The second practice session for the Daytona 500 is complete, and there were no issues during the hour-long session. Manufacturers stayed with their own, running carefully coordinated groups to minimize risk.

Chevrolet had the biggest group, so it’s no surprise that bowties dominated the top ten on the speed. Austin Dillon led the way in the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (195.63mph), followed by Alex Bowman in the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (195.452mph), and Justin Allgaier in the No. 40 JR Motorsports Chevrolet (195.071mph).

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Chase Elliott and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. rounded out the top five, followed by Shane van Gisbergen, William Byron, Ross Chastain, Kyle Larson, and Connor Zilisch.

Josh Berry was the top Ford driver in eleventh, while Christopher Bell led the way for Toyota in 21st.

“We got out there, messed around a little bit in the draft,” said Dillon, who will start seventh in Sunday’s Daytona 500. “Our Chevy has speed, obviously. It’s nice to see it atop the board, and last night it was fun out there pushing guys around and really just having the pace we need to be at the front. Tring to take care of it. A few minor adjustments for the heat that we’re going to experience on Sunday. Theres’ a couple things we’ve been working on with our new Camaro, but I think it’s good.”

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Dillon’s RCR teammate Kyle Busch earned pole position for the 500. In Wednesday’s first practice session, Team Penske’s Austin Cindric topped the speed charts, but he only reached 187.402mph.

AJ Allmendinger, Ryan Preece, and Casey Mears did not take part in practice as they were still repairing damage sustained in Thursday’s Duel qualifying races. Cody Ware also sat out Friday’s practice session.

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Daytona 500 Practice #2 Full Results

1

3

Austin Dillon

Chevrolet

11

46.006

 

 

195.627

2

48

Alex Bowman

Chevrolet

28

46.047

0.041

0.041

195.452

3

40

Justin Allgaier

Chevrolet

30

46.137

0.131

0.090

195.071

4

9

Chase Elliott

Chevrolet

30

46.149

0.143

0.012

195.020

5

47

Ricky Stenhouse Jr

Chevrolet

24

46.160

0.154

0.011

194.974

6

97

Shane van Gisbergen

Chevrolet

16

46.239

0.233

0.079

194.641

7

24

William Byron

Chevrolet

29

46.242

0.236

0.003

194.628

8

1

Ross Chastain

Chevrolet

19

46.249

0.243

0.007

194.599

9

5

Kyle Larson

Chevrolet

30

46.250

0.244

0.001

194.595

10

88

Connor Zilisch

Chevrolet

31

46.257

0.251

0.007

194.565

11

21

Josh Berry

Ford

20

46.307

0.301

0.050

194.355

12

10

Ty Dillon

Chevrolet

25

46.336

0.330

0.029

194.233

13

38

Zane Smith

Ford

34

46.343

0.337

0.007

194.204

14

34

Todd Gilliland

Ford

34

46.355

0.349

0.012

194.154

15

6

Brad Keselowski

Ford

32

46.357

0.351

0.002

194.145

16

12

Ryan Blaney

Ford

32

46.360

0.354

0.003

194.133

17

22

Joey Logano

Ford

31

46.375

0.369

0.015

194.070

18

7

Daniel Suarez

Chevrolet

25

46.389

0.383

0.014

194.012

19

41

Cole Custer

Ford

25

46.418

0.412

0.029

193.890

20

2

Austin Cindric

Ford

31

46.453

0.447

0.035

193.744

21

20

Christopher Bell

Toyota

14

46.495

0.489

0.042

193.569

22

42

John Hunter Nemechek

Toyota

23

46.523

0.517

0.028

193.453

23

8

Kyle Busch

Chevrolet

28

46.540

0.534

0.017

193.382

24

17

Chris Buescher

Ford

21

46.640

0.634

0.100

192.967

25

4

Noah Gragson

Ford

18

46.645

0.639

0.005

192.947

26

67

Corey Heim

Toyota

27

46.910

0.904

0.265

191.857

27

19

Chase Briscoe

Toyota

13

46.931

0.925

0.021

191.771

28

11

Denny Hamlin

Toyota

14

46.943

0.937

0.012

191.722

29

35

Riley Herbst

Toyota

18

47.010

1.004

0.067

191.449

30

54

Ty Gibbs

Toyota

10

47.013

1.007

0.003

191.436

31

45

Tyler Reddick

Toyota

26

47.021

1.015

0.008

191.404

32

23

Darrell Wallace Jr

Toyota

12

47.070

1.064

0.049

191.205

33

71

Michael McDowell

Chevrolet

7

47.656

1.650

0.586

188.853

34

77

Carson Hocevar

Chevrolet

5

48.088

2.082

0.432

187.157

35

84

Jimmie Johnson

Toyota

18

48.950

2.944

0.862

183.861

36

43

Erik Jones

Toyota

19

49.317

3.311

0.367

182.493

37

78

BJ McLeod

Chevrolet

11

49.566

3.560

0.249

181.576

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