NASCAR Cup Las Vegas II
Ryan Blaney leads Saturday's Cup practice at Las Vegas
Despite the development of a tire issue, Ryan Blaney ended up fastest in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Jim Utter
Edited: Oct 16, 2022, 1:36 AM
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Blaney topped the charts with an average lap speed of 183.517 mph, which he set in the first few minutes of the Group A session.
However, late in his 31-lap run on the track, Blaney reported a tire issue.
“I kind of felt something start to go wrong. I decided to come in,” he said. “It went flat coming down pit road. Fortunately, we caught it. Now, it’s trying to figure out what the problem is and how to fix it.”
Ross Chastain ended up second-fastest (183.349 mph) and Erik Jones was third (183.342 mph).
A.J. Allmendinger and Austin Cindric rounded out the top-five.
Among the drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps, Blaney had the fastest average speed (182.343 mph). Chastain and Almirola were second and third in that category, respectively.
Group B
Chastain led the way in the second 20-minute practice session with an average lap speed of 183.349 mph.
Allmendinger was second (182.982 mph) and Cindric was third (182.883 mph).
Aric Almirola and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top-five.
There were no on-track incidents in the second session.
Group A
Blaney led the way in the first 20-minute session with an average lap speed of 183.517 mph.
Jones ended up second-fastest (183.342 mph) and Daniel Suarez was third (182.173 mph).
“I was definitely quick there to start so (the car) is good,” Jones said. “Probably need a little bit more speed. There at the end the track was changing and rubbering up. We’d love to qualify good. We don’t usually qualify that good. Hoping this is the weekend we can start a little farther up front.”
Joey Logano and Kyle Busch rounded out the top-five.
There were no on-track incidents during the session.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 12 
Ryan Blaney Ford 31 29.425 183.517 2 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 22 29.452 0.027 0.027 183.349 3 43 Erik Jones Chevrolet 20 29.453 0.028 0.001 183.343 4 16 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 20 29.511 0.086 0.058 182.983 5 2 Austin Cindric Ford 24 29.527 0.102 0.016 182.883 6 10 Aric Almirola Ford 22 29.594 0.169 0.067 182.469 7 14 Chase Briscoe Ford 15 29.640 0.215 0.046 182.186 8 99 
Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 25 29.642 0.217 0.002 182.174 9 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 19 29.659 0.234 0.017 182.070 10 22 Joey Logano Ford 14 29.679 0.254 0.020 181.947 11 24 William Byron Chevrolet 23 29.701 0.276 0.022 181.812 12 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 18 29.711 0.286 0.010 181.751 13 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 14 29.722 0.297 0.011 181.684 14 45 Bubba Wallace Toyota 19 29.724 0.299 0.002 181.671 15 17 Chris Buescher Ford 22 29.738 0.313 0.014 181.586 16 41 Cole Custer Ford 17 29.747 0.322 0.009 181.531 17 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 18 29.755 0.330 0.008 181.482 18 31 Justin Haley Chevrolet 18 29.779 0.354 0.024 181.336 19 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 25 29.784 0.359 0.005 181.305 20 34 Michael McDowell Ford 22 29.792 0.367 0.008 181.257 21 48 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 22 29.793 0.368 0.001 181.251 22 8 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 21 29.804 0.379 0.011 181.184 23 21 Harrison Burton Ford 25 29.805 0.380 0.001 181.178 24 38 Todd Gilliland Ford 22 29.841 0.416 0.036 180.959 25 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Chevrolet 16 29.960 0.535 0.119 180.240 26 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 19 29.980 0.555 0.020 180.120 27 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 16 30.033 0.608 0.053 179.802 28 42 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 21 30.039 0.614 0.006 179.766 29 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 18 30.045 0.620 0.006 179.730 30 7 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 17 30.045 0.620 0.000 179.730 31 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 19 30.055 0.630 0.010 179.671 32 23 Ty Gibbs Toyota 26 30.103 0.678 0.048 179.384 33 15 J.J. Yeley Ford 11 30.156 0.731 0.053 179.069 34 51 Cody Ware Ford 15 30.286 0.861 0.130 178.300 35 77 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 21 30.494 1.069 0.208 177.084 36 78 B.J. McLeod Ford 6 30.775 1.350 0.281 175.467
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