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NASCAR Cup Martinsville
Reddick leads Byron in NASCAR Cup practice at Martinsville
Tyler Reddick led the way in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup practice sessions at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
Jim Utter
Edited: Apr 16, 2023, 3:21 AM
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Reddick topped the first 20-minute session – and the overall speed chart – with an average lap speed of 93.663 mph.
Last fall’s Martinsville race winner, William Byron, was second-fastest overall (92.846 mph) while Ross Chastain was third (92.837 mph).
“It felt really good, honestly,” said Byron. “It was similar to what we expected coming in. I feel good about it.”
Chris Buescher and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top-five in single-lap average speeds.
Among those drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps, Reddick has the fastest average speed (92.318 mph), followed by Byron and Harvick.
Group B
Byron topped the second 20-minute session with an average lap speed of 92.846 mph.
Bubba Wallace ended up second (92.221 mph) and Kyle Larson was third (92.074 mph).
Aric Almirola was third, Denny Hamlin fourth and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top-five in the session.
Group A
Reddick led the way in an incident-free first 20 minute session with an average lap speed of 93.663 mph.
Chastain ended up second-fastest (92.837 mph) and Buescher was third (92.614 mph). Kevin Harvick and Daniel Suarez rounded out the top-five.
Chase Elliott, making his first appearance in his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet since early March, ran 37 laps and ended up ninth quick in the session.
Elliott suffered a fractured tibia in his left leg in a snowboarding accident and missed the last six races. He was cleared to compete earlier this week.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 45 
Tyler Reddick Toyota 53 20.217 93.664 2 24 William Byron Chevrolet 43 20.395 0.178 0.178 92.846 3 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 36 20.397 0.180 0.002 92.837 4 17 Chris Buescher Ford 37 20.446 0.229 0.049 92.615 5 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 44 20.446 0.229 0.000 92.615 6 99 
Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 42 20.453 0.236 0.007 92.583 7 8 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 33 20.456 0.239 0.003 92.569 8 34 Michael McDowell Ford 43 20.466 0.249 0.010 92.524 9 42 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 31 20.467 0.250 0.001 92.520 10 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 37 20.479 0.262 0.012 92.465 11 16 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 33 20.489 0.272 0.010 92.420 12 31 Justin Haley Chevrolet 28 20.522 0.305 0.033 92.272 13 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 41 20.522 0.305 0.000 92.272 14 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 42 20.533 0.316 0.011 92.222 15 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 45 20.566 0.349 0.033 92.074 16 7 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 31 20.575 0.358 0.009 92.034 17 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 31 20.593 0.376 0.018 91.954 18 51 Zane Smith Ford 30 20.615 0.398 0.022 91.855 19 2 Austin Cindric Ford 40 20.617 0.400 0.002 91.847 20 10 Aric Almirola Ford 43 20.633 0.416 0.016 91.775 21 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 41 20.663 0.446 0.030 91.642 22 14 Chase Briscoe Ford 32 20.698 0.481 0.035 91.487 23 22 Joey Logano Ford 55 20.700 0.483 0.002 91.478 24 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 31 20.709 0.492 0.009 91.439 25 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 36 20.710 0.493 0.001 91.434 26 21 Harrison Burton Ford 43 20.731 0.514 0.021 91.341 27 38 Todd Gilliland Ford 29 20.732 0.515 0.001 91.337 28 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 53 20.750 0.533 0.018 91.258 29 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 38 20.761 0.544 0.011 91.209 30 77 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 39 20.762 0.545 0.001 91.205 31 41 Ryan Preece Ford 39 20.767 0.550 0.005 91.183 32 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 30 20.780 0.563 0.013 91.126 33 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Chevrolet 36 20.809 0.592 0.029 90.999 34 78 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 35 20.826 0.609 0.017 90.925 35 43 Erik Jones Chevrolet 18 20.865 0.648 0.039 90.755 36 15 J.J. Yeley Ford 26 20.999 0.782 0.134 90.176
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