Toyota drivers dominate Friday's first Cup practice at Bristol

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