Austin Dillon paced the field in a mishap-filled Xfinity Series practice session Friday afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Qualifying for Saturday’s Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 takes place Saturday at 9:45 am ET, followed by the race a bit later at 1:30 pm ET.
Dillon led the field in the final practice session with a speed of 124.412 mph, followed by Denny Hamlin (124.259) and Daniel Suarez (123.754).
There were several mishaps in the session:
* Chase Elliott spun and backed his car into the outside wall, suffering damage to the rear end and spoiler of his Chevrolet.
* Brennan Poole spun and hit the inside wall, suffering minor front end damage.
* Points leader Ty Dillon spun into the outside wall.
* Kevin Harvick also hit the outside wall, but the damage was repairable, Harvick told Fox Sports 1.
Here’s how the practice session played out:
1 Austin Dillon … 124.412 mph … 98 laps
2 Denny Hamlin … 124.259 … 81 laps
3 Daniel Suarez … 123.754 … 91 laps
4 Chris Buescher … 123.491 … 74 laps
5 Brian Scott … 122.953 … 78 laps
6 Erik Jones … 122.866 … 105 laps
7 Ty Dillon … 122.607 … 79 laps
8 Brendan Gaughan … 122.529 … 39 laps
9 Chase Elliott … 122.490 … 75 laps
10 Joey Logano … 122.279 … 103 laps
11 Darrell Wallace Jr. … 122.217 … 90 laps
12 Elliott Sadler … 122.115 … 106 laps
13 Kevin Harvick … 122.092 … 94 laps
14 John Wes Townley … 122.092 … 72 laps
15 Regan Smith … 121.597 … 63 laps
16 JJ Yeley … 121.282 … 57 laps
17 David Starr … 121.267 … 51 laps
18 Landon Cassill … 121.198 … 57 laps
19 Cale Conley … 121.037 … 47 laps
20 Jeffrey Earnhardt … 120.801 … 50 laps
21 Ryan Reed … 120.664 … 62 laps
22 Todd Bodine … 120.588 … 36 laps
23 Ross Chastain … 120.460 … 62 laps
24 Dakoda Armstrong … 120.392 … 97 laps
25 Brennan Poole … 120.339 … 98 laps
26 Jeremy Clements … 120.308 … 58 laps
27 Eric McClure … 120.188 … 58 laps
28 Peyton Sellers … 119.903 … 52 laps
29 Mike Bliss … 119.888 … 55 laps
30 Harrison Rhodes … 119.633 … 49 laps
31 Blake Koch … 119.084 … 48 laps
32 Ryan Sieg … 118.951 … 60 laps
33 Jeff Green … 118.131 … 12 laps
34 Joey Gase … 117.928 … 19 laps
35 Morgan Shepherd … 116.779 … 28 laps
36 C. Long/D. White … 116.602 … 34 laps
37 Timmy Hill … 114.637 … 9 laps
38 Carlos Contreras … 114.480 … 39 laps
39 Mike Harmon … 112.520 … 22 laps
Best Consecutive 10 Lap Average
1 Kevin Harvick … 121.468 mph
2 Denny Hamlin … 121.453
3 Chris Buescher … 121.366
4 Brian Scott … 121.299
5 Erik Jones … 121.148
6 Joey Logano … 121.141
7 Austin Dillon … 121.131
8 Regan Smith … 121.042
9 Elliott Sadler … 120.921
10 Chase Elliott … 120.828
11 Ty Dillon … 120.790
12 Landon Cassill … 120.388
13 Brendan Gaughan … 120.360
14 Daniel Suarez … 120.353
15 Darrell Wallace Jr. … 119.650
16 Brennan Poole … 119.543
17 Jeremy Clements … 119.429
18 JJ Yeley … 118.804
19 David Starr … 118.547
20 Dakoda Armstrong … 118.383
21 Blake Koch … 117.612
22 John Wes Townley … 117.267
23 Eric McClure … 117.260
24 Peyton Sellers … 115.796
25 Cale Conley … 113.198
26 C. Long/D. White … 108.199
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