Daytona 500 Practice #1 Notes

Drivers with artificially fast practice times because of drafting: Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch, Erik Jones, Tyler Reddick, Ty Dillon, Brendan Gaughan, Daniel Hemric, Matt DiBenedetto and Parker Kligerman.

Drivers who I felt were the fastest in terms of single car speed: Alex Bowman, Ryan Blaney, Martin Truex Jr., William Byron and Clint Bowyer.

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William Byron – Had the fastest single car speed 30 minutes into practice.

Jimmie Johnson – Had a fast car in qualifying trim. 30 minutes into practice he had the 5th fastest single car speed.

Kurt Busch – His team planned on doing three single cars runs to prepare for qualifying. Ran a lot of laps but was lacking speed (finished 34th).

Kyle Busch – Wasn’t that comfortable inside of his car early.  Did some drafting practice late with his teammates.

Tyler Reddick – Early in practice he said, “Felt good out there. Just a little darty in the back but it felt as expected.” Did some drafting practice with Daniel Hemric, Brendan Gaughan and Ty Dillon. In the Daytona 400 he’s driving the #31.