Ty Gibbs Leads Clash Practice as Bowman Gray Heat Race Lineups Finalized
Ty Gibbs led Saturday night's Cook Out Clash practice session at Bowman Gray Stadium, posting the fastest lap at 64.199mph (14.019s) during the first group's run.
Top 10 Practice Speeds:
- Ty Gibbs: 64.199mph
- Ryan Preece: 63.681mph
- Ty Dillon: 63.506mph
- Kyle Larson: 63.501mph
- Riley Herbst: 63.501mph
- Noah Gragson: 63.492mph
- Bubba Wallace: 63.470mph
- Alex Bowman: 63.291mph
- Daniel Suarez: 63.287mph
- Austin Cindric: 63.256mph
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Notable participants included reigning champion Joey Logano (19th), local Bowman Gray track champion Tim Brown (36th), and 11-time track champion Burt Myers (38th).
The 39-car field practiced in three groups, with two 8-minute sessions each. Qualifying followed with six groups running 4-minute sessions to set heat race lineups.
Heat Race Lineups:
Heat 1:
- Chase Elliott
- Brad Keselowski
- Ryan Blaney
- Justin Haley
- Ross Chastain
- Josh Berry
- Noah Gragson
- Kyle Busch
- Austin Dillon
- Ty Dillon
Heat 2:
- Chris Buescher
- Chase Briscoe
- Shane van Gisbergen
- Zane Smith
- Bubba Wallace
- Kyle Larson
- Daniel Suarez
- Erik Jones
- Cody Ware
- Garrett Smithley
Heat 3:
- Denny Hamlin
- Joey Logano
- William Byron
- Alex Bowman
- Carson Hocevar
- Ty Gibbs
- AJ Allmendinger
- Riley Herbst
- Tim Brown
- Burt Myers
Heat 4:
- Tyler Reddick
- Christopher Bell
- Austin Cindric
- Cole Custer
- Todd Gilliland
- Ryan Preece
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- John Hunter Nemechek
- Michael McDowell
The heat races begin at 8:30 p.m. ET and will determine the first 20 of 23 drivers for Sunday's Clash field.