Driver puts down quick early speeds to dominate Thursday sessions
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Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro, led both practice sessions on Thursday for the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.
In the opening practice, Dillon rounded the 1.5-mile track in 29.527 seconds and at 182.883 mph. That was faster than Sam Hornish Jr., who finished second at 182.100 mph. Rounding out the top five were Elliott Sadler (181.537 mph), Ty Dillon (181.305 mph) and Erik Jones (181.190 mph), respectively.
In final practice, Austin Dillon was slightly slower at 181.372 mph but still plenty fast enough to top the field. Regan Smith was second at 179.994 mph, Darrell Wallace Jr. was third at 179.934 mph, Brad Keselowski (179.683 mph) was fourth and Sadler (179.420 mph) fifth.
Weather delayed the start of final practice by about 20 minutes, but there were no incidents on the track once practice got underway.
The O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 is set for 8:30 p.m. ET on Friday with TV coverage on FOX Sports 1.
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