Bell leads rain-shortened final practice for Trucks at Pocono

Christopher Bell established the fast pace in the opening stages of what was scheduled to be a 55-minute session with a speed of 168.647mph after four laps. Johnny Sauter was second followed by Kaz Grala, Noah Gragson, Matt Crafton, Ryan Truex, John Hunter Nemechek, Chase Briscoe, Grant Enfinger and Cody Coughlin.

Twenty-four of the 31 trucks entered Overton’s 150 completed laps during the abbreviated 25-minute final practice.

Eight-minutes into the session, troubles continued for Austin Cindric in his back-up truck. Smoke billowed into the cockpit and out of the back of the No. 19 Ford 150.

“Just as I was talking to you guys, as I was coming to pit road, I heard a big clank,” Cindric said.

The track returned to green with Bell still on top of the speed chart. Stewart Friesen jumped into the top-five speeds with a lap of 167.414mph. Haley, who led first practice, was seventh with Truex, John Hunter Nemechek and Briscoe rounding out the top 10 at the 15-minute mark.

The second caution was called 25-minutes into the session for precipitation in the Tunnel Turn. Nemechek stalled coming into Turn 3 and had to be pushed to the pits as NASCAR displayed the red flag.

Bell remained fastest after six laps. Kyle Busch (168.486mph) jumped up to second after a four-lap run. Sauter, Grala, Gragson, Friesen, Haley, Crafton, Truex and Briscoe completed top 10 ten fastest trucks before NASCAR announced practice had concluded 25-minutes later. 

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	4	Christopher Bell	Toyota	6	53.366			168.647
2	51	Kyle Busch	Toyota	4	53.417	0.051	0.051	168.486
3	21	Johnny Sauter	Chevrolet	6	53.483	0.117	0.066	168.278
4	33	Kaz Grala	Chevrolet	13	53.604	0.238	0.121	167.898
5	18	Noah Gragson	Toyota	8	53.731	0.365	0.127	167.501
6	52	Stewart Friesen	Chevrolet	6	53.759	0.393	0.028	167.414
7	24	JJ Haley	Chevrolet	5	54.036	0.670	0.277	166.556
8	88	Matt Crafton	Toyota	6	54.053	0.687	0.017	166.503
9	16	Ryan Truex	Toyota	8	54.139	0.773	0.086	166.239
10	29	Chase Briscoe	Ford	8	54.185	0.819	0.046	166.098
11	8	John Hunter Nemechek	Chevrolet	10	54.276	0.910	0.091	165.819
12	27	Ben Rhodes	Toyota	3	54.363	0.997	0.087	165.554
13	98	Grant Enfinger	Toyota	6	54.387	1.021	0.024	165.481
14	13	Cody Coughlin	Toyota	3	54.678	1.312	0.291	164.600
15	66	Justin Fontaine	Toyota	3	55.009	1.643	0.331	163.610
16	45	T.J. Bell	Chevrolet	4	55.289	1.923	0.280	162.781
17	02	Austin Hill	Ford	3	55.731	2.365	0.442	161.490
18	1	Jordan Anderson	Chevrolet	2	57.499	4.133	1.768	156.524
19	83	Todd Peck	Chevrolet	3	57.716	4.350	0.217	155.936
20	36	Travis Kvapil	Chevrolet	3	58.089	4.723	0.373	154.935
21	6	Norm Benning	Chevrolet	3	58.739	5.373	0.650	153.220
22	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	Chevrolet	5	60.426	7.060	1.687	148.943
23	44	Austin Wayne Self	Chevrolet	1	61.020	7.654	0.594	147.493
24	28	Bryan Dauzat	Chevrolet	4	61.544	8.178	0.524	146.237