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Allmendinger tops first Xfinity practice on IMS road course
A.J. Allmendinger took a quick liking to the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, leading the way in the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ first practice session.
Jim Utter
Edited: Jul 4, 2020, 2:28 AM
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Allmendinger, who has four NASCAR road course wins to his credit (three in Xfinity and one in Cup), paced the first practice session with an average lap speed of 97.392 mph.
He was the only drive to eclipse the 97 mph on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn course, which is also used by the IndyCar Series.
Austin Cindric ended up second (96.803 mph) and series points leader Chase Briscoe was third (96.470 mph). Justin Haley (96.213 mph) and Justin Allgaier (95.976 mph) completed the top-five.
Rounding out the top-10 speeds were Jeremy Clements, Noah Gragson, Josh Bilicki, Ross Chastain and Preston Pardus.
There weren’t any serious incidents during the session.
Ryan Sieg spun once off Turn 12 and Josh Williams drove off course once but was able to continue on without damage.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 16 
A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 5 1'30.155 97.392 2 22 Austin Cindric Ford 10 1'30.703 0.548 0.548 96.804 3 98 Chase Briscoe Ford 9 1'31.016 0.861 0.313 96.471 4 11 Justin Haley Chevrolet 8 1'31.260 1.105 0.244 96.213 5 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 13 1'31.485 1.330 0.225 95.976 6 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 12 1'31.801 1.646 0.316 95.646 7 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 18 1'31.858 1.703 0.057 95.587 8 99 Josh Bilicki Toyota 5 1'32.197 2.042 0.339 95.235 9 10 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 9 1'32.241 2.086 0.044 95.190 10 36 Preston Pardus Chevrolet 7 1'32.257 2.102 0.016 95.173 11 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 10 1'32.306 2.151 0.049 95.123 12 18 Riley Herbst Toyota 13 1'32.356 2.201 0.050 95.071 13 20 Harrison Burton Toyota 17 1'32.578 2.423 0.222 94.843 14 21 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 12 1'32.601 2.446 0.023 94.820 15 8 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 12 1'32.626 2.471 0.025 94.794 16 90 
Alex Labbé Chevrolet 7 1'32.793 2.638 0.167 94.624 17 07 Jade Buford Chevrolet 9 1'32.904 2.749 0.111 94.510 18 1 Michael Annett Chevrolet 19 1'33.113 2.958 0.209 94.298 19 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 5 1'33.641 3.486 0.528 93.767 20 26 Brandon Gdovic Toyota 7 1'33.675 3.520 0.034 93.733 21 61 Stephen Leicht Toyota 7 1'34.185 4.030 0.510 93.225 22 44 Tommy Joe Martins Chevrolet 10 1'34.306 4.151 0.121 93.105 23 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 7 1'34.317 4.162 0.011 93.095 24 13 Timmy Hill Toyota 4 1'34.320 4.165 0.003 93.092 25 93 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 4 1'34.338 4.183 0.018 93.074 26 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 10 1'34.684 4.529 0.346 92.734 27 15 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 3 1'35.302 5.147 0.618 92.132 28 47 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 1 1'35.952 5.797 0.650 91.508 29 0 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 10 1'36.503 6.348 0.551 90.986 30 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 7 1'36.877 6.722 0.374 90.635 31 08 Joe Jr. Chevrolet 13 1'37.460 7.305 0.583 90.092 32 74 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 1 1'38.025 7.870 0.565 89.573 33 52 Kody Vanderwal Chevrolet 2 1'39.773 9.618 1.748 88.004 34 4 Jesse Little Chevrolet 1 1'47.378 17.223 7.605 81.771
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