Austin Dillon leads Friday's Daytona 500 practice
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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."
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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cla # driver manufacturer laps time gap int mph 13 Austin DillonChevrolet1146.006 195.627248 Alex BowmanChevrolet2846.0470.0410.041195.452340 Justin AllgaierChevrolet3046.1370.1310.090195.07149 Chase ElliottChevrolet3046.1490.1430.012195.020547 Ricky Stenhouse JrChevrolet2446.1600.1540.011194.974697 Shane van GisbergenChevrolet1646.2390.2330.079194.641724 William ByronChevrolet2946.2420.2360.003194.62881 Ross ChastainChevrolet1946.2490.2430.007194.59995 Kyle LarsonChevrolet3046.2500.2440.001194.5951088 Connor ZilischChevrolet3146.2570.2510.007194.5651121 Josh BerryFord2046.3070.3010.050194.3551210 Ty DillonChevrolet2546.3360.3300.029194.2331338 Zane SmithFord3446.3430.3370.007194.2041434 Todd GillilandFord3446.3550.3490.012194.154156 Brad KeselowskiFord3246.3570.3510.002194.1451612 Ryan BlaneyFord3246.3600.3540.003194.1331722 Joey LoganoFord3146.3750.3690.015194.070187 Daniel SuarezChevrolet2546.3890.3830.014194.0121941 Cole CusterFord2546.4180.4120.029193.890202 Austin CindricFord3146.4530.4470.035193.7442120 Christopher BellToyota1446.4950.4890.042193.5692242 John Hunter NemechekToyota2346.5230.5170.028193.453238 Kyle BuschChevrolet2846.5400.5340.017193.3822417 Chris BuescherFord2146.6400.6340.100192.967254 Noah GragsonFord1846.6450.6390.005192.9472667 Corey HeimToyota2746.9100.9040.265191.8572719 Chase BriscoeToyota1346.9310.9250.021191.7712811 Denny HamlinToyota1446.9430.9370.012191.7222935 Riley HerbstToyota1847.0101.0040.067191.4493054 Ty GibbsToyota1047.0131.0070.003191.4363145 Tyler ReddickToyota2647.0211.0150.008191.4043223 Darrell Wallace JrToyota1247.0701.0640.049191.2053371 Michael McDowellChevrolet747.6561.6500.586188.8533477 Carson HocevarChevrolet548.0882.0820.432187.1573584 Jimmie JohnsonToyota1848.9502.9440.862183.8613643 Erik JonesToyota1949.3173.3110.367182.4933778 BJ McLeodChevrolet1149.5663.5600.249181.576To read more Motorsport.com articles visit our website.