Ryan Blaney had the fastest lap in Friday’s last practice session at the Bristol Motor Speedway.
Blaney’s maximum lap was 20.172 seconds (89.223 mph) on the eight hundred meter dirt track. He was followed by Alex Bowman (20,194 seconds / 89,135 mph), Denny Hamlin (20,228 seconds / 88,986 mph), Joey Logano (20,262 seconds / 88,836 mph) and newcomer Chase Briscoe (20,313 seconds 88,613 mph).
Kyle Larson will have to start at the rear of the qualifying race on Saturday and Sunday because his team switched engines on Friday. Larson left the track during the last practice session, when he saw the engine temperature rise. Larson posted the fastest average of 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 consecutive laps in the session.
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Bristol Dirt Cup final practice results
The drivers who ran the most laps in the session were: Hamlin (80 laps), Bubba Wallace (78), Ryan Preece (75), Chris Buescher (71), Logano (69) and Brad Keselowski (69).
Ty Dillon damaged his left front fender by hitting the compacted dirt below the racing surface. Cole Custer spun at the end of the session.