Defending champion Michael McDowell tops the Friday practice session of Daytona 500

Defending champion Michael McDowell tops the Friday practice session of Daytona 500

Michael McDowell

Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing drivers Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher swept Thursday night’s Bluegreen Vacations Duels earning them front poles behind Hendricks Motorsports drivers reigning Cup Series Champion Kyle Larson and his teammate Alex Bowmen in Sundays “Great American Race”.

34 of the 40 cars hit the Daytona International Speedway for Friday practice sessions which ended without any incidents. Drivers were keen to keen to understand drafting with the car which produced some pretty close calls.

Ford came out top in the practice session as they swept the top 5 with Bubba Wallace and Noah Gragson being the only non-Ford drivers in the top 10. Defending Daytona 500 champion Michael McDowell finished at the top with the best speed of 192.678mph alongside Todd Gilliland at P2 with the best sped 192.36mph

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Out of 34 drivers entered track former champion Kurt Busch was the one who finished at the back along side Joey Logano just one spot ahead of him. Bubba Wallace finished P7 and the Thursday duel champion Brad Keselowski only finished at P5. Sundays pole holders Kyle Larson and Alex Bowman finished p22 and p24 respectively.

Pos.Driver and No.    ManufacturerBest Speed (mph) 
1      Michael McDowell #34Ford192.678 
2      Todd Gilliland #38Ford192.361 
3       David Ragan #15Ford192.275 
4       Chris Buescher #17Ford191.665 
5   Brad Keselowski #6Ford191.661 
6  Cody Ware #51Ford191.550 
7   Bubba Wallace #23                    Toyota190.662 
8  Chase Briscoe #14Ford190.504 
9  Aric Almirola #10Ford190.468 
10  Noah Gragson #62Chevrolet190.432 
11   Kevin Harvick #4Ford190.388 
12     Cole Custer #41Ford190.303 
13 Ty Dillon #42Chevrolet190.247 
14  Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #47Chevrolet                    190.223 
15  Erik Jones #43Chevrolet190.223 
16   Landon Cassill #77Chevrolet190.219 
17    Corey LaJoie #7Chevrolet190.174 
18    Daniel Suarez #99Chevrolet190.114 
19   Austin Dillon #3Chevrolet190.090 
20    Ross Chastain #1Chevrolet190.026 
21       Tyler Reddick #8Chevrolet190.022 
22      Kyle Larson #5Chevrolet189.266 
23      Chase Elliott #9Chevrolet189.235 
24    Alex Bowman #48Chevrolet189.191 
25      Kyle Busch #18Toyota188.996 
26      William Byron #24Chevrolet188.961 
27      Martin Truex Jr. #19Toyota188.826 
28      Christopher Bell  #20Toyota              188.806 
29      Denny Hamlin #11Toyota188.806 
30    Austin Cindric #2 Ford188.584 
31       Kaz Grala  #50Chevrolet184.835 
32       Ryan Blaney #12Ford182.146 
33      Joey Logano #22Ford181.745 
34       Kurt Busch #45Toyota180.752 
Credits: Motorsports.com

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