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The NASCAR Cup Series ran a single practice session at Pocono Raceway on Saturday afternoon in preparation for the HighPoint.com 400 race on Sunday afternoon.
The field was split into two groups for this practice session. The second practice group (Group B) had the faster session and the faster times.
Below you'll find the two practice groups, key notes from the practice session and the practice speeds for all drivers.
Important Practice Notes
Chris Buescher - In the early stages of the second group's practice session, Chris Buescher spun out. He didn't hit anything, so no major concerns there.
Five-Lap Averages - Because Pocono is such a large track, we should look at five-lap averages as well (especially considering only nine cars made a ten-lap run in practice). The ten fastest cars in terms of five-lap average on Saturday were:
- William Byron - 53.597 seconds
- Martin Truex, Jr. - 53.644 seconds
- Tyler Reddick - 53.710 seconds
- Chris Buescher - 53.720 seconds
- Ty Gibbs - 53.834 seconds
- Chase Elliott - 53.892 seconds
- Alex Bowman - 53.919 seconds
- Ryan Blaney - 53.919 seconds
- Ryan Preece - 53.972 seconds
- Denny Hamlin - 53.974 seconds
Pocono HighPoint.com 400 Practice Speed Chart
Click here to download the PDF of the practice speed chart.
| Pos | Driver | Time | Speed | Fastest Lap | Laps Ran |
Behind Leader
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| 1. | Tyler Reddick | 53.382 | 168.596 | 2 | 16 | ---.--- |
| 2. | Kyle Busch | 53.418 | 168.483 | 7 | 11 | -0.036 |
| 3. | William Byron | 53.445 | 168.397 | 5 | 16 | -0.063 |
| 4. | Kyle Larson | 53.479 | 168.290 | 4 | 12 | -0.097 |
| 5. | Martin Truex Jr. | 53.506 | 168.205 | 4 | 13 | -0.124 |
| 6. | Chris Buescher | 53.530 | 168.130 | 3 | 14 | -0.148 |
| 7. | Denny Hamlin | 53.618 | 167.854 | 14 | 16 | -0.236 |
| 8. | Chase Elliott | 53.652 | 167.748 | 12 | 13 | -0.270 |
| 9. | Ty Gibbs | 53.752 | 167.436 | 2 | 19 | -0.370 |
| 10. | Alex Bowman | 53.761 | 167.408 | 9 | 13 | -0.379 |
| 11. | Ryan Blaney | 53.763 | 167.401 | 11 | 12 | -0.381 |
| 12. | Bubba Wallace | 53.787 | 167.327 | 1 | 12 | -0.405 |
| 13. | Kevin Harvick | 53.848 | 167.137 | 2 | 13 | -0.466 |
| 14. | AJ Allmendinger | 53.851 | 167.128 | 8 | 13 | -0.469 |
| 15. | Corey LaJoie | 53.891 | 167.004 | 2 | 12 | -0.509 |
| 16. | BJ McLeod | 53.916 | 166.926 | 9 | 9 | -0.534 |
| 17. | Brad Keselowski | 53.920 | 166.914 | 9 | 10 | -0.538 |
| 18. | Daniel Suarez | 53.926 | 166.895 | 13 | 15 | -0.544 |
| 19. | Ryan Preece | 53.943 | 166.843 | 8 | 15 | -0.561 |
| 20. | Austin Cindric | 53.948 | 166.827 | 11 | 12 | -0.566 |
| 21. | Austin Dillon | 54.024 | 166.593 | 4 | 17 | -0.642 |
| 22. | Justin Haley | 54.028 | 166.580 | 3 | 11 | -0.646 |
| 23. | Joey Logano | 54.055 | 166.497 | 9 | 15 | -0.673 |
| 24. | Christopher Bell | 54.055 | 166.497 | 12 | 13 | -0.673 |
| 25. | Harrison Burton | 54.117 | 166.306 | 11 | 15 | -0.735 |
| 26. | Ross Chastain | 54.129 | 166.269 | 8 | 12 | -0.747 |
| 27. | Michael McDowell | 54.151 | 166.202 | 1 | 13 | -0.769 |
| 28. | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 54.186 | 166.095 | 12 | 16 | -0.804 |
| 29. | Chase Briscoe | 54.309 | 165.718 | 4 | 12 | -0.927 |
| 30. | Erik Jones | 54.393 | 165.462 | 2 | 8 | -1.011 |
| 31. | JJ Yeley | 54.412 | 165.405 | 5 | 9 | -1.030 |
| 32. | Cole Custer | 54.469 | 165.232 | 2 | 8 | -1.087 |
| 33. | Aric Almirola | 54.503 | 165.129 | 6 | 13 | -1.121 |
| 34. | Noah Gragson | 54.564 | 164.944 | 12 | 12 | -1.182 |
| 35. | Todd Gilliland | 54.635 | 164.730 | 11 | 12 | -1.253 |
| 36. | Ty Dillon | 54.734 | 164.432 | 9 | 12 | -1.352 |
Pocono HighPoint.com 400 10-Lap Average Chart
| Rank | Driver | From Lap | To Lap | Avg Speed |
| 1. | William Byron | 3 | 12 | 167.464 |
| 2. | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 11 | 167.155 |
| 3. | Ty Gibbs | 9 | 18 | 167.121 |
| 4. | Chris Buescher | 2 | 11 | 167.107 |
| 5. | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 12 | 166.661 |
| 6. | Ryan Preece | 3 | 12 | 166.619 |
| 7. | Austin Dillon | 4 | 13 | 166.197 |
| 8. | Kevin Harvick | 4 | 13 | 165.998 |
| 9. | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 1 | 10 | 165.074 |
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