes into the session, NASCAR displayed a caution to halt the practice for debris on the track.
Then, just as the session was being brought to a close, Erik Jones spun off Turn 2 in his No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota. Jones did not appear to make contact any contact with the wall.
Among those drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps, Reddick had the fastest average speed (179.151 mph). He was followed by Larson and Hamlin in that category.
CLA DRIVER # MANUFACTURER LAPS TIME INTERVAL MPH 1 T. Reddick23XI RACING 45 Toyota 34
49.293
182.582 2 R. BlaneyTEAM PENSKE 12 Ford 25
+0.177
49.470
0.177 181.928 3 D. HamlinJOE GIBBS RACING 11 Toyota 27
+0.277
49.570
0.100 181.561 4 C. BellJOE GIBBS RACING 20 Toyota 29
+0.329
49.622
0.052 181.371 5 A. BowmanHENDRICK MOTORSPORTS 48 Chevrolet 31
+0.450
49.743
0.121 180.930 6 K. LarsonHENDRICK MOTORSPORTS 5 Chevrolet 40
+0.493
49.786
0.043 180.774 7 B. KeselowskiRFK RACING 6 Ford 34
+0.526
49.819
0.033 180.654 8 C. BuescherRFK RACING 17 Ford 34
+0.553
49.846
0.027 180.556 9 W. ByronHENDRICK MOTORSPORTS 24 Chevrolet 30
+0.561
49.854
0.008 180.527 10
C. HocevarSPIRE MOTORSPORTS
77 Chevrolet 30
+0.563
49.856
0.002 180.520 11 B. Wallace23XI RACING 23 Toyota 34
+0.660
49.953
0.097 180.169 12 C. ElliottHENDRICK MOTORSPORTS 9 Chevrolet 36
+0.691
49.984
0.031 180.058 13 J. BerrySTEWART-HAAS RACING 4 Ford 26
+0.707
50.000
0.016 180.000 14 A. DillonRICHARD CHILDRESS RACING 3 Chevrolet 24
+0.723
50.016
0.016 179.942 15 A. CindricTEAM PENSKE 2 Ford 27
+0.727
50.020
0.004 179.928 16 K. BuschRICHARD CHILDRESS RACING 8 Chevrolet 29
+0.756
50.049
0.029 179.824 17 R. Stenhouse JrJTG DAUGHERTY RACING 47 Chevrolet 23
+0.776
50.069
0.020 179.752 18 T. GillilandFRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS 38 Ford 26
+0.778
50.071
0.002 179.745 19 J. NemechekLEGACY MOTOR CLUB 42 Toyota 29
+0.896
50.189
0.118 179.322 20 M. Truex JrJOE GIBBS RACING 19 Toyota 30
+0.904
50.197
0.008 179.294 21 J. JohnsonLEGACY MOTOR CLUB 84 Toyota 31
+0.905
50.198
0.001 179.290 22 J. LoganoTEAM PENSKE 22 Ford 22
+0.913
50.206
0.008 179.261 23 A. AllmendingerKAULIG RACING 16 Chevrolet 27
+0.934
50.227
0.021 179.186 24 H. BurtonWOOD BROTHERS RACING 21 Ford 26
+0.952
50.245
0.018 179.122 25
Z. SmithSPIRE MOTORSPORTS
71 Chevrolet 27
+0.953
50.246
0.001 179.119 26 N. GragsonSTEWART-HAAS RACING 10 Ford 29
+0.958
50.251
0.005 179.101 27 M. McDowellFRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS 34 Ford 23
+0.965
50.258
0.007 179.076 28 E. JonesLEGACY MOTOR CLUB 43 Toyota 19
+1.005
50.298
0.040 178.934 29 D. SuarezTRACKHOUSE RACING 99 Chevrolet 27
+1.011
50.304
0.006 178.912 30 R. ChastainTRACKHOUSE RACING 1 Chevrolet 29
+1.112
50.405
0.101 178.554 31 D. HemricKAULIG RACING 31 Chevrolet 24
+1.145
50.438
0.033 178.437 32 C. LajoieSPIRE MOTORSPORTS 7 Chevrolet 25
+1.219
50.512
0.074 178.175 33
T. GibbsJOE GIBBS RACING
54 Toyota 31
+1.222
50.515
0.003 178.165 34 J. HaleyRICK WARE RACING 51 Ford 21
+1.292
50.585
0.070 177.918 35 R. PreeceSTEWART-HAAS RACING 41 Ford 24
+1.363
50.656
0.071 177.669 36 C. WareRICK WARE RACING 15 Ford 25
+1.398
50.691
0.035 177.546 37 C. BriscoeSTEWART-HAAS RACING 14 Ford 24
+1.521
50.814
0.123 177.117 38 T. DillonRICHARD CHILDRESS RACING 33 Chevrolet 16
+1.589
50.882
0.068 176.880 39 B. McLeodMBM 66 Ford 0
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