2025 Daytona 500 - Denny Hamlin in the #11 National Debt Relief Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Image supplied by Joe Gibbs Racing

NASCAR: Hamlin leads Toyota 1-2-3 in opening 500 Practice

Denny Hamlin led a Toyota 1-2-3 in Wednesday’s opening practice session at Daytona International Speedway, turning a lap of 187.480 mph in his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. It’s the first of three scheduled practice sessions for Sunday’s 67th running of the Daytona 500.

Bubba Wallace (186.915), Ty Gibbs (186.370), Chandler Smith (186.177) and John Hunter Nemechek (186.100) completed the top five.

2025 Daytona 500 Practice 1 Results

Pos

Car Driver

Team

Time

Speed

-Fastest

-Next

1

11 Denny Hamlin

National Debt Relief Toyota

48.005

187.480

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—.—

2

23 Bubba Wallace

McDonald’s Toyota

48.150

186.916

-0.145

-0.145

3

54 Ty Gibbs

Monster Energy Toyota

48.291

186.370

-0.286

-0.141

4

*66 Chandler Smith(i)

Quick Tie Ford

48.341

186.177

-0.336

-0.050

5

42 John H. Nemechek

Dollar Tree Toyota

48.361

186.100

-0.356

-0.020

6

35 Riley Herbst #

Monster Energy/Zero Sugar Toyota

48.362

186.097

-0.357

-0.001

7

99 Daniel Suarez

Freeway Insurance Chevrolet

48.743

184.642

-0.738

-0.381

8

4 Noah Gragson

Rush Truck Centers Ford

48.835

184.294

-0.830

-0.092

9

43 Erik Jones

AdventHealth Toyota

48.863

184.188

-0.858

-0.028

10

8 Kyle Busch

zone Chevrolet

48.991

183.707

-0.986

-0.128

11

1 Ross Chastain

Busch Light Chevrolet

49.029

183.565

-1.024

-0.038

12

*91 Helio Castroneves

Wendy’s Chevrolet

49.057

183.460

-1.052

-0.028

13

60 Ryan Preece

BuildSubmarines.com Ford

49.064

183.434

-1.059

-0.007

14

5 Kyle Larson

HendrickCars.com Chevrolet

49.124

183.210

-1.119

-0.060

15

6 Brad Keselowski

Kroger/Cottonelle Ford

49.125

183.206

-1.120

-0.001

16

20 Christopher Bell

DEWALT/Interstate Batteries Toyota

49.139

183.154

-1.134

-0.014

17

88 Shane Van Gisbergen #

WeatherTech Chevrolet

49.162

183.068

-1.157

-0.023

18

3 Austin Dillon

Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet

49.177

183.012

-1.172

-0.015

19

77 Carson Hocevar

Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet

49.215

182.871

-1.210

-0.038

20

48 Alex Bowman

Ally Chevrolet

49.222

182.845

-1.217

-0.007

21

17 Chris Buescher

Fastenal Ford

49.235

182.797

-1.230

-0.013

22

24 William Byron

Axalta Chevrolet

49.246

182.756

-1.241

-0.011

23

38 Zane Smith

Speedy Cash Ford

49.251

182.737

-1.246

-0.005

24

21 Josh Berry

Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford

49.254

182.726

-1.249

-0.003

25

2 Austin Cindric

Discount Tire Ford

49.283

182.619

-1.278

-0.029

26

10 Ty Dillon

Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet

49.295

182.574

-1.290

-0.012

27

16 AJ Allmendinger

Celsius Chevrolet

49.307

182.530

-1.302

-0.012

28

19 Chase Briscoe

Bass Pro Shops Toyota

49.308

182.526

-1.303

-0.001

29

9 Chase Elliott

NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet

49.334

182.430

-1.329

-0.026

30

22 Joey Logano

Shell Pennzoil Ford

49.339

182.411

-1.334

-0.005

31

*56 Martin Truex Jr.

Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota

49.394

182.208

-1.389

-0.055

32

*84 Jimmie Johnson

Carvana Toyota

49.443

182.028

-1.438

-0.049

33

51 Cody Ware

Parts Plus/Jacob Construction Ford

49.458

181.973

-1.453

-0.015

34

*62 Anthony Alfredo(i)

Fortify Building Solutions Chevrolet

49.513

181.770

-1.508

-0.055

35

41 Cole Custer

HaasTooling.com Ford

49.522

181.737

-1.517

-0.009

36

*40 Justin Allgaier(i)

Traveller Whiskey Chevrolet

49.530

181.708

-1.525

-0.008

37

47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

SUNNYD Chevrolet

49.536

181.686

-1.531

-0.006

38

12 Ryan Blaney

Menards/Peak Ford

49.547

181.646

-1.542

-0.011

39

34 Todd Gilliland

Love’s Travel Stops Ford

49.573

181.550

-1.568

-0.026

40

45 Tyler Reddick

Nasty Beast Toyota

49.604

181.437

-1.599

-0.031

41

*01 Corey LaJoie

Take 5 Oil Change/DuraMax Ford

49.622

181.371

-1.617

-0.018

42

*78 BJ McLeod

HitchGo Chevrolet

50.035

179.874

-2.030

-0.413

43

*44 JJ Yeley

Green River Whiskey Chevrolet

50.092

179.669

-2.087

-0.057

Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average

Pos

Car

Driver

From Lap

To Lap

Avg Speed

1

54

Ty Gibbs

15

24

184.379

2

11

Denny Hamlin

10

19

183.406

3

66

* Chandler Smith(i)

4

13

183.243

4

1

Ross Chastain

1

10

181.751

5

20

Christopher Bell

1

10

181.333

6

77

Carson Hocevar

6

15

181.289

7

84

* Jimmie Johnson

1

10

180.629

* Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart.