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NASCAR Cup Bristol II
Toyota drivers dominate Friday's first Cup practice at Bristol
Toyota Racing is still looking for its first pole in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series this season and Friday’s first practice is a good sign the drought may end this weekend.
Jim Utter
Edited: Aug 16, 2019, 6:03 PM
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Denny Hamlin ended up fastest in Friday’s 50-minute session at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway as Toyota drivers claimed four of the top-five speeds.
Hamlin’s average lap speed of 128.606 mph topped his Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota teammate Erik Jones (128.151 mph) and Ford driver Joey Logano (127.852 mph).
Completing the top-five were Toyota drivers Matt DiBenedetto and Kyle Busch.
Rounding out the top-10 speeds were Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr., Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson.
Logano had the fastest average lap speed (126.742 mph) among the drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps. DiBenedetto and Kyle Busch rounded out the top-three in that category.
Both Truex and Bowman had scary moments during the session but were able to keep their respective cars off the wall.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 11 
Denny Hamlin Toyota 41 14.920 128.606 2 20 Erik Jones Toyota 53 14.973 0.053 0.053 128.151 3 22 Joey Logano Ford 46 15.008 0.088 0.035 127.852 4 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 43 15.032 0.112 0.024 127.648 5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 63 15.038 0.118 0.006 127.597 6 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 39 15.065 0.145 0.027 127.368 7 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 41 15.091 0.171 0.026 127.149 8 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 37 15.098 0.178 0.007 127.090 9 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 35 15.098 0.178 0.0 127.090 10 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 60 15.139 0.219 0.041 126.745 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 56 15.141 0.221 0.002 126.729 12 24 William Byron Chevrolet 63 15.142 0.222 0.001 126.720 13 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 43 15.148 0.228 0.006 126.670 14 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 38 15.150 0.230 0.002 126.653 15 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 59 15.162 0.242 0.012 126.553 16 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 51 15.165 0.245 0.003 126.528 17 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 64 15.169 0.249 0.004 126.495 18 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 61 15.173 0.253 0.004 126.461 19 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 41 15.191 0.271 0.018 126.312 20 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 56 15.201 0.281 0.010 126.229 21 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 41 15.211 0.291 0.010 126.146 22 21 Paul Menard Ford 44 15.227 0.307 0.016 126.013 23 6 Ryan Newman Ford 42 15.228 0.308 0.001 126.005 24 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 47 15.230 0.310 0.002 125.988 25 10 Aric Almirola Ford 79 15.232 0.312 0.002 125.972 26 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 50 15.266 0.346 0.034 125.691 27 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 52 15.281 0.361 0.015 125.568 28 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 50 15.295 0.375 0.014 125.453 29 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 30 15.322 0.402 0.027 125.232 30 36 Matt Tifft Ford 53 15.329 0.409 0.007 125.175 31 38 David Ragan Ford 39 15.332 0.412 0.003 125.150 32 34 Michael McDowell Ford 43 15.352 0.432 0.020 124.987 33 54 J.J. Yeley Ford 18 15.619 0.699 0.267 122.850 34 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 60 15.631 0.711 0.012 122.756 35 27 Quin Houff Chevrolet 46 15.854 0.934 0.223 121.029 36 53 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 5 15.862 0.942 0.008 120.968 37 51 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 11 15.889 0.969 0.027 120.763 38 77 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 21 16.002 1.082 0.113 119.910
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