In the final practice ahead of the Dover 200 on Friday evening, it’d be Cole Custer topping the charts behind the wheel of his No. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet. Custer topped the charts with a lap of 22.846 seconds. The son of Stewart-Haas Racing executive Joe Shear is looking for a strong run following his first top-10 last weekend at Kansas with a seventh.
Christopher Bell was second quickest as he comes off of his first top-five of the year with a fourth at Kansas. Ben Kennedy was third as he makes his first start of the year with GMS Racing. Kennedy started the year with Red Horse Racing, but was let go after the third race. Interestingly, Matt Tifft who is driving Kennedy’s old ride was fourth quickest, followed by Kennedy’s GMS teammate Johnny Sauter.
Atlanta Motor Speedway race winner John Hunter Nemechek was sixth, followed by Spencer Gallagher, Kaz Grala, Ben Rhodes, and William Byron. Byron led the opening practice.
POS | DRIVER | LAPS | FAST SPEED | FAST TIME | BEHIND |
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1 | #00 Cole Custer | 23 | 157.577 | 22.846 | Leader |
2 | #4 Christopher Bell | 23 | 157.377 | 22.875 | 0.029 |
3 | #124 Ben Kennedy | 32 | 156.781 | 22.962 | 0.116 |
4 | #11 Matt Tifft | 16 | 156.692 | 22.975 | 0.129 |
5 | #21 Johnny Sauter | 13 | 155.817 | 23.104 | 0.258 |
6 | #8 John Hunter Nemechek | 26 | 155.286 | 23.183 | 0.337 |
7 | #23 Spencer Gallagher | 27 | 154.912 | 23.239 | 0.393 |
8 | #33 Kaz Grala | 19 | 154.859 | 23.247 | 0.401 |
9 | #41 Ben Rhodes | 31 | 154.732 | 23.266 | 0.420 |
10 | #9 William Byron | 38 | 154.692 | 23.272 | 0.426 |
11 | #19 Daniel Hemric | 30 | 154.686 | 23.273 | 0.427 |
12 | #49 Nick Drake | 29 | 154.679 | 23.274 | 0.428 |
13 | #81 Ryan Truex | 20 | 154.633 | 23.281 | 0.435 |
14 | #51 Daniel Suarez | 19 | 154.440 | 23.310 | 0.464 |
15 | #13 Cameron Hayley | 24 | 154.434 | 23.311 | 0.465 |
16 | #171 Mike Bliss | 42 | 154.176 | 23.350 | 0.504 |
17 | #88 Matt Crafton | 31 | 154.116 | 23.359 | 0.513 |
18 | #29 Tyler Reddick | 15 | 154.103 | 23.361 | 0.515 |
19 | #17 Timothy Peters | 27 | 153.984 | 23.379 | 0.533 |
20 | #5 John Wes Townley | 30 | 153.938 | 23.386 | 0.540 |
21 | #98 Rico Abreu | 42 | 153.649 | 23.430 | 0.584 |
22 | #92 Parker Kligerman | 25 | 153.231 | 23.494 | 0.648 |
23 | #2 Austin Cindric | 16 | 152.646 | 23.584 | 0.738 |
24 | #266 Jordan Anderson | 22 | 152.497 | 23.607 | 0.761 |
26 | #1 Austin Hill | 13 | 151.350 | 23.786 | 0.940 |
27 | #186 Brandon Brown | 20 | 150.653 | 23.896 | 1.050 |
28 | #2 Tyler Young | 26 | 150.495 | 23.921 | 1.075 |
29 | #63 Bobby Pierce | 31 | 150.156 | 23.975 | 1.129 |
30 | #144 Tommy Joe Martins | 15 | 150.019 | 23.997 | 1.151 |
31 | #50 Travis Kvapil | 16 | 148.902 | 24.177 | 1.331 |
33 | #10 Jennifer Jo Cobb | 12 | 137.699 | 26.144 | 3.298 |
34 | #6 Norm Benning | 5 | 137.525 | 26.177 | 3.331 |