Daniel Suarez Fastest In Friday’s Second Daytona 500 Practice Session

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Daniel Suarez continued to lead the way during Thursday's Cup Series practice sessions for Sunday's 60th running of the Daytona 500, leading the second session of the day with a quick lap of 203.179 mph.

Suarez had led the opening afternoon practice session, but the second session held about and hour later proved to be much faster, with laps speeds averaging as much as four miles-per-hour quicker than in the earlier session.

Ryan Newman was second fastest, running 202.945 mph, followed by Michael McDowell (202.867), A.J. Allmendinger (202.739) and Kyle Busch (202.689).

PRACTICE RESULTS

Pos # Driver Sponsor/Make Time Speed Laps Behind
1 19 Daniel Suarez ARRIS Toyota 44.296 203.179 27 —.—
2 31 Ryan Newman Bass Pro Shops/Cabela's Chevrolet 44.347 202.945 20 -0.051
3 34 Michael McDowell Love's Travel Stops Ford 44.364 202.867 20 -0.017
4 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger ClickList Chevrolet 44.392 202.739 19 -0.028
5 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 44.403 202.689 16 -0.011
6 21 Paul Menard Omnicraft Auto Parts/Quick Lane Tire Ford 44.421 202.607 10 -0.018
7 78 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/5-hour Energy Toyota 44.447 202.488 24 -0.026
8 95 Kasey Kahne Procore Chevrolet 44.457 202.443 23 -0.01
9 2 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Ford 44.573 201.916 25 -0.116
10 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Ford 44.591 201.834 19 -0.018
11 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Fastenal Ford 44.6 201.794 20 -0.009
12 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford 44.604 201.776 20 -0.004
13 14 Clint Bowyer Rush Truck Centers Ford 44.61 201.748 19 -0.006
14 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 44.614 201.73 28 -0.004
15 3 Austin Dillon Dow Chevrolet 44.629 201.663 5 -0.015
16 20 Erik Jones DEWALT Toyota 44.72 201.252 13 -0.091
17 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 44.726 201.225 17 -0.006
18 0 Jeffrey Earnhardt VRX Simulators Chevrolet 45.089 199.605 9 -0.363
19 42 Kyle Larson Credit One Bank Chevrolet 45.106 199.53 24 -0.017
20 24 William Byron # AXALTA Chevrolet 45.113 199.499 24 -0.007
21 88 Alex Bowman Nationwide Chevrolet 45.12 199.468 34 -0.007
22 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 45.12 199.468 24 0
23 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's for Pros Chevrolet 45.121 199.464 42 -0.001
24 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet 45.328 198.553 14 -0.207
25 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Chevrolet 46.364 194.116 6 -1.036
26 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 46.442 193.79 14 -0.078
27 38 David Ragan Speedco Ford 46.901 191.894 10 -0.459
28 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Peak Ford 46.947 191.706 11 -0.046
29 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's/Cessna Chevrolet 47.002 191.481 18 -0.055